Handbook of Florida Fence and Property Law: Adverse Possession

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

Release Date: 10/2/2022

Reviewed At: 9/12/2022

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fe678-2006

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 is EDIS document FE678, 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, and September 2022. Please visit the EDIS website at http://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, director, UF/IFAS Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Law, and member, The Florida Bar; Jeffery Van Treese II, J.D., Ph.D., professor, Legal Studies (Department Chair) and Environmental Science, Palm Beach State College, and Attorney of Counsel, Zappolo and Farwell, P.A.; 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., & Cossey, J. A. (2007). Handbook of Florida Fence and Property Law: Adverse Possession. EDIS, 2007(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe678-2006