New Mexico has no shared-fence cost law, so each Las Cruces owner pays for their own fence. The city bars building any fence or wall on the property line without written consent from affected neighbors.
New Mexico has no equivalent to California's shared-fence statute, so cost-sharing between neighbors is voluntary in Las Cruces. The city's Wall and Fences Permit Contingencies form goes further: no rockwall or fence may be built on a property line without written consent from the affected property owners, and none may cross an easement. Boundary disputes over encroaching fences are private civil matters. Locating the property line and footings correctly is the permittee's responsibility under Design Standards Section 32-143.
Building on the line without neighbor consent, or across an easement, can force removal or relocation of the fence at the builder's expense and expose them to a civil trespass claim.
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