In many neighborhoods, property owners often assume they have no obligation to pay for a fence they didn’t ask for. But the law says otherwise. In most situations, the only way to avoid paying for half the fencing costs is to declare your own abutting property as ‘common’ and allowing any and all public activities to take place on your property.§4-142. Fence repair.
All partition fences shall be kept in good repair throughout the year, unless the owners on both sides otherwise agree in writing.R.L. 1910, § 160.
§4-143. Commons - Owners not required to fence - Lands enclosed or used otherwise than as commons - Duty to fence.
Any person not wishing his land enclosed, and not occupying or using it otherwise than as commons, shall not be compelled to contribute to erect or maintain any fence between him and an adjacent owner; but when he encloses or uses his land otherwise than as a commons, he shall contribute to the partition fences as in this article provided.
R.L. 1910, § 161.§4-146. Joinder to partition fence - Payment for or rebuilding of half of fence.
When land which has lain unenclosed is enclosed the owner thereof, before he join to any partition fence, already erected, shall pay for one-half (½) of each partition fence between his lands and the adjoining lands, the value to be ascertained by the fence viewers, and if he neglects for thirty (30) days after notice and demand to pay the same, the party to whose fence he joins may recover as before provided, or such person, enclosing such land, may, at his election, rebuild and make one-half (½) of the fence, and if he neglects so to do for two (2) months after making such election, he shall be liable as above provided.R.L. 1910, § 164.§4-147. Recorded fence division - Effect on owners and successors.
When a division of fence between the owners of improved land shall have been made, either by fence viewers or agreement in writing, and is recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county where the lands are, the owners and their heirs and assigns shall be bound thereby, and shall support them accordingly.R.L. 1910, § 165.
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Four Legal Ways to Be A Bigamist, In Oklahoma Bigamy remains illegal in Oklahoma. That’s no surprise. But there are 4 situations where the bigamist will not be prosecuted.
§21-881. Bigamy defined. Every person who having been married to another who remains living, marries any other person except in the cases specified in the next section is guilty of bigamy. R.L.1910, § 2439. §21-882. Exceptions to the rule of bigamy. The last preceding section does not extend: 1. To any person whose husband or wife by a former marriage has been absent for five (5) successive years without being known to such person within that time to be living; nor, 2. To any person whose husband or wife by a former marriage has absented himself or herself from his wife or her husband and has been continually remaining without the United States for a space of five (5) years together; nor, 3. To any person by reason of any former marriage which has been pronounced void, annulled or dissolved by the judgment of a competent court; nor, 4. To any person by reason of any former marriage with a husband or wife who has been sentenced to imprisonment for life. R.L.1910, § 2440. §21-883. Bigamy a felony. Any person guilty of bigamy shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years. R.L. 1910, § 2441. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 260, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 164, eff. July 1, 1999. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 260 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999. §21-884. Person marrying bigamist. Any person who knowingly marries the husband or wife of another, in any case in which such husband or wife would be punishable according to the foregoing provisions, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years, or in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. R.L. 1910, § 2442. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 261, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 165, eff. July 1, 1999. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 261 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
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It's Still the Law, In OklahomaA chronicle of laws you still have to obey, in the Sooner State. Archives
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