2021 Tennessee Code
Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry
Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 44-8-101. Land in Cultivation Sufficiently Fenced - Every planter shall make and keep a sufficient fence, of...

§ 44-8-102. Various Materials Constituting Sufficient Fencing — Rules - Code 1858, § 1682; Acts 1877, ch. 35, §§ 2,...

§ 44-8-103. Horses, Cattle, and Mules Sufficiently Fenced - The following shall be sufficient and be deemed a lawful...

§ 44-8-104. Paling and Wire Fence Lawful - The paling and wire fence is made a lawful fence;...

§ 44-8-105. Three-Wire, Plank, or Slat Fence a Lawful Fence - In addition, the following shall also be a lawful fence:...

§ 44-8-107. Defense of Insufficiency of Fence - If it appears that the fence is insufficient, the owner...

§ 44-8-108. Injury to Animals - If any person, whose fence is adjudged insufficient, maims, wounds,...

§ 44-8-109. Notoriously Mischievous Stock to Be Confined - All persons owning notoriously mischievous stock, known to be in...

§ 44-8-110. Liability of Owners of Notoriously Mischievous Stock - The owners of notoriously mischievous stock shall be liable for...

§ 44-8-112. Pulling and Leaving Down Fence, or Opening and Leaving Open Gate, a Misdemeanor - Any person who pulls down the fence of another and...

Part 2 - Partition Fences

§ 44-8-201. Partition Fence Defined — Joining Fences - Partition fences, within the meaning of this part, are fences...

§ 44-8-202. Fences to Be Erected and Maintained at Joint Expense - Partition fences may be erected and repaired at the expense,...

§ 44-8-203. Damages for Failure to Maintain Fence - If either of the persons having a joint or partition...

§ 44-8-204. Pay for Fence - If the parties cannot agree as to the amount to...

§ 44-8-205. Judgment and Execution - The freeholders, first taking an oath before the judge to...

§ 44-8-206. Rebuilding or Repairing Fences - The like proceedings may be had in cases where partition...

§ 44-8-207. Fees of Court and Fence Reviewers - The court is entitled to fifty cents (50¢) for issuing...

§ 44-8-208. Fences Not Removed Without Six Months' Notice - No partition fence, or any part of a partition fence,...

§ 44-8-209. Removing Fence Without Notice a Misdemeanor — Damages - Any person who removes a partition fence, or any part...

Part 3 - Common Enclosures

§ 44-8-301. Damages for Failure to Keep Up Fences, or for Trespass - It is lawful for two (2) or more owners of...

§ 44-8-302. Common Enclosure of Lands Under Written Agreements — Specifications - It is lawful to prescribe, in such an agreement, the...

§ 44-8-303. Force and Binding Power of Agreement - Any such agreement shall continue in force and be binding...

§ 44-8-305. Liability of Persons Not Parties to Agreement for Trespass by Stock - Any person not a party to the agreement whose stock...

Part 4 - Running at Large

§ 44-8-402. Lien for Damages - For any damages occasioned by stock running at large in...

§ 44-8-410. Bitches to Be Confined While Proud - Every owner of a bitch is required to confine the...

§ 44-8-411. No Liability for Killing Proud Bitch at Large - Any person crippling, killing, or in any way destroying a...

§ 44-8-412. Violation of § 44-8-410 a Misdemeanor - A violation of § 44-8-410 is a Class C misdemeanor.