29-315 Owner defined; notice; liability to tenant or occupant.
29-315. Owner defined; notice; liability to tenant or occupant. The word “owner,” under the provisions of this act, shall be held to include and apply to the occupant or tenant, when the owner does not reside within the county; and no proceedings under this act shall bind the owner, unless he shall be notified; but […]
29-203 Compensation and expenses.
29-203. Compensation and expenses. Each fence viewer shall be entitled to receive seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) as full compensation for each fence viewed, to be paid in the first instance by the party or parties requiring the services; and all expenses of the view shall be borne equally between the parties interested, except […]
29-301 Maintenance.
29-301. Maintenance. The owners of adjoining lands shall keep up and maintain in good repair all partition fences between them in equal shares, so long as both parties continue to occupy or improve such lands, unless otherwise agreed. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 40, § 8; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 29-301.
29-302 Neglect to repair or rebuild.
29-302. Neglect to repair or rebuild. If any party neglect to repair or rebuild a partition fence, or the portion thereof which he ought to maintain, the aggrieved party may complain to the fence viewers, who, after due notice to each party, shall examine the same, and if they determine that the fence is insufficient, […]
29-303 Complainant may repair or rebuild, when; recovery; attorney’s fee.
29-303. Complainant may repair or rebuild, when; recovery; attorney’s fee. If such fence be not repaired or rebuilt accordingly, the complainant may repair or rebuild it, and the same being adjudged sufficient by the fence viewers, and the value thereof, with their fees, being ascertained by them and certified under their hands, the complainant may […]
29-304 Controversies; settlement by fence viewers.
29-304. Controversies; settlement by fence viewers. When any controversy shall arise about the rights of the respective owners in partition fences, or their obligations to keep up and maintain the same in good repair, and if they cannot agree among themselves, either party may apply to the fence viewers of the township in which such […]
29-305 Failure to erect or maintain assigned part; recovery of cost and attorney’s fee.
29-305. Failure to erect or maintain assigned part; recovery of cost and attorney’s fee. If a party neglect or refuse to erect or maintain the part of the fence assigned him by the fence viewers, it may be erected and maintained by the aggrieved party in the manner before provided, and he shall be entitled […]
29-306 Assignment of viewers; agreement between owners of adjoining land; recordation.
29-306. Assignment of viewers; agreement between owners of adjoining land; recordation. All assignments of the fence viewers shall be certified and signed by them and shall contain a certain description of the lands divided by such partition fence and the names of the owners thereof. Any agreement entered into prior to the effective date of […]
29-307 Party building more than his share.
29-307. Party building more than his share. When in any controversy between owners of adjoining lands as to their respective rights in any partition fence, it shall appear to the fence viewers that either of the owners had, before any complaint made to them, voluntarily erected the whole fence, or more than his just share […]
29-308 Partition fences to be kept in good repair.
29-308. Partition fences to be kept in good repair. All partition fences shall be kept in good repair throughout the year, unless the owners of the land on both sides otherwise agree. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 40, § 15; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 29-308.