Delaware Code (Titles 8, 9, 25, 30)
25 Del. C. § 1301
Lawful fences; height; barbed wire
A good fence of wood, iron, wood and iron rods or wire, stone, or well set thorn, 41/2 feet high or 4 feet high and having a ditch within 2 feet of it, shall be deemed a lawful fence in New Castle and Kent Counties, and in Sussex County 4 feet shall be the height of lawful fences. Barbed wire shall not be used for division fences except by the mutual consent of the owners of the properties divided by such fences. No fence of any kind which is composed in whole or in part of, or to which there is or has been added, barbed wire, razor wire or any barbed wire type of fencing material shall be permitted in any residential district without prior approval of the county or municipal zoning board or its board of adjustment, unless the property being enclosed by such fence is being used for farming or educational purposes.
Amendment history
19 Del. Laws, c. 656; 71 Del. Laws, c. 157, § 1
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In this title (40 sections)
- 25-751 · Powers of Court of Chancery
- 25-901 · Liability in actions for waste
- 25-902 · Liability of an assignee and tenant in possession
- 25-903 · Liability of husband or assignee of tenant
- 25-904 · Liability of cotenants
- 25-905 · Actions by heirs
- 25-906 · Accidental fire in house not waste
- 25-907 · Service of writ; judgment by default
- 25-908 · Procedure upon death of either party
- 25-909 · Judgment
- 25-910 · Writ of estrepement
- 25-911 · Injunction or writ of estrepement upon petition of lienholder
- 25-1101 · Unauthorized removal of landmarks and marking of boundary…
- 25-1102 · Perpetuating testimony of boundaries
- 25-1103 · Marking and bounding lands; procedure
- 25-1104 · Notice of commission meeting; powers of commission; recording…
- 25-1105 · Effect of commission’s return; savings provision
- 25-1106 · Boundaries fixed by agreement of parties
- 25-1107 · Right of holders of separate parts of tract or of younger…
- 25-1108 · Fees of commissioners, surveyors, chain carriers and witnesses
- 25-1301 · Lawful fences; height; barbed wire
- 25-1302 · Liability for trespasses; fence-viewers to assess damages
- 25-1303 · Fence-viewers; appointment; powers; quorum; compensation
- 25-1304 · Maintenance of partition fences; liability for enclosure of…
- 25-1305 · Judgment of fence-viewers; enforcement and penalty for…
- 25-1306 · Division ditches and fences; remedy for neglect to maintain;…
- 25-1307 · Recovery of awards by fence-viewers
- 25-1401 · Liability for damages; court’s authority to determine whether…
- 25-1402 · Method of ascertaining value of trees removed
- 25-1403 · Failure of defendant to answer
- 25-1404 · Abatement of action
- 25-1501 · Liability of owners or occupiers of land for injury to guests…
- 25-1601 · Written notice of pendency of action
- 25-1602 · Recording; indexing; cancellation
- 25-1603 · Filed notice of pendency; effect as to persons claiming…
- 25-1604 · Effective term
- 25-1605 · Mailing of notice of pendency to parties against whom notice…
- 25-1606 · Mandatory cancellation
- 25-1607 · Cancellation upon condition of security
- 25-1608 · Discretionary cancellation; hearing on probability of success…