Carver County, MN Fence Regulations: Neighbor Fence Rules (2026)

029 treats the person who wants a boundary line fence as responsible for locating it: on interior lot lines, the fence must sit on the property of the owner causing it to be built, not on the shared line, unless the adjoining property owner signs a written agreement allowing it to go on the property line itself. Without that written consent, the requesting owner still has the option to erect the fence directly on the boundary, but only if property survey markers are already in place and can be located; if the markers cannot be found, the owner must have the property surveyed before placing the fence there.

The provision does not create a cost-sharing duty between neighbors: absent the neighbor's written sign-off, the burden of both placement and any survey expense falls on the owner who wants the fence. This sits inside the same section that sets the seven-foot general height cap and the taller-fence exceptions for agriculture or a conditional use permit, so a boundary fence built under an agreement or after a survey still has to clear those height limits and the setback definition tying a boundary fence to the property's required structure setback.

The Land Management Department, which administers Chapter 152 countywide in the unincorporated area, is the office that fields survey and placement questions before a fence goes in.