Between Wright County farm parcels, Minnesota's partition-fence law (Chapter 344) makes adjoining livestock owners share a boundary fence in equal shares, with township supervisors acting as fence viewers. On city lots there is no cost-sharing law; spite fences are barred by section 561.02.
Wright County is a mix of Twin Cities exurb and working farmland, and the fence rule depends on which one you are in. Between two farm parcels, Minnesota's partition-fence law, Chapter 344, still governs: adjoining owners who keep livestock split a boundary fence in equal shares, and if they cannot agree the township supervisors act as fence viewers under section 344.01 to inspect the line and assign each share. For platted lots in Buffalo, Monticello, or St. Michael there is no cost-sharing statute; a shared fence is a private, written agreement, and a survey settles the true line. A spite fence built to annoy a neighbor is a private nuisance under section 561.02.
Between farm neighbors, a township fence viewer can assign each owner's share and cost of a partition fence under Chapter 344. Encroaching or spite fences are civil matters settled in district court.
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