Okla. Stat. tit. 4, § 4-140
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Repair or reconstruction of fence by complainant - Recovery
Official statutory text
of value and viewers' fees from landowner - Interest.
If such fence be not repaired or built accordingly, the
complainant may repair or rebuild it, and the same being adjudged
sufficient by the fence viewers, and the value thereof, with their
fees, being ascertained by them, and certified under their hands,
the complainant may demand of the owner of the land where the fence
was deficient, the sum so ascertained, and in case of neglect to pay
the same, for one (1) month after demand, may recover it by civil
action together with one percent (1%) a month interest thereon.
R.L. 1910, § 158.
If such fence be not repaired or built accordingly, the
complainant may repair or rebuild it, and the same being adjudged
sufficient by the fence viewers, and the value thereof, with their
fees, being ascertained by them, and certified under their hands,
the complainant may demand of the owner of the land where the fence
was deficient, the sum so ascertained, and in case of neglect to pay
the same, for one (1) month after demand, may recover it by civil
action together with one percent (1%) a month interest thereon.
R.L. 1910, § 158.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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