Florida Statute 588.24 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Chapter 588
LEGAL FENCES AND LIVESTOCK AT LARGE

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588.24 Penalty.—Any owner of livestock who unlawfully, intentionally, knowingly or negligently permits the same to run at large or stray upon the public roads of this state or any person who shall release livestock, after being impounded, without authority of the impounder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 13, ch. 25236, 1949; s. 612, ch. 71-136.

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Lynch v. Durrance, 77 So. 2d 458 (Fla. 1955).

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provide less severe penalties than imposed by § 588.24 the provisions of this act shall apply in each