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Florida Statute 588.11 | 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. 588.11
588.11 Owner to maintain fences and notices.The owner of legally enclosed land shall maintain in reasonable good condition the fence or enclosure around such land and shall maintain in legible condition any and all posted notices as required by ss. 588.09, 588.10, but a substantial or reasonably effective compliance with the provisions of ss. 588.011, 588.09, 588.10, disregarding minor or inconsequential differences in the size, shape, or condition thereof, shall be sufficient for the purpose of evidencing the legal enclosure of said land.
History.s. 7, ch. 25357, 1949.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 588.11
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 588.11.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

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

. . . Confusion has prevailed in this case because the plaintiffs have proceeded upon the theory that Section 588.11 . . . We hold that is an improper construction of Section 588.11 and is a misunderstanding of the Warren Act . . . All Section 588.11 does (or rather did at the time it was passed) is to impose a conditional legal duty . . .

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

. . . 487 So.2d 39, 40 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986) (stating that the fencing requirements in sections 588.01 through 588.11 . . .

GOTTLIEB, v. Q. T. WILES,, 150 F.R.D. 174 (D. Colo. 1993)

. . . The 50% reductions in photocopying and travel were warranted; $588.11 in computer research expenses are . . .

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

. . . horse to stray upon Highway 41, appellee had “violated the requirements of Florida Statute 588.01, 588.11 . . . Howard, 438 So.2d 899 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983) that sections 588.-01 through 588.11, pertaining to “legal . . . Sections 588.01 through 588.11 were enacted to protect landowners against trespassers, whereas the Warren . . .

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)

. . . Confusion has prevailed in this case because the plaintiffs have proceeded upon the theory that Section 588.11 . . . We hold that is an improper construction of Section 588.11 and a misunderstanding of the Warren Act. . . . Section 588.11, Florida Statutes, does two things. . . . We hold that Section 588.11, Florida Statutes, imposes no absolute legal duty upon an owner of land to . . . All Section 588.11 does (or rather did at the time it was passed) is to impose a conditional legal duty . . .

BEAVER, v. HOWERTON,, 223 So. 2d 62 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1969)

. . . . § 588.11, F.S.A. or had violated “the common law”. . . .

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

. . . in reasonably good condition a fence for the enclosure of his said cattle, in violation of Sections 588.11 . . . above said public road in Madison County, Florida, contrary to the provisions of Sections 588.15 and 588.11 . . . The second statute which the plaintiffs cite and rely upon in their complaint (Section 588.11) provides . . .

VOLENTINE AND LITTLETON, CONTRACTORS, A PARTNERSHIP, COMPOSED OF M. O. VOLENTINE AND EARL LITTLETON v. THE UNITED STATES, 144 Ct. Cl. 723 (Ct. Cl. 1959)

. . . 474.23 Contributions to Texas Employment Commission at 2.7%_ 1,065.47 Utilities_ 352.50 Miscellaneous- 588.11 . . .