New Hampshire § 473-14 - Section 473:14 Laying Land in Common.
Full text of New Hampshire New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 473-14 — Section 473:14 Laying Land in Common., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 473-14. Section 473:14 Laying Land in Common.
If the owner of land ceases to improve it, or lays it in common, and gives notice thereof in writing to the adjoining owner, if known, or files such notice with the town clerk if the adjoining owner is unknown, he shall not be bound to repair his part of the division fence, after giving or filing such notice, so long as the land remains unimproved or in common; but he shall not remove his part of the partition fence in existence when the notice is given or filed.
Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 473-14 ("Section 473:14 Laying Land in Common.") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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