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Rhode Island Recreational Use Statute
Posted: October 22, 2017 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Recreational Use Statute, Rhode Island | Tags: Recreational Use, Recreational Use Act, Recreational Use Statute, Rhode Island |Leave a comment
CHAPTER 6. PUBLIC USE OF PRIVATE LANDS — LIABILITY
R.I. Gen. Laws § 32-6-1 (2017)
§ 32-6-1. Purpose of chapter
§ 32-6-2. Definitions
§ 32-6-3. Liability of landowner
§ 32-6-4. Land leased to state
§ 32-6-5. Limitation on chapter
§ 32-6-6. Construction of chapter
The purpose of this chapter is to encourage owners of land to make land and water areas available to the public for recreational purposes by limiting their liability to persons entering thereon for those purposes.
(3) “Owner” means the private-owner possessor of a fee interest, or tenant, lessee, occupant, or person in control of the premises, including the state and municipalities;
Except as specifically recognized by or provided in § 32-6-5, an owner of land who either directly or indirectly invites or permits without charge any person to use that property for recreational purposes does not thereby:
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the provisions of § 32-6-3 and this section shall be deemed applicable to the duties and liability of an owner of land leased to the state or any subdivision or agency thereof or land that the state or any subdivision or agency thereof possesses an easement for recreational purposes.
(a) Nothing in this chapter limits in any way any liability that, but for this chapter, otherwise exists:
(2) Relieve any person using the land of another for recreational purposes from any obligation that he or she may have in the absence of this chapter to exercise care in his or her use of that land and in his or her activities thereon, or from the legal consequences of the failure to employ that care; or