Why the property type changes the answer
Chapter 344 requires construction and maintenance of partition fences in specified livestock situations and provides a fence-viewer process. Its scope depends on land use. If the project involves farm or livestock land, read the statute and ask the local authority how the process works before relying on it.
For an ordinary residential lot, local zoning answers the construction question. The legal boundary remains a separate professional question.
Ask the local office about the actual fence
The City of Minneapolis, for example, says a building permit is not needed for a fence but its zoning requirements still apply. Its construction guidance also distinguishes a site plan from an online parcel image. That is one city's process, so give your own local office the address, height, yard location, and material, then ask what drawing it accepts.
Lake and shoreland lots need another check
Minnesota shoreland controls are implemented through local zoning under state rules. On a lake, river, or stream property, ask whether the fence lies in a shoreland district and whether local visibility, vegetation, access, floodplain, or bluff controls affect it. A boundary survey can locate features included in its scope; the local office decides what may be built.
When to have the line marked
Ask for professional boundary work when corner monuments are absent or disturbed, a fence will follow a long wooded or irregular line, the neighbor questions the location, the local plan needs dimensions from established boundaries, or an easement or shared drive crosses the route. County GIS can help with research, but it should not direct post placement.
Give the surveyor a fence-specific scope
Send the deed, plat, prior survey, parcel ID, proposed fence route, and local instructions to a surveyor whose credential you verify through the Minnesota licensing board. Ask whether the work includes recovering or setting corners, staking the relevant line at useful intervals, and providing a signed drawing. Photograph the marks and request utility marking separately before digging.