2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 150 - FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES 150.645 Liability of landowner consenting to hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, or hiking on premises -- Claims for property damage by state employees participating in wildlife management practices.
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150.645 Liability of landowner consenting to hunting, fishing, trapping,
camping, or hiking on premises -- Claims for property damage by state
employees participating in wildlife management practices.
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An owner, lessee or occupant of premises who gives permission to another
person to hunt, fish, trap, camp or hike upon the premises shall owe no duty to
keep the premises safe for entry or use by the person or to give warning of any
hazardous conditions on the premises, and the owner, lessee, or occupant, by
giving his permission, does not thereby extend any assurance that the
premises are safe for such purpose, or constitute the person to whom
permission is granted an invitee to whom a duty of care is owed. The owner,
lessee, or occupant giving permission for any of the purposes stated above
shall not be liable for any injury to any person or property caused by the
negligent acts of any person to whom permission is granted. This section shall
not limit the liability which would otherwise exist for willful and malicious failure
to guard or to warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity; or
for injury suffered in any case where permission to hunt, fish, trap, camp, or
hike was granted for a consideration other than the consideration, if any, as set
forth in KRS 411.190(1)(d), paid to said owner, lessee, or occupant by the
state. The word "premises" as used in this section includes lands, private ways,
and any buildings and structures thereon. Nothing in this section limits in any
way any liability which otherwise exists.
Department employees who participate in bona fide wildlife management
practices are agents of the department and state and, in the event property
damage does occur, a claim for property damages may only be brought in the
Board of Claims pursuant to KRS 44.070.
Effective:July 13, 2004
History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 275, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1968
Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 29.
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