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NC Gen Stat § 99E-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 1 - Equine and Farm Animal Activity Liability.|§ 99E-1 - Definitions.

 99E-1. Definitions.As used in this Part, the term:(1) "Engage in an equine activity" means participate in an equine activity, assist a participant in an equine activity, or assist an equine activity sponsor or equine professional. The term "engage in an equine activity" does not include being a spectator at an equine activity, except in cases in which the spectator places himself in an unauthorized area and in immediate proximity to the equine activity.(2) "Equine" means a horse, pony, mule, donkey, or hinny.(3) "Equine activity" means any activity involving an equine. Actions to preserve, maintain, or regulate the use of land for equestrian recreation shall not be considered an equine activity.(4) "Equine activity sponsor" means an individual, group, club, partnership, or corporation, whether the sponsor is operating for profit or nonprofit, which sponsors, organizes, or provides the facilities for an equine activity. The term includes operators and promoters of equine facilities. A landowner who allows equine recreation on the landowner's property shall not be considered an equine activity sponsor.(5) "Equine professional" means a person engaged for compensation in any one or more of the following:a. Instructing a participant.b. Renting an equine to a participant for the purpose of riding, driving, or being a passenger upon the equine.c. Renting equipment or tack to a participant.d. Examining or administering medical treatment to an equine.e. Hooftrimming or placing or replacing horseshoes on an equine.(5a) "Equine recreation" means use of a landowner's property for an equine activity (i) where the landowner is neither the equine activity sponsor nor the equine professional and (ii) when the landowner permits use of the property without charge. For purposes of this subdivision, "charge" has the meaning set forth in G.S. 38A-2 and G.S. 38A-3.(6) "Inherent risks of equine activities" means those dangers or conditions that are an integral part of engaging in an equine activity, including any of the following:a. The possibility of an equine behaving in ways that may result in injury, harm, or death to persons on or around them.b. The unpredictability of an equine's reaction to such things as sounds, sudden movement, unfamiliar objects, persons, or other animals.Inherent risks of equine activities does not include a collision or accident involving a motor vehicle.(7) "Participant" means any person, whether amateur or professional, who engages in an equine activity, whether or not a fee is paid to participate in the equine activity.  (1997-376, s. 1; 2013-265, s. 3.2.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 1 - Equine and Farm Animal Activity Liability.|§ 99E-2 - Liability.

 99E-2. Liability.(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person engaged in an equine activity, including a corporation or partnership, shall not be liable for an injury to or the death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of equine activities and, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no participant or participant's representative shall maintain an action against or recover from an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person engaged in an equine activity for injury, loss, damage, or death of the participant resulting exclusively from any of the inherent risks of equine activities. In any action for damages against an equine activity sponsor or an equine professional for an equine activity, the equine activity sponsor or equine professional must plead the affirmative defense of assumption of the risk of the equine activity by the participant.(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall prevent or limit the liability of an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person engaged in an equine activity if the equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or person engaged in an equine activity does any one or more of the following:(1) Provides the equipment or tack, and knew or should have known that the equipment or tack was faulty, and such faulty equipment or tack proximately caused the injury, damage, or death.(2) Provides the equine and failed to make reasonable and prudent efforts to determine the ability of the participant to engage safely in the equine activity or to safely manage the particular equine.(3) Commits an act or omission that constitutes willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant, and that act or omission proximately caused the injury, damage, or death.(4) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-265, s. 3.2, effective August 1, 2013, and applicable to claims arising on or after that date.(c) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall prevent or limit the liability of an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person engaged in an equine activity under liability provisions as set forth in the products liability laws.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to conflict with or render ineffectual a liability release, indemnification, assumption, or acknowledgment of risk agreement between a participant and an equine activity sponsor or an equine professional.  (1997-376, s. 1; 2013-265, s. 3.2.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 1 - Equine and Farm Animal Activity Liability.|§ 99E-3 - Warning required.

 99E-3. Warning required.(a) Every equine professional and every equine activity sponsor shall post and maintain signs which contain the warning notice specified in subsection (b) of this section. The signs required by this section shall be placed in a clearly visible location on or near stables, corrals, or arenas where the equine professional or the equine activity sponsor conducts equine activities. The warning notice specified in subsection (b) of this section shall be designed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and shall consist of a sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch in height. Every written contract entered into by an equine professional or by an equine activity sponsor for the providing of professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment or tack or an equine to a participant, whether or not the contract involves equine activities on or off the location or site of the equine professional's or the equine activity sponsor's business, shall contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection (b) of this section.(b) The signs and contracts described in subsection (a) of this section shall contain the following warning notice:"WARNING  Under North Carolina law, an equine activity sponsor or equine professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in equine activities resulting exclusively from the inherent risks of equine activities. Chapter 99E of the North Carolina General Statutes."(c) Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices provided in this Part shall prevent an equine activity sponsor or equine professional from invoking the privileges of immunity provided by this Part.  (1997-376, s. 1; 2013-265, s. 3.2.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 1 - Equine and Farm Animal Activity Liability.|§ 99E-4 - Exception.

