Spartanburg County's ULMO permits fences directly on the property line and does not require neighbor consent or cost-sharing. South Carolina has no general residential boundary-fence statute, so a shared fence is a private civil matter; get an accurate survey before building.
ULMO §3.20(3)e states fences and walls 'may be located in all required yards and along any property line,' so a boundary-line fence is allowed. Neither the county nor South Carolina imposes a duty on an adjoining owner to share the cost of a residential division fence — SC's only fence statutes address agricultural/livestock partition fences (S.C. Code Title 46, Ch. 41), not suburban privacy fences. To avoid a trespass or encroachment dispute, confirm the boundary by survey; a fence built over the line can be ordered removed in a civil action.
A fence encroaching on a neighbor's land is a private civil trespass matter resolved in court, not a county code violation.
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