New Hampshire Statutes
§ 473:5 — Legal Fences
New Hampshire § 473:5
JurisdictionNew Hampshire
Title XLVIIBOUNDARIES, FENCES AND COMMON FIELDS
Ch. 473DIVISION FENCES AND THEIR MAINTENANCE
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Bluebook
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 473:5 (2026).
Text
All fences of such height as to be reasonably adequate for their purpose and in good repair, consisting of rails, timber, boards or stone wall, barbed, electrified or woven wire, and all brooks, rivers, ponds, creeks, ditches, hedges and other things deemed by the fence-viewers to be equivalent thereto, shall be accounted legal and sufficient fences.
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Legislative History
RS 136:4. CS 142:4. GS 128:5. GL 142:5. PS 143:5. PL 219:5. RL 269:5. RSA 473:5. 1967, 78:1, eff. June 26, 1967.
Nearby Sections
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§ 473:1
Duty§ 473:10
Recovery§ 473:11
Improving Wild Land§ 473:12
New Division§ 473:14
Laying Land in Common§ 473:15
Liability for Damages§ 473:16
Who Deemed Owner§ 473:17
Application§ 473:18
Notice; Hearing§ 473:19
Decision Conclusive§ 473:2
Division by Agreement§ 473:20
Jurisdiction§ 473:21
Penalty§ 473:22
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New Hampshire § 473:5, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nh/473/473%3A5.