General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 86 Boundaries of Highways and Other Public Places, and Encroachments Thereon

• Massachusetts General Laws - Erection of monuments - Chapter 86, Section 1
  The aldermen, selectmen or road commissioners shall cause permanent bounds to be erected at the termini and angles of all ways laid out by them....
• Massachusetts General Laws - Buildings or fences as boundaries - Chapter 86, Section 2
  If buildings or fences have been erected and continued for more than twenty years, fronting upon or against a highway, town way, private way, training...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Encroachment on public ways - Chapter 86, Section 3
  If the boundaries of a public way are known or can be made certain by records or monuments, no length of possession, or occupancy of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Removal of encroachments - Chapter 86, Section 4
  If such building, fence or other encumbrance is adjudged a nuisance and ordered to be abated, the materials may be sold at auction and the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Removal of gates, rails, bars or fences upon or across ways - Chapter 86, Section 5
  Any person may remove gates, rails, bars or fences which are upon or across a public or private way legally laid out, unless they have...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Barbed wire fences - Chapter 86, Section 6
  Whoever builds or maintains a barbed wire fence within six feet of the ground along a sidewalk located on a public way shall be punished...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Removal of unused poles, structures, etc. from public ways - Chapter 86, Section 7
  The aldermen or selectmen may cause the removal from public ways and places of unused poles, wires, structures or other appliances, at the expense of...

Last modified: September 11, 2015