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2017 Massachusetts General Laws
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
TITLE VII CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS
Chapter 49 FENCES, FENCE VIEWERS, POUNDS AND FIELD DRIVERS
Section 12 Purchase of rights in fence
Universal Citation: MA Gen L ch 49 § 12 (2017)
Section 12. If one person ceases to improve his land or lays open his enclosure, he shall not take away any part of the partition fence belonging to him and adjoining the next enclosure if the occupant or owner pays the reasonable value thereof, as determined in writing by the fence viewers.
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