Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 3-4-3 (2026)
Requirements as to Construction of Lawful Fences - Fences of Three or More Wires for Cattle and Equine or Equidae.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
A fence made of three or more wires securely fastened to trees or posts not more than eight feet apart, the wires being not more than 15 inches apart and the top wire at least four feet from the ground, shall be a lawful fence so far as concerns equine or equidae and cattle.
(Code 1896, §2111; Code 1907, §4241; Code 1923, §7970; Code 1940, T. 3, §62; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2018–2018 · leading case: Brewer v. Atkinson, 262 So. 3d 663 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018).
Brewer v. Atkinson, 262 So. 3d 663 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “Finally, *667 they contend that the fence in which Cow 64 was contained was not properly constructed in accordance with the statutes governing livestock fencing found at Ala. Code 1975, §§ 3-4-3, 3-4-4, and 3-4-5 and, therefore, that there existed a jury question on whether the…”
Brewer v. Atkinson, 262 So. 3d 663 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “Finally, *667 they contend that the fence in which Cow 64 was contained was not properly constructed in accordance with the statutes governing livestock fencing found at Ala. Code 1975, §§ 3-4-3, 3-4-4, and 3-4-5 and, therefore, that there existed a jury question on whether the…”
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