AS Title 3, Chapter 30: Fences

Chapter 30. Fences. Sec. 03.30.010. What constitutes legal fence. [Repealed, § 3 ch 55 SLA 1977.] Sec. 03.30.020. Duty to keep barbed wire fences in repair. A person having a barbed wire fence shall keep it in good repair. When a domesticated animal is killed or injured by coming in contact with a barbed wire fence that is not at the time of injury kept in substantial compliance with this section and AS 03.30.030 , the owner of the animal may recover from the owner of the fence a sum equal to the amount of damages sustained in the killing or injury to the animal. Sec. 03.30.030. Fence as nuisance. Any wire fence so dilapidated as to be of no practical use as a fence that is a menace to livestock is a public nuisance and may be abated by a court in a proceeding instituted for that purpose. Sec. 03.30.060. Failure to close roadside gate used for retaining livestock. A person failing to close a roadside gate after opening the same is presumed to be negligent and liable for all consequent damage upon proof thereof. For the purposes of this section, a “roadside gate” is a contrivance located alongside or near a public or private road made for the purpose of passing through a fence that is used for or intended to be used for the retention of livestock.