2023 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 34 - Property
Chapter 34-10 - Fences
Section 34-10-3. - Removal of barbed-wire fence.

Universal Citation:
RI Gen L § 34-10-3. (2023)
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§ 34-10-3. Removal of barbed-wire fence.

Any adjoining owner who shall not have given his or her consent as provided in § 34-10-2 may complain of the fence to any fence viewer of the town where the fence is located, and may advance to the fence viewer the reasonable expense necessary to remove and store the fence. It shall then be the duty of the fence viewer to notify in writing the other adjoining owner to forthwith remove the fence. If the fence shall not be removed within fifteen (15) days after the giving of the notice, then it shall be the duty of the fence viewer to remove the fence and to store the materials removed. He or she shall deliver the fence materials removed to the owner upon demand.

History of Section.
P.L. 1906, ch. 1364, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-3.

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