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Fla. Stat. § 810.115 (2025)

Breaking or injuring fences.

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810.115 Breaking or injuring fences.—
(1) Whoever willfully and maliciously breaks down, mars, injures, defaces, cuts, or otherwise creates or causes to be created an opening, gap, interruption, or break in any fence, or any part thereof, belonging to or enclosing land not his or her own, or whoever causes to be broken down, marred, injured, defaced, or cut any fence belonging to or enclosing land not his or her own, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who commits a second or subsequent offense under this subsection commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(2) If the offender breaks or injures a fence as provided in subsection (1) and the fence or any part thereof is used to contain animals at the time of the offense, the offender commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(3) The court may require full compensation to the owner of the fence for any and all damages or losses resulting directly or indirectly from the act or commission pursuant to s. 775.089.
History.—s. 1, ch. 78-256; s. 35, ch. 88-381; s. 189, ch. 91-224; s. 5, ch. 93-37; s. 1234, ch. 97-102; s. 1, ch. 2003-50; s. 6, ch. 2007-244.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 810.115

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§810.115(1)DAMAGE PROP-CRIM MISCHBREAK OR INJURE FENCE 2ND SUBSQ OFFF · 3rd
§810.115(2)DAMAGE PROP-CRIM MISCHBREAK INJURE FENCE CONTAIN ANIMALSF · 3rd
§810.115DAMAGE PROP-CRIM MISCHBREAK INJURE FENCEM · 1st
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1990–2015 · leading case: In re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—Report No. 2012-09, 122 So. 3d 263 (Fla. 2013).
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In re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—Report No. 2012-09, 122 So. 3d 263 (Fla. 2013). · cites it 7× “115(3) for an image created in violation of Fla. Stat. 810.115(2) (a) and (b), there are seven elements.”
Floyd B. Hutton, Anna v. Hutton v. Sheriff Thomas Strickland, Individually & as Sheriff of Holmes Cnty., Florida, 919 F.2d 1531 (11th Cir. 1990). · cites it 2× “§ 810.115, Fla.Stat. (1985). 9 . The commission of a trespass with an implement or firearm may elevate misdemeanor trespass to a felony under the following Florida Statutes: Possession of burglary tools.”
Barlow v. State, 171 So. 3d 777 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015). · cites it 2× “The felony charge, breaking or injuring fences *778 used to contain animals, § 810.115(2), Fla. Stat. (2013), was based on this episode.”
— 810.115(2) — 2 cases
In re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—Report No. 2012-09, 122 So. 3d 263 (Fla. 2013). “115(3) for an image created in violation of Fla. Stat. 810.115(2) (a) and (b), there are seven elements.”
Barlow v. State, 171 So. 3d 777 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015). “The felony charge, breaking or injuring fences *778 used to contain animals, § 810.115(2), Fla. Stat. (2013), was based on this episode.”
— 810.115(2)(c) — 1 case
In re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—Report No. 2012-09, 122 So. 3d 263 (Fla. 2013). “115(3) for an image created in violation of Fla. Stat. 810.115(2) (a) and (b), there are seven elements.”
— 810.115(3) — 1 case
In re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—Report No. 2012-09, 122 So. 3d 263 (Fla. 2013). “115(3) for an image created in violation of Fla. Stat. 810.115(2) (a) and (b), there are seven elements.”
— 810.115(8) — 1 case
In re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—Report No. 2012-09, 122 So. 3d 263 (Fla. 2013). “115(3) for an image created in violation of Fla. Stat. 810.115(2) (a) and (b), there are seven elements.”
— 810.115(l)(a) — 1 case
In re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—Report No. 2012-09, 122 So. 3d 263 (Fla. 2013). “115(3) for an image created in violation of Fla. Stat. 810.115(2) (a) and (b), there are seven elements.”
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