Handbook of Florida Fence and Property Law: Adjoining Landowners

Michael T. Olexa, Jeffery Van Treese II, and Christopher A. Hill

Release Date: 10/2/2022

Reviewed At: 9/14/2022

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fe106-2010

Agriculture

Abstract

This information is included in the Handbook of Florida Fence and Property Law, Circular 1242. Of interest to farmers and farmland owners in particular, this handbook is designed to inform property owners of their rights and responsibilities in terms of their duty to fence. Discussed areas include a property owner’s responsibility to fence when livestock is kept on the property, the rights of adjoining landowners to fence, the placement of fences, encroachments, boundary lines, easements, contracts, nuisances, and a landowner’s responsibilities towards persons who enter his property.

About this Publication

This document is FE106, one of a series of the Food and Resource Economics Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date November 2000. Revised November 2018 and September 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Michael T. Olexa, Ph.D., J.D. professor, Food and Resource Economics Department, and director, Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Law, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL, and member, The Florida Bar; Jeffrey W. Van Treese II, J.D., Ph.D. attorney with Zappolo and Farwell, P.A. in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, practicing commercial litigation and director of the Palm Beach Lakes High School Law Academy, member, The Florida Bar, and conducts research in horticulture, with an emphasis on tree hazard risk assessment; and Christopher A. Hill, law student, University of Florida, Levin College of Law; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Olexa, M. T., Shuey, E. E., Cossey, J. A., & Smallwood, K. (2010). Handbook of Florida Fence and Property Law: Adjoining Landowners. EDIS, 2010(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe106-2010