Okla. Stat. tit. 4, § 4-143
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Commons - Owners not required to fence - Lands enclosed or
Official statutory text
used otherwise than as commons - Duty to fence.
Any person not wishing his land enclosed, and not occupying or
using it otherwise than as commons, shall not be compelled to
contribute to erect or maintain any fence between him and an
adjacent owner; but when he encloses or uses his land otherwise than
as a commons, he shall contribute to the partition fences as in this
article provided.
R.L. 1910, § 161.
Any person not wishing his land enclosed, and not occupying or
using it otherwise than as commons, shall not be compelled to
contribute to erect or maintain any fence between him and an
adjacent owner; but when he encloses or uses his land otherwise than
as a commons, he shall contribute to the partition fences as in this
article provided.
R.L. 1910, § 161.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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