Missouri Revised Statutes
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 272.110 (2026)
Division fences to be kept in repair
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272.110. Division fences to be kept in repair. — Every person owning a part of a division fence shall keep his or her portion of the same in good repair according to the requirements of this chapter, and may enter upon any land lying adjacent thereto for such purpose.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14579, A.L. 2001 H.B. 219 merged with S.B. 462)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12916; 1919 § 5521; 1909 § 6464
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2010–2014 · leading case: Sharp v. Crawford, 313 S.W.3d 193 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010).
Sharp v. Crawford, 313 S.W.3d 193 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010). “As a result, the trial court found that section 272.110, RSMo Cum.Supp.2001, “allows [Respondents] to go onto [Appellants’] property and use their driveway and gravel road during or after flooding to check their fence line and to fix the fence if necessary.”
Paul C. Ferguson v. R. Kenneth Ewing & Dorothy A. Ewing, 437 S.W.3d 821 (Mo. Ct. App. 2014). “Ferguson requested the following: that the court issue an order authorizing him to construct the Ewings’ portion of the fence; that the costs be recorded in each owner’s deed; that he be granted a defense to trespass, pursuant to section 272.110, 3 to construct and maintain the…”
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