New Jersey imposes no statute forcing neighbors to share a boundary fence's cost, so cost-splitting in Gloucester County is voluntary. The binding neighbor rule is common law: a fence built maliciously to injure an adjoining owner is a spite fence a court can order removed.
A shared boundary fence between two Gloucester County homes is a private matter. No New Jersey statute compels one owner to pay half of a residential division fence, so any split happens by voluntary written agreement. A survey fixes the true property line before building, and an encroaching fence is resolved in Superior Court, not by the town or county. New Jersey's long-standing common-law spite-fence doctrine protects every neighbor: a structure erected with no legitimate purpose beyond annoying or injuring the adjoining owner is a private nuisance the court can enjoin and order taken down, regardless of its height.
An encroaching fence is a civil trespass a court can order removed. A malicious spite fence is a private nuisance the adjoining owner can sue to enjoin and remove, plus recover damages.
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