2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 455B - Recreational Parks
NRS 455B.450 - Persons deemed trespassers; reporting of personal injury sustained while using recreation area; limitation on liability of operator and owner of private property; duty to minimize known dangers; posting of signs that provide certain information.

NV Rev Stat § 455B.450 (2014) What's This?

1. A person who enters a recreation area unlawfully shall be deemed to be a trespasser.

2. A person who sustains a personal injury while the person is using a recreation area shall notify the operator or an authorized agent or employee of the operator of the injury as soon as reasonably possible.

3. Except as otherwise provided by law, an operator or an owner of private property is not liable for the death or injury of a person or for damage to property caused or sustained by a person using a recreation area if the person knowingly enters an area which is located outside the recreation area.

4. An operator shall take reasonable steps to minimize known dangers and conditions of trailheads and water access areas within the operator s control.

5. An operator shall post signs in conspicuous places or provide other information at trailheads and water access areas that:

(a) Identify the boundaries of the recreation area and immediately adjacent private property;

(b) Prescribe rules concerning safety, conduct and use; and

(c) Provide warnings about known dangerous conditions and potential hazards.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 835)

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