Marion County requires animals to be confined to the owner's property, and Florida's open-range repeal makes livestock owners liable for animals that stray. Letting cattle, horses, or other livestock run at large on public roads is a second-degree misdemeanor and creates civil liability for resulting damage.
Marion County Code Sec. 4-11 requires every owner to keep an animal under physical control and confined when off the owner's property, and Sec. 4-2 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. Marion County is not open range; Florida law governs stray livestock on roads and adjoining land. Under F.S. 588.15, every owner of livestock who intentionally, willfully, carelessly, or negligently permits livestock to run at large or stray upon the public roads is liable in damages for all injury and property damage caused. F.S. 588.13 defines 'running at large' or 'straying' as livestock found on public land or on land of someone other than the owner without permission. Fencing standards for legal enclosures are set by F.S. Chapter 588 (the statute referenced in the Marion County Code Sec. 4-2 livestock-fencing definition). Marion County Animal Services responds to stray-livestock calls in the unincorporated county and may impound at-large livestock.
Under F.S. 588.24, any livestock owner who unlawfully, intentionally, knowingly, or negligently permits livestock to run at large or stray upon the public roads - or any person who releases impounded livestock without authority - is guilty of a second-degree misdemeanor, punishable as provided in F.S. 775.082 or 775.083. The owner is also civilly liable under F.S. 588.15 for all injury and property damage, and stray livestock may be impounded with redemption fees owed.
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