Title 10, Property Rights and Transactions

Whenever there is a fence that is in all respects such as a good husbandman ought to keep on the line of any land, and the person owning or holding a lease for one or more years of the land adjoining thereto makes or has an enclosure on the opposite side of such fence, so that su…

If any party neglects to repair or rebuild such partition fence as is mentioned in ORS 96.010 or the portion thereof which the party ought to maintain, the aggrieved party may complain to a justice of the peace, who, after due notice to each party, shall examine the fence and if …

If a partition fence is not repaired or rebuilt according to the directive mentioned in ORS 96.020, the complainant may repair or rebuild it and recover the value thereof from the delinquent party before any court of competent jurisdiction. The court may award reasonable attorney…

(1) In all cases where the enclosures of two or more persons are divided by a partition fence of any kind and either of the parties thinks it proper to vacate the part of the enclosure of that party or to make a lane or passage between the adjoining enclosures, that party is at l…

In all cases where a partition fence exists between the land of two or more persons and a gate is established for passage through their lands, any other person may pass through the gate free, doing no unnecessary damage, and if any such person leaves any such gate open or does ot…

(1) When any person has built or builds, by mistake and in good faith, a fence on the land of another, such person or the successor in interest of the person may, within one year from the time of discovering the mistake, go upon the land of the other person and remove the fence, …