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Florida Statute 588.09 | 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. 588.09
588.09 Legally enclosed land; fenced and posted.—
(1) Land shall be legally enclosed land, or posted land, when enclosed by a legal fence, and when there shall be placed along the boundary of said land in the manner herein provided posted notices to the public; provided that it shall not be necessary to erect any fence along any portion of the boundaries of the land formed by any ocean, gulf, bay, river, creek, or lake.
(2) The fences, enclosures, and the posted notices, when erected, placed, and maintained as herein required shall be notice to the public that the land enclosed thereby is private property upon which unauthorized entry for any purpose is prohibited and shall constitute a warning to unauthorized persons to remain off of or to depart from said land.
History.—ss. 4, 6, ch. 25357, 1949.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 588.09
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 588.09.

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FLORIDA POWER LIGHT COMPANY, v. MORRIS,, 944 So. 2d 407 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . around such land and shall maintain in legible condition any and all posted notices as required by §§ 588.09 . . . , 588.10, but a substantial or reasonably effective compliance with the provisions of §§ 588.011, 588.09 . . .

DAVIDSON W. D. a W. D. a W. E. R. C. D. G. D. T. J. E. P. v. HOWARD, DAVIDSON W. D. a W. D. a W. E. R. C. D. G. D. T. J. E. P. v. COLLIER COMPANY,, 438 So. 2d 899 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . around such land and shall maintain in legible condition any and all posted notices as required by §§ 588.09 . . . , 588.10, but a substantial or reasonably effective compliance with the provisions of §§ 588.011, 588.09 . . . Under Section 588.09, Florida Statutes, land becomes legally enclosed (or posted, the terms being synonymous . . .

WELCH v. F. BAKER,, 184 So. 2d 188 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966)

. . . around such land and shall maintain in legible condition any and all posted notices as required by §§ 588.09 . . . , 588.10, but a substantial or reasonably effective compliance with the provisions of §§ 588.011, 588.09 . . .