9 P.S. § 202 Historic Burial Places

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-27
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 9 P.S. § 202

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this act is to encourage caretaker organizations to restore and maintain historic burial places by limiting their liability toward persons entering such burial places.

(b) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (d), a caretaker organization or a landowner owes no duty of care to keep a historic burial place safe for entry or use by others or to give any warning of a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity on the premises of the historic burial place to persons who enter the premises.

(c) Limitations.--Except as provided in subsection (d), a caretaker organization or a landowner which either directly or indirectly invites or permits any person to enter the premises of the historic burial place without charge does not thereby:

(1) Extend any assurance that the premises are safe for any purpose.

(2) Confer upon such person the legal status of an invitee or licensee to whom a duty of care is owed.

(3) Assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury to persons or property by an act of omission of such persons.

(d) Willful or malicious actions.--Nothing in this act limits in any way any liability which otherwise exists for willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity on the premises of a historic burial place.

(e) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to: