Does the line fence law apply to all property?
No. The Ohio line fence law does not apply to lots within municipal corporations, adjoining lots outside of a municipality governed by Ohio’s subdivision laws, property governed by railroad laws, or property governed by a written agreement entered into and recorded by the landowners regarding a line fence. Q: How has the line fence law changed? A: The law no longer includes the rule of “equal shares” between landowners for most line fences, provides a new option for filing a partition fence complaint directly in common pleas court, and provides requirements for landowners to file affidavits to preserve some legal rights. Q: Under current law, who is responsible for building and maintaining a line fence? A: The old law required adjoining landowners to share equally in the cost of constructing and maintaining a line fence. The new law creates different rules of responsibility for line fences, depending upon the type of fence at issue. A new “equitable shares” rule applies to line fences
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