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Florida Statute 588.01 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 588
LEGAL FENCES AND LIVESTOCK AT LARGE
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F.S. 588.01
588.01 Requirements of general fence.All fences or enclosures of land shall be substantially constructed, whether with rails, logs, post and railing, iron, steel, or other material, and not less than 5 feet high; to the extent of 2 feet from the ground there shall not be a space between the material used in the construction of any fence greater than 4 inches; provided, that when any fence or enclosure shall be made with a trench or a ditch, the same shall be 4 feet wide; and in that case the fence shall be 5 feet high from the bottom of the ditch to the top of the fence.
History.RS 875; s. 1, ch. 5038, 1901; GS 1233; RGS 2364; CGL 3773.

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Amendments to 588.01


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 588.01
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 588.01.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

FLORIDA BOARD OF EDUCATION, v. ANDREWS,, 903 So. 2d 1048 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . reversible error by instructing the jury that the defendant’s alleged failure to comply with section 588.01 . . . O’Hare, 487 So.2d 39, 40 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986) (stating that the fencing requirements in sections 588.01 . . .

A. HANSON, v. H. SCHARBER, 749 So. 2d 563 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . Sections 588.01 and 588.011 define the requirements of “general” and “legal” fences. . . .

In J. ATKINS J. ATKINS, v. MARTINEZ, 176 B.R. 998 (Bankr. D. Minn. 1994)

. . . . § 588.01, for an order adjudging the Debtor in contempt of court for his refusal or failure to comply . . .

ZUPPARDO, v. O HARE,, 487 So. 2d 39 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . allowing her horse to stray upon Highway 41, appellee had “violated the requirements of Florida Statute 588.01 . . . Sections 588.01 through 588.11 were enacted to protect landowners against trespassers, whereas the Warren . . .

L. ROCKOW, v. E. C. HENDRY,, 230 So. 2d 717 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1970)

. . . . §§ 588.01, 588.07 and 588.08 F.S.A.) and other statutes referred to in Savannah, supra. . . .