Rhode Island § 34-10-12 § 34-10-12. Payment for previously constructed fence.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 34-10-12 — § 34-10-12. Payment for previously constructed fence.

Rhode Island § 34-10-12

Title 34Property

Ch. 34-10Fences

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-10-12 (2026).

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§ 34-10-12. Payment for previously constructed fence.
Whenever the whole or more than one-half (Â½) of any partition fence shall have been
            made by the proprietor or possessor of the land on one side of the fence, the proprietor
            or possessor of the land adjoining, when he or she improves the land, shall pay to
            the proprietor or possessor who made the fence the value of so much of the fence erected
            as the fence may exceed one-half (Â½) of the fence on the whole line; and in case of
            his or her refusal so to do, the value shall be ascertained by any fence viewer of
            the town where the land is situated, on application to him or her for that purpose.
     

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§ 34-10-12. Payment for previously constructed fence.

Whenever the whole or more than one-half (Â½) of any partition fence shall have been made by the proprietor or possessor of the land on one side of the fence, the proprietor or possessor of the land adjoining, when he or she improves the land, shall pay to the proprietor or possessor who made the fence the value of so much of the fence erected as the fence may exceed one-half (Â½) of the fence on the whole line; and in case of his or her refusal so to do, the value shall be ascertained by any fence viewer of the town where the land is situated, on application to him or her for that purpose.