Alabama Statutes

§ 3-4-3 — Requirements as to Construction of Lawful Fences - Fences of Three or More Wires for Cattle and Equine or Equidae

Alabama § 3-4-3

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 3Animals

Ch. 4Fences and Livestock

This text of Alabama § 3-4-3 (Requirements as to Construction of Lawful Fences - Fences of Three or More Wires for Cattle and Equine or Equidae) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Alabama primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Ala. Code § 3-4-3 (2026).

Text

A fence made of three or more wires securely fastened to trees or posts not more than eight feet apart, the wires being not more than 15 inches apart and the top wire at least four feet from the ground, shall be a lawful fence so far as concerns equine or equidae and cattle.

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Legislative History

(Code 1896, §2111; Code 1907, §4241; Code 1923, §7970; Code 1940, T. 3, §62; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)

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