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• MINNESOTA LIABILITY LAW
<br /> Private Lands and Waters, Public Use
<br /> 87.01 POLICY. 87.023 OWNER'S LIABILITY
<br /> It is the policy of the state, in furtherance of the public Except as provided in section 87.025, an owner who ei-
<br /> health and welfare, to encourage and promote the use of ther directly or indirectly invites or permits without
<br /> privately owned lands and waters by the public for benefi- charge any person to use his land for recreational pur-
<br /> cial recreational purposes,and the provisions of this chap- poses does not thereby:
<br /> ter are enacted to that end. (a) Extend any assurance that the land is safe for any
<br /> (1961 c 638 s 1; 1971 c 946 s 1) purpose;
<br /> (b) Confer upon such person the legal status of an invi-
<br /> 87.02 [Repealed, 1971 c 946 s 9] tee or licensee to whom a duty of care is owed;
<br /> (c) Assume responsibility for or incur liability for any
<br /> 87.021 DEFINITIONS. injury to person or property caused by an act or omission
<br /> Subdivision 1. For the purposes of this chapter the of such persons.
<br /> terms defined in this section have the meanings given (1971 c 946 s 4; 1982 c 373 s 6)
<br /> them, except where the context clearly indicates other-
<br /> wise. 87.024 LIABILITY; LEASED LAND.
<br /> Subd. 2. "Land" means privately owned or leased Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the provisions of
<br /> land, roads, water, watercourses, private ways and build- sections 87.022 and 87.023 shall be deemed applicable to
<br /> ings, structures, and machinery or equipment when at- the duties and liability of an owner of land leased to the
<br /> cached to the land, state or any subdivision thereof for recreational purposes.
<br /> Subd. 3. "Owner" means the possessor of a fee interest (1971 c 946 s 5)
<br /> or a life estate,a tenant, lessee,occupant or person in con-
<br /> trol of the land. 87.025 OWNER'S LIABILITY; NOT LIMITED.
<br /> Subd. 4. "Recreational purpose" includes, but is not Except as provided in this chapter nothing herein limits
<br /> limited to, any of the following, or any combination in any way any liability which otherwise exists:
<br /> thereof: hunting, trapping, fishing, swimming, boating, (a) For conduct which, at law, entitled a trespasser to
<br /> camping, picnicking, hiking, bicycling, horseback rid- maintain an action and obtain relief for the conduct com-
<br /> ing, firewood gathering, pleasure driving including plained of;
<br /> snowmobiling and the operation of any motorized vehicle (b) For injury suffered in any case where the owner
<br /> or conveyance upon a road or upon or across any land in charges the person or persons who enter or go on the land
<br /> any manner whatsoever, nature study, water skiing, win- for the recreational use thereof, except that in the case of
<br /> ter sports,and viewing or enjoying historical,archaeolog- land leased to the state or a subdivision thereof, any con-
<br /> ical, scenic, or scientific sites. sideration received from the state or subdivision thereof
<br /> Subd. 5. "Charge" means any admission price asked or by the owner for such lease shall not be deemed a charge
<br /> charged for services, entertainment, recreational use or within the meaning of this section.
<br /> other activity or the offering of products for sale to the (Ex 1971 c 3 s 88 subd I; 1982 c 373 s 7)
<br /> recreational user by a commercial for profit enterprise di-
<br /> rectly related to the use of the land. 87.026 LAND USER'S LIABILITY.
<br /> (1971 c 946 s 2; 1982 c 373 s 1-4) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to:
<br /> (a) Create a duty of care or ground of liability for injury
<br /> 87.022 [Repealed, 1982 c 373 s 9] to persons or property;
<br /> (b) Relieve any person using the land of another for
<br /> 87.0221 OWNER'S DUTY OF CARE OR DUTY TO recreational purposes from any obligation which he may
<br /> GIVE WARNINGS. have in the absence of this chapter to exercise care in his
<br /> Except as specifically recognized by or provided in sec- use of such land in his activities thereon,or from the legal
<br /> tion 87.025, an owner (a) owes no duty of care to render consequences of failure to employ such care.
<br /> or maintain his land safe for entry or use by other persons (1971 c 946 s 7)
<br /> for recreational purposes, (b) owes no duty to warn those
<br /> persons of any dangerous condition on the land, whether 87.03 DEDICATION.
<br /> patent or latent, (c)owes no duty of care toward those per- No dedication of any land in connection with any use by
<br /> sons except to refrain from willfully taking action to cause any person for a recreational purpose shall take effect in
<br /> injury, and (d) owes no duty to curtail his use of his land consequence of the exercise of such use for any length of
<br /> during its use for recreational purposes. time hereafter except as expressly permitted or provided
<br /> (1973 c 703 s 1; 1982 c 373 s 5) by the owner.
<br /> (1961 c 638, s 3; 1963 c 207 s 2; 1971 c 946 s 8; 1982 c
<br /> 373 s 8)
<br /> 87.04 [Repealed. 1971 c 946 s 9]
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