Legal fences for buffalo

A legal fence for buffalo is the same as provided in § 43-23-4 , except as provided in this section. A legal fence for buffalo may use smooth wire rather than barbed wire. All posts shall be of sufficient length to provide for fifty - four inches above the surface, and one additional strand of wire shall be included at fifty - four inches above the earth. The additional cost and maintenance of the legal fence for buffalo, other than an as provided in § 43-23-4 , shall be borne by the owner or caretaker of the buffalo if only one of the parties partitioned possesses the buffalo. Source: SL 2001, ch 224 , § 3.