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Florida Fence and Property Law: Adjoining Landowners

Michael Olexa, Eugene Shuey and, Patrick Todd (April, 2014)

Summary

This fact sheet is designed to inform property owners of their rights and responsibilities in terms of their duty to fence. It discusses such areas as the property owner´s responsibility to fence when s/he has livestock; the rights of adjoining landowners to fence and where they may place their fences, encroachments, boundary lines, easements, contracts, nuisances; and the landowner´s responsibilities towards persons entering upon their property. This handbook should provide a basic overview of many rights and responsibilities that farmers and farm landowners have under Florida´s fencing and property laws