Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 29-201 (2026)

County commissioners as fence viewers; designees

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29-201. County commissioners as fence viewers; designees. The board of county commissioners, in each county in this state, or their designees, shall be fence viewers in each township of such county. Any action taken by the board pursuant to K.S.A. 29-201 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall require a majority vote of the board of county commissioners. If the board appoints designees to act as fence viewers, any recommendation of such designees shall not be effective unless approved by a majority of the board of county commissioners.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 40, § 5; R.S. 1923, 29-201; L. 1949, ch. 270, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 78, § 1; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1992–2001 · leading case: Woodard v. Jefferson Cnty., 18 F. App'x 706 (10th Cir. 2001).

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Woodard v. Jefferson Cnty., 18 F. App'x 706 (10th Cir. 2001). “See Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 29-201 , 29-302, 29-304, 29-403; Kap-lan, 3 P.”

Kaplan v. Bd. of Johnson Cnty. Comm'rs, 3 P.3d 1270 (Kan. 2000). · cites it 4× “The act was passed nearly 100 years before the legislature allowed counties to have *126 more than three commissioners.”

Cory v. Thompson, 795 F. Supp. 368 (D. Kan. 1992). · cites it 2× “The second dispute arises from actions taken by defendants pursuant to their duties as fence viewers under K.S.A. § 29-201 et seq. Plaintiff was in a fencing dispute with an adjacent landowner and requested the County Commissioners of Republic County to view the disputed…”

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