{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-20-30","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 4:20-30","heading":"Fences in highway for preservation of hedges","body":"A person who shall plant a hedge for fencing upon the line of a public highway three rods or more wide, may erect and keep up, for the preservation of  such hedge for a period not exceeding six years from the planting thereof, a  fence of the kind he may choose, out into the public highway at a distance of  four feet from the hedge;  and neither the officer, board or body having control of the highways nor any other person shall, within the six-year period,  remove, destroy or in any manner injure the fence.","path":["TITLE 4 AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"c46770e207efcd3cac193001ea0190faa4dbece58874f33facad187f7f34e3ec","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-20-29","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-20-31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}