Handbook of Florida Fence and Property Law: Trees and Landowner Responsibility

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

Release Date: 10/2/2022

Reviewed At: 9/16/2022

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fe962-2014

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 FE962, one in 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. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Michael T. Olexa, professor, Food and Resource Economics Department, and director, Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Law, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL, and member, Florida Bar; Jeffery W. Van Treese II, School District of Palm Beach County, Law Academy Instructor, is a commercial litigation attorney who also holds a Ph.D. in ecology and is a member of the Florida Bar; 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., & Todd, P. H. (2014). Handbook of Florida Fence and Property Law: Trees and Landowner Responsibility. EDIS, 2014(10). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe962-2014

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