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§ 5792. Definitions

§ 5792. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Consideration” means a price, fee, or other charge paid to or received by the owner in return for the permission to enter upon or to travel across the owner’s land for recreational use. Consideration shall not include: (A) compensation paid to or a tax benefit received […]

§ 5793. Liability limited

§ 5793. Liability limited (a) Land. An owner shall not be liable for property damage or personal injury sustained by a person who, without consideration, enters or goes upon the owner’s land for a recreational use unless the damage or injury is the result of the willful or wanton misconduct of the owner. (b) Equipment, […]

§ 5794. Landowner protection

§ 5794. Landowner protection (a) The fact that an owner has made land available without consideration for recreational uses shall not be construed to: (1) limit the property rights of owners; (2) limit the ability of an owner and a recreational user of the land to enter into agreements for the recreational use of the […]

§ 5795. Exceptions

§ 5795. Exceptions This chapter shall not apply to lands owned by a municipality or the State. (Added 1997, No. 110 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

§ 5801. Forms of oaths prescribed

§ 5801. Forms of oaths prescribed The forms set out in this chapter shall be the forms of oaths to be administered to officers and persons as hereinafter mentioned.

§ 5802. Oath to be administered to grand jury

§ 5802. Oath to be administered to grand jury You solemnly swear that you will diligently inquire and true presentment make of all such matters and things as shall come to your knowledge, according to your charge. The counsel of the State, your own counsel, and that of your fellows, you shall keep secret. You […]

§ 5781. Nonprofit organizations

§ 5781. Nonprofit organizations A person who serves without compensation as a director, officer, or trustee of a nonprofit organization qualified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended, shall not be held personally liable for damages resulting from: (1) any act or omission within […]

§ 5782. Libraries

§ 5782. Libraries A person employed by a library with or without compensation shall not be held personally liable for damages resulting from: (1) information contained in any library materials; or (2) library services provided to library patrons in the course of his or her duties. (Added 1989, No. 28, § 3.)

§ 5753. Agricultural activities; protection from nuisance lawsuits

§ 5753. Agricultural activities; protection from nuisance lawsuits (a)(1) Agricultural activities shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that the activity does not constitute a nuisance if the agricultural activity meets all of the following conditions: (A) it is conducted in conformity with federal, State, and local laws and regulations (including required agricultural practices); (B) […]