Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 588.16 (2025)

Authority to impound livestock running at large or strays.

✓ 2025 Florida Statutes — current through the 2025 Regular Session Cite as: Fla. Stat. § 588.16 (2025)
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588.16 Authority to impound livestock running at large or strays.It shall be the duty of the sheriff or her or his deputies or designees, or any other law enforcement officer of the county, the county animal control center, or state highway patrol officers, where livestock is found to be running at large or straying, to take up, confine, hold, and impound any such livestock, to be disposed of as hereinafter provided.
History.s. 5, ch. 25236, 1949; s. 2, ch. 77-200; s. 944, ch. 97-103; s. 33, ch. 99-391.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1996–2016 · leading case: Manfre v. Shinkle
Manfre v. Shinkle (2016) fladistctapp · cites it 8× “§ 588.16, Fla. Stat. (2008). The intended purpose for enacting this statute belies the argument that the statute creates a duty of care to individuals like Shinkle rather than the public at large.”
Fisel v. Wynns (1996) fla · cites it 2× “—Every owner of livestock who intentionally, willfully, carelessly, or negligently suffers or permits such livestock to run at large upon or stray upon the public roads of this state shall be liable in damages for all injury and property damage sustained by any person by reason…”
Dario v. Roth (2000) fladistctapp “§ 588.16. To begin with, we agree with the sheriff that the livestock law does not apply to wild deer.”
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