Massachusetts has no shared-fence cost law, so each Lynn owner pays for their own fence. The state spite-fence statute (MGL c.49 §21) makes malicious fences over 6 feet a private nuisance.
Massachusetts imposes no fence cost-sharing requirement, so in Lynn each property owner is responsible for building and maintaining their own boundary fence. The state spite-fence law (MGL c.49 §21) makes a fence over six feet erected maliciously to annoy an adjoining owner a private nuisance, actionable for damages and removal. Boundary and encroachment disputes turn on a survey and, if needed, civil court. Disputes under $7,000 can be filed in small claims. A shared fence is a private agreement, not a legal obligation.
A malicious spite fence over 6 feet supports a civil action for damages and an order to lower or remove it (MGL c.49 §21). Encroachment across a boundary is resolved by civil suit or small claims under $7,000.
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