Okla. Stat. tit. 4, § 4-144
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Severalty owned lands enclosed in common without partition
Official statutory text
fence - Division of fence line - Construction of fence.
When lands owned in severalty have been enclosed in common
without a partition fence, and one of the owners is desirous of
occupying his in severalty and the other refuses or neglects to
divide the line where the fence shall be built, or refuses to build
a sufficient fence on his part of the line, when divided, the party
desiring it may have the same divided and assigned by the fence
viewers, who may, in writing, assign a reasonable time within six
(6) months, having regard for the season of the year, for making the
fence, and if either party neglects to comply with the decision of
the viewers the other, after making his own part, may make the other
part and recover as hereinbefore provided.
R.L. 1910, § 162.
When lands owned in severalty have been enclosed in common
without a partition fence, and one of the owners is desirous of
occupying his in severalty and the other refuses or neglects to
divide the line where the fence shall be built, or refuses to build
a sufficient fence on his part of the line, when divided, the party
desiring it may have the same divided and assigned by the fence
viewers, who may, in writing, assign a reasonable time within six
(6) months, having regard for the season of the year, for making the
fence, and if either party neglects to comply with the decision of
the viewers the other, after making his own part, may make the other
part and recover as hereinbefore provided.
R.L. 1910, § 162.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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