Florida Statute 588.13 - 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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588.13 Definitions.—In construing ss. 588.12-588.25 the following words, phrases, or terms shall be held to mean:

(1) “Livestock” shall include all animals of the equine, bovine, or swine class, including goats, sheep, mules, horses, hogs, cattle, ostriches, and other grazing animals.

(2) “Owner” shall include any person, association, firm, or corporation, natural or artificial, owning or having custody of or in charge of livestock.

(3) Livestock “running at large” or “straying” shall mean any livestock found or being on any public land, or land belonging to a person other than the owner of the livestock, without the landowner’s permission, and posing a threat to public safety.

(4) “Public roads” as used herein shall mean those roads within the state which are, or may be, maintained by the state, a political subdivision of the state, or a municipality, including the full width of the right-of-way, except those maintained, and expressly exempted from provisions of this chapter, by ordinance of the county or municipality having jurisdiction.

History.—s. 2, ch. 25236, 1949; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 77-200; s. 230, ch. 79-400; s. 3, ch. 92-206; s. 31, ch. 99-391.

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Florida Power & Light Co. v. Morris, 944 So. 2d 407 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 17277, 2006 WL 2956541

...allowed his stock to run at large or stray upon public roads he became liable for any damage to persons or property. § 588.15, Fla. Stat. The act defines an "owner" of livestock as any person "owning or having custody of or in charge of livestock." § 588.13(2), Fla....

...gal fences and legal signs around his land if that land is to have the protection of criminal trespass statutes. * * * Thus, we conclude that the liability plaintiffs seek to impose must be visited upon the owner of the cow in question as defined by Section 588.13, viz., the legal owner or the person having custody of or in charge of the animal, and not the person who is merely the legal owner of the land on which the cow was grazing....

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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

...050-13 (January 13, 1950); 1954 Op.Att'y Gen.Fla. 054-61 (March 11, 1954); 1957 Op.Att'y Gen.Fla. 057-359 (November 15, 1957). Thus, we conclude that the liability plaintiffs seek to impose must be visited upon the owner of the cow in question as defined by Section 588.13, viz., the legal owner or the person having custody of or in charge of the animal, and not the person who is merely the legal owner of the land on which the cow was grazing....

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St. Petersburg Kennel Club v. Smith, 662 So. 2d 1270 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 527207

...ised for private use or commercial purposes." § 585.01(13), Fla. Stat. (1993). "`Livestock' shall include all animals of the equine, bovine, or swine class, including goats, sheep, mules, horses, hogs, cattle, ostriches, and other grazing animals." § 588.13(1), Fla....

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Dario v. Roth, 756 So. 2d 262 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2000 WL 525908

...To begin with, we agree with the sheriff that the livestock law does not apply to wild deer. The statute defines "livestock" to "include all animals of the equine, bovine, or swine class, including goats, sheep, mules, horses, hogs, cattle, ostriches, and other grazing animals." Id. § 588.13(1) (Supp.1992)....

...n the public roads. See id. § 588.15 (1991). "Livestock `running at large' or `straying' shall mean any livestock found or being on any public road of this state and either apparently a neglected animal or not under manual control of a person." Id. § 588.13(3)....

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Robbins v. Racetrack Training Ctr., Inc., 833 So. 2d 306 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 25872295

...Therefore, we must look at the plain meaning of the term "livestock." Although not specifically defined in section 193.461 or related sections, the term "livestock" has been defined consistently throughout the Florida Statutes to include "horses." See § 212.02(29), Fla. Stat. (1998 Supp.); § 585.01(13), Fla. Stat. (1997); § 588.13(1), Fla....

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Manfre v. Shinkle, 184 So. 3d 641 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 1534, 2016 WL 438227

...ic roads of this state.’ ”). Finally, if there is a duty of care imposed on the Sheriff by section 588.16, it is a general duty of care owed to the public at large rather than' to any individual. This conclusion is supported by the provisions of section 588.13(3), Florida Statutes (2008), which provide in pertinent part that “[livestock ‘running at large’ or ‘straying* shall mean any livestock ......

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1979).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

having jurisdiction.' (Emphasis supplied.) Section 588.13(4), as amended by Chs. 77-200 and 79-400, Laws