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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 588
Legal Fences And Livestock At Large
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Section 588.15, Florida Statutes 2000

588.15  Liability of owner.--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 thereof.

History.--s. 4, ch. 25236, 1949.