The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 3809)
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§ 3809. Sudden destruction of fence; repairs; damages
When a division fence is suddenly damaged or destroyed by fire, winds, or floods,
a person who ought to repair the same shall do so within 10 days after being thereto
requested by a person interested therein, and shall pay the damages done to the opposite
party by animals straying from his or her occupied lands to those of the other party
during the time the fence is out of repair. If he or she does not make or repair
his or her portion of the fence within 10 days after such request, the party sustaining
damage thereby may make or repair the same at the expense of the person neglecting
so to do, and may recover the same in a civil action on this statute.