 99E-4. Exception.The liability of a landowner for injury or death associated with participation in equine recreation shall be subject to the limitation set forth in G.S. 38A-4 and shall not be subject to this Part.  (2013-265, s. 3.3.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 1 - Equine and Farm Animal Activity Liability.|§ 99E-7 - Liability.

 99E-7. Liability.(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a farm animal activity sponsor, a farm animal professional, or any other person engaged in a farm animal activity, including a corporation or partnership, shall not be liable for an injury to or the death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of farm animal activities, and, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no participant or participant's representative shall maintain an action against or recover from a farm animal sponsor, a farm animal professional, or any other person engaged in a farm animal activity for injury, loss, damage, or death of the participant resulting exclusively from any of the inherent risks of farm animal activities. In any action for damages against a farm animal activity sponsor or a farm animal professional for a farm animal activity, the farm animal activity sponsor or farm animal professional must plead the affirmative defense of assumption of the risk of the farm animal activity by the participant.(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall prevent or limit the liability of a farm animal activity sponsor, a farm animal professional, or any other person engaged in a farm animal activity if the farm animal activity sponsor, professional, or person engaged in a farm animal activity does any one or more of the following:(1) Provides the equipment or tack and knew or should have known that the equipment or tack was faulty, and such faulty equipment or tack proximately caused the injury, damage, or death.(2) Provides the farm animal and failed to make reasonable and prudent efforts to determine the ability of the participant to engage safely in the farm animal activity or to safely manage the particular farm animal.(3) Commits an act or omission that constitutes willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant, and that act or omission proximately caused the injury, damage, or death.(c) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall prevent or limit the liability of a farm animal activity sponsor, a farm animal professional, or any other person engaged in a farm animal activity under liability provisions as set forth in the products liability laws.  (2013-265, s. 3.3.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 1 - Equine and Farm Animal Activity Liability.|§ 99E-8 - Warning required.

 99E-8. Warning required.(a) Every farm animal activity sponsor and every farm animal professional shall post and maintain signs which contain the warning notices specified in subsection (b) or (c) of this section. The signs required by this section shall be placed in a clearly visible location on or near stables, corrals, arenas, or other farm animal facilities where the farm animal professional or the farm animal activity sponsor conducts animal activities. The warning notices specified in subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be designed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and shall consist of a sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch in height. Every written contract entered into by a farm animal professional or by a farm animal activity sponsor for the providing of professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment or tack or a farm animal to a participant, whether or not the contract involves farm animal activities on or off the location or site of the farm animal professional's or farm animal activity sponsor's business, shall contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection (b) or (c) of this section.(b) The signs and contracts described in subsection (a) of this section shall contain the following warning notice:"WARNING  Under North Carolina law, a farm animal activity sponsor or farm animal professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in farm animal activities resulting exclusively from the inherent risks of farm animal activities. Chapter 99E of the North Carolina General Statutes."(c) If a farm animal activity sponsor or farm animal professional sponsors or engages in farm animal activities only involving equines, the signs and contracts described in subsection (a) of this section may contain the following warning notice:"WARNING  Under North Carolina law, an equine activity sponsor or equine professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in equine activities resulting exclusively from the inherent risks of equine activities. Chapter 99E of the North Carolina General Statutes."(d) Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices provided in this Part shall prevent a farm animal activity sponsor or farm animal professional from invoking the privileges of immunity provided by this Part.  (2013-265, s. 3.3.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 2 - Roller Skating Rink Safety and Liability.|§ 99E-10 - Definitions.

 99E-10. Definitions.As used in this Article:(1) "Operator" means a person or entity who owns, manages, controls, or directs, or who has operational responsibility for a roller skating rink.(2) "Roller skater" means an individual wearing roller skates while in a roller skating rink for the purpose of recreational or competitive roller skating. "Roller skater" includes any individual in the roller skating rink who is an invitee, whether or not this individual pays consideration.(3) "Roller skating rink" means a building, facility, or premises that provide an area specifically designed to be used by the public for recreational or competitive roller skating.(4) "Spectator" means an individual who is present in a roller skating rink only for the purpose of observing recreational or competitive roller skating. (1997-376, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 2 - Roller Skating Rink Safety and Liability.|§ 99E-11 - Duties of an operator.

 99E-11. Duties of an operator.The operator, to the extent practicable, shall:(1) Post the duties of roller skaters and spectators and the duties, obligations, and liabilities of the operator as prescribed in this Article in conspicuous places in at least three locations in the roller skating rink.(2) Maintain the stability and legibility of all signs, symbols, and posted notices required under subdivision (1) of this section.(3) Comply with all roller skating rink safety standards published by the Roller Skating Rink Operators Association, including, but not limited to, the proper maintenance of roller skating equipment and roller skating surfaces.(4) When the rink is open for sessions, have at least one floor guard on duty for approximately every 200 skaters.(5) Maintain the skating surface in reasonably safe condition and clean and inspect the skating surface before each session.(6) Maintain in good condition the railings, kickboards, and walls surrounding the skating surface.(7) In rinks with step-up or step-down skating surfaces, ensure that the covering on the riser is securely fastened.(8) Install fire extinguishers and inspect fire extinguishers at recommended intervals.(9) Provide reasonable security in parking areas during operational hours.(10) Inspect emergency lighting units periodically to ensure the lights are in proper order.(11) Keep exit lights and lights in service areas on when skating surface lights are turned off during special numbers.(12) Check rental skates on a regular basis to ensure the skates are in good mechanical condition.(13) Prohibit the sale or use of alcoholic beverages on the premises.(14) Comply with all applicable State and local safety codes.(15) Not engage willfully or negligently in any conduct that may proximately cause injury, damage, or death to a roller skater or spectator. (1997-376, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 2 - Roller Skating Rink Safety and Liability.|§ 99E-12 - Duties of a roller skater.

 99E-12. Duties of a roller skater.Each roller skater shall, to the extent commensurate with the person's age:(1) Maintain reasonable control of his or her speed and course at all times.(2) Heed all posted signs and warnings.(3) Maintain a proper lookout to avoid other roller skaters and objects.(4) Accept the responsibility for knowing the range of his or her ability to negotiate the intended direction of travel while on roller skates and to skate within the limits of that ability.(5) Refrain from acting in a manner that may cause or contribute to the injury of himself, herself, or any other person. (1997-376, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 2 - Roller Skating Rink Safety and Liability.|§ 99E-13 - Assumption of risk.

 99E-13. Assumption of risk.Roller skaters and spectators are deemed to have knowledge of and to assume the inherent risks of roller skating, insofar as those risks are obvious and necessary. The obvious and necessary inherent risks include, but are not limited to, injury, damage, or death that:(1) Results from incidental contact with other roller skaters or spectators,(2) Results from falls caused by loss of balance, or(3) Involves objects or artificial structures properly within the intended path of travel of the roller skater,and that is not otherwise attributable to a rink operator's breach of the operator's duties as set forth in G.S. 99E-11. (1997-376, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 2 - Roller Skating Rink Safety and Liability.|§ 99E-14 - Defense to suit.

 99E-14. Defense to suit.Assumption of risk pursuant to G.S. 99E-13 is a complete defense to a suit against an operator by a roller skater or a spectator for injuries resulting from any obvious and necessary inherent risks, unless the operator has violated the operator's duties under G.S. 99E-11. (1997-376, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 3 - Hazardous Recreation Parks Safety and Liability.|§ 99E-21 - Purpose.

 99E-21. Purpose.The purpose of this Article is to encourage governmental owners or lessees of property to make land available to a governmental entity for skateboarding, inline skating, or freestyle bicycling. It is recognized that governmental owners or lessees of property have failed to make property available for such activities because of the exposure to liability from lawsuits and the prohibitive cost of insurance, if insurance can be obtained for such activities. It is also recognized that risks and dangers are inherent in these activities, which risks and dangers should be assumed by those participating in the activities. (2003-334, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 3 - Hazardous Recreation Parks Safety and Liability.|§ 99E-22 - Definitions.

 99E-22. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Article:(1) Governmental entity. -a. The State, any county or municipality, or any department, agency, or other instrumentality thereof.b. Any school board, special district, authority, or other entity exercising governmental authority.(2) Hazardous recreational activity. - Skateboarding, inline skating, or freestyle bicycling.(3) Inherent risk. - Those dangers or conditions that are characteristic of, intrinsic to, or an integral part of skateboarding, inline skating, and freestyle bicycling. (2003-334, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 3 - Hazardous Recreation Parks Safety and Liability.|§ 99E-23 - Duties of operators of skateboard parks.

 99E-23. Duties of operators of skateboard parks.(a) No operator of a skateboard park shall permit any person to ride a skateboard therein, unless that person is wearing a helmet, elbow pads, and kneepads.(b) For any facility owned or operated by a governmental entity that is designed and maintained for the purpose of recreational skateboard use, and that is not supervised on a regular basis, the requirements under subsection (a) of this section are satisfied when all of the following occur:(1) The governmental entity adopted an ordinance requiring any person riding a skateboard at the facility to wear a helmet, elbow pads, and kneepads.(2) Signs are posted at the facility affording reasonable notice that any person riding a skateboard in the facility must wear a helmet, elbow pads, and kneepads and that any person failing to do so will be subject to citation under the ordinance under subdivision (1) of this subsection. (2003-334, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 99E-24 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions|Article 3 - Hazardous Recreation Parks Safety and Liability.|§ 99E-24 - Duties of persons engaged in hazardous recreational activities.

 99E-24. Duties of persons engