32 P.S. § 5621 Limitation On Liability of Persons Making Land Available For Trail Use

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-27
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 32 P.S. § 5621

(a) General rule.--Except as specifically recognized or provided in subsection (d), an owner or lessee who provides the public with land for use as a trail under this act or who owns land adjoining any trail developed under this act owes no duty of care to keep the land safe for entry or use by others for recreational purposes, or to give any warning to persons entering or going on that trail land of a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity thereon.

(b) Owner.-- Any person, public agency or corporation owning an interest in land utilized for recreational trail purposes pursuant to this act shall be treated as an "owner" for purposes of the act of February 2, 1966 (1965 P.L. 1860, No. 586), entitled "An act encouraging landowners to make land and water areas available to the public for recreational purposes by limiting liability in connection therewith, and repealing certain acts."

(c) Specific limitations on liability.--Except as specifically recognized by or provided in subsection (d), an owner or lessee who provides the public with land under this act shall not, by providing that trail or land:

(1) be presumed to extend any assurance that the land is safe for any purpose;

(2) incur any duty of care toward a person who goes on that land; or