Wisconsin's line-fence law governs shared fences between neighbors. Where adjoining land is farmed or grazed, both owners must maintain the partition fence in equal shares under Wis. Stat. 90.03. Rock County sets no separate boundary-fence rule; disputes go to the town fence viewers.
Wisconsin Chapter 90 (Fences) controls partition (division) fences between adjoining properties. Under Wis. Stat. 90.03, owners of adjoining farmed or grazed land must each keep and maintain their half of the boundary fence. If neighbors disagree over building or repair, the town's fence viewers can assign the work and apportion cost. For purely residential lots not used for farming, Chapter 90 does not compel a shared fence, and setback/placement of a boundary fence follows your municipal or town zoning. Rock County itself imposes no separate neighbor-fence ordinance outside its shoreland and floodplain districts.
If a neighbor refuses to maintain their share, the town fence viewers may order repair; a party who does the whole job can recover the other owner's share, with a lien available under Wis. Stat. 90.10-90.11.
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