In addition, the following shall also be a lawful fence: a fence built on good-sized, substantial posts, set firmly in the ground not more than nine feet (9') apart. The fence shall consist of three (3) barbed wires, or three (3) planks, or three (3) slats running horizontally and fastened firmly to the posts, the first to be eighteen inches (18") from the ground, and the second and third eighteen inches (18") from the first and second respectively, counting from the center of each. The fence may consist entirely of wire strands, or of planks or of slats; or it may be composed of a wire, plank, and slat.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry
Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement
§ 44-8-101. Land in Cultivation Sufficiently Fenced
§ 44-8-102. Various Materials Constituting Sufficient Fencing — Rules
§ 44-8-103. Horses, Cattle, and Mules Sufficiently Fenced
§ 44-8-104. Paling and Wire Fence Lawful
§ 44-8-105. Three-Wire, Plank, or Slat Fence a Lawful Fence
§ 44-8-107. Defense of Insufficiency of Fence
§ 44-8-109. Notoriously Mischievous Stock to Be Confined
§ 44-8-110. Liability of Owners of Notoriously Mischievous Stock
§ 44-8-112. Pulling and Leaving Down Fence, or Opening and Leaving Open Gate, a Misdemeanor