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Florida Fence and Property Law:Fence Contracts

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

Summary

Florida´s agricultural economy has been required to co-exist with Florida´s rapid population and commercial growth over the last twenty years. Conflicts between these interests have brought to prominence issues such as the rights and responsibilities of adjoining landowners, farmers, and property owners in general. With the added importance placed on these areas of real property, the legal aspects of fences in the state of Florida has taken on significant importance. 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 fact sheet should provide a basic overview of many rights and responsibilities that farmers and farm landowners have under Florida´s fencing and property laws.