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2024 Florida Statutes
Title XXXV - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animal Industry
Chapter 588 - Legal Fences and Livestock at Large
588.01 - Requirements of General Fence.

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FL Stat § 588.01 (2024)
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588.01 Requirements of general fence.—All fences or enclosures of land shall be substantially constructed, whether with rails, logs, post and railing, iron, steel, or other material, and not less than 5 feet high; to the extent of 2 feet from the ground there shall not be a space between the material used in the construction of any fence greater than 4 inches; provided, that when any fence or enclosure shall be made with a trench or a ditch, the same shall be 4 feet wide; and in that case the fence shall be 5 feet high from the bottom of the ditch to the top of the fence.

History.—RS 875; s. 1, ch. 5038, 1901; GS 1233; RGS 2364; CGL 3773.

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