IFAS Extension
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 FE105, one of a series of the Food and Resource Economics Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date November 1999. Revised December 2006, August 2010, November 2014, November 2018, and September 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
How to Cite
Olexa, M. T., Shuey, E. E., Cossey, J. A., & Smallwood, K. (2010). Handbook of Florida Fence and Property Law: Duty to Fence. EDIS, 2010(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe105-2010
Authors
Michael Olexa
Specialist
University of Florida
professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, and director, UF/IFAS Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Law, and member, Florida Bar
Jeffrey W. Van Treese II
attorney, commercial litigation, Zappolo and Farwell, P. A., Palm Beach Gardens, FL, and director, Palm Beach Lakes High School Law Academy; member, The Florida Bar
Christopher Hill
law student, UF Levin College of Law, Gainesville, FL