Florida Statute 588.10 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Chapter 588
LEGAL FENCES AND LIVESTOCK AT LARGE

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588.10 Posted notices; requirement.—Posted notices to the public as required by s. 588.09 shall be signs upon which there shall appear prominently, in letters of not less than 2 inches in height, the word “posted,” and in addition thereto there shall appear the name of the owner, lessee, or occupant of said land. Said posted notices shall be placed along, on, or close within the boundaries of any legally enclosed or posted land in a manner and in such position as to be clearly noticeable from the outside of the enclosure, and said notices shall be placed not farther than 500 feet apart along, and at each corner, of the boundaries of the land, and also at each gateway or opening of the fence enclosing the same. Said notices shall be placed along all boundaries formed by the waters mentioned herein on trees or posts close to the banks of said waters in position so as they may be noticeable to persons approaching the boundary formed by said waters.

History.—s. 5, ch. 25357, 1949.

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Davidson v. Howard, 438 So. 2d 899 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...da (1949)), which reads as follows: The owner of legally enclosed land shall maintain in reasonable good condition the fence or enclosure around such land and shall maintain in legible condition any and all posted notices as required by §§ 588.09, 588.10, but a substantial or reasonably effective compliance with the provisions of §§ 588.011, 588.09, 588.10, disregarding minor or inconsequential differences in the size, shape or condition thereof, shall be sufficient for the purpose of evidencing the legal enclosure of said land....

...icular manner along the non-acqueous boundaries of the land; and (c) the fences, enclosures, and posted notices are maintained in a certain way. Sections 588.011(1)-(3), Florida Statutes, describe the legal fence *902 that satisfies requirement (a). Section 588.10, Florida Statutes, describes the signs and posting thereof that satisfy requirement (b)....