Section 473:21 – Penalty.
473:21 Penalty. – Any fence-viewer neglecting without sufficient cause to attend and perform any official duty shall be guilty of a violation. Source. RS 136:19. CS 142:19. GS 128:20. GL 142:20. PS 143:21. PL 219:21. RL 269:21. RSA 473:21. 1973, 531:133, eff. Oct. 31, 1973.
Section 473:22 – Compensation; Costs.
473:22 Compensation; Costs. – The fence-viewers shall be paid $2 a day each for services by the party making the application, who may recover 1/2 thereof from the other party, unless the fence-viewers otherwise apportion the costs, but, in case of neglect by such other party to make or repair the part of the […]
Section 473:14 – Laying Land in Common.
473:14 Laying Land in Common. – If the owner of land ceases to improve it, or lays it in common, and gives notice thereof in writing to the adjoining owner, if known, or files such notice with the town clerk if the adjoining owner is unknown, he shall not be bound to repair his […]
Section 473:15 – Liability for Damages.
473:15 Liability for Damages. – The party neglecting to build or keep in repair any partition fence which he is bound to maintain is liable for damages arising from such neglect, and shall have no remedy for damages happening to himself therefrom. Source. RS 136:12. CS 142:12. GS 128:13. GL 142:13. PS 143:15. PL […]
Section 473:16 – Who Deemed Owner.
473:16 Who Deemed Owner. – The actual occupant of land shall be deemed the owner thereof for any of the purposes of this chapter. Source. RS 136:18. CS 142:18. GS 128:19. GL 142:19. PS 143:16. PL 219:16. RL 269:16.
Section 473:17 – Application.
473:17 Application. – Every application to the fence-viewers shall be in writing, and one application may embrace so many subjects as from the nature of the case may be acted upon at one meeting. Source. RS 136:15. CS 142:15. GS 128:16. GL 142:16. PS 143:17. PL 219:17. RL 269:17.
Section 473:18 – Notice; Hearing.
473:18 Notice; Hearing. – The fence-viewers shall give notice in writing to the other party interested therein of every application, and of the time and place for considering the same; shall hear the parties, if they attend, and their evidence; and shall make their decision in writing and cause a copy thereof to be […]
Section 473:19 – Decision Conclusive.
473:19 Decision Conclusive. – The decision of the fence-viewers, upon their being sworn that they have acted impartially, uprightly and to the best of their judgment, shall be final and conclusive upon the parties. Source. RS 136:16. CS 142:16. GS 128:17. GL 142:17. PS 143:19. PL 219:19. RL 269:19.
Section 473:20 – Jurisdiction.
473:20 Jurisdiction. – If the fence in controversy is situate on the line of 2 towns, the application shall be made to the fence-viewers of the town in which the parties reside; if they reside in different towns, it shall be made to the fence-viewers of that town in which the applicant does not […]
Section 473:11 – Improving Wild Land.
473:11 Improving Wild Land. – The owner of improved land adjoining unimproved land of another, having erected a division fence, may demand and recover of the owner of such adjoining land, whenever he begins to improve the same, the value of such part of the fence as upon a division then or previously made […]