West Virginia Code § 19-17-3

Hedge fence
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All hedge fences along public roads, or division hedge fences between farms or on any land
or premises, shall be kept trimmed so that their branches shall not extend into the public
road, or upon the lands of an adjoining owner, more than eighteen inches over the dividing
line. For failure to keep the hedge fence so trimmed, after ten days' notice in writing by the
county engineer or supervisor of roads, or by parties owning the adjoining leand or premises,
the owner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not
exceeding $1 for each day such fence shall remain untrimmed after ther ten days' notice
expires.

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