Wisconsin defines a 'legal and sufficient fence' by statute: a fence must be at least 50 inches high with its bottom no more than 4 inches from the ground. Wis. Stat. 90.02 lists the acceptable fence types. Rock County adds no countywide fence-construction standard.
For division fences between rural properties, Wisconsin Statute 90.02 sets the 'legal and sufficient fence' standard, listing eight acceptable constructions (woven wire with barbed or high-tensile strands, board fences, wire-and-picket, and equivalents) and a minimum height. This standard governs farm and grazing boundary fences statewide, including Rock County's unincorporated towns. General residential fence construction (materials, appearance, placement) is set by your city, village, or town zoning, not the county. Rock County's own regulatory reach for fences is limited to structures within mapped shoreland or floodplain districts.
A partition fence not meeting the Wis. Stat. 90.02 standard can be deemed insufficient by town fence viewers, who may order it brought up to standard. Municipal fence-code violations are enforced locally.
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