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I MINNESOTA STATUTES 2013 344.02 CHAPTER 344 PARTITION FENCES 344.01 FENCE VIEWERS. 344.10 LANDS BOUNDED BY STREAM. 344.011 EXEMPTION. 344.11 LANDS OCCUPIED IN COMMON. 344.02 KINDS OF PARTITION FENCES. 344.12 VIEWERS TO FIX TIME FOR BUILDING. 344.03 EXPENSE;EQUAL SHARES. 344.13 LANDS FIRST ENCLOSED. 344.04 FAILURE TO BUILD OR REPAIR;RIGHTS OF 344.14 VIEWERS WHEN FENCE ON TOWN LINE. COMPLAINANT. 344.16 DIVISION OR RECORDED AGREEMENT RUNS 344.05 REPAIR COSTS RECOVERABLE. WITH THE LAND. 344.06 CONTROVERSY, DECISION BY FENCE 344.17 FAILURE OF VIEWER TO PERFORM DUTY; VIEWERS. PENALTY. 344.07 FAILURE TO ERECT OR MAINTAIN. 344.18 COMPENSATION OF VIEWERS. 344.08 RECORDED DIVISION;BINDING ON HEIRS AND 344.19 VIEWERS IN COUNTIES NOT ORGANIZED INTO ASSIGNS. TOWNS. 344.09 PARTY ERECTING MORE THAN SHARE. 344.20 TOWN OPTION. 344.01 FENCE VIEWERS. Supervisors in their respective towns, city council members in their respective wards, commissioners of public works in cities having a commission form of government, and city trustees in statutory cities are fence viewers. History: (7248)KL s 2748; 1921 c 25 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1985 c 265 art 6 s 1 344.011 EXEMPTION. A town board may, by resolution, exempt adjoining owners or occupants from this chapter when their land considered together is less than 20 acres. History: 1982 c 616 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 6 s 1 344.02 KINDS OF PARTITION FENCES. Subdivision 1. Legal and sufficient fences. The following are legal and sufficient fences: (a)fences consisting of at least 32-inch woven wire and two barbed wires firmly fastened to well-set posts not more than one rod apart, the first barbed wire being above and not more than four inches from the woven wire and the second barbed wire being above and not more than eight inches from the first wire; (b) fences consisting of at least 40-inch woven wire and one barbed wire firmly fastened to well-set posts not more than one rod apart, the barbed wire being above and not more than four inches from the woven wire; (c) fences consisting of woven wire at least 48 inches in height, and one barbed wire not more than four inches above the woven wire firmly fastened to well-set posts not more than one rod apart; (d)fences consisting of at least four barbed wires with at least 40 barbs to the rod, the wires firmly fastened to posts not more than one rod apart, the top wire not more than 48 inches high and the bottom wire 12 to 16 inches from the ground; and Copyright©2013 by the Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.All Rights Reserved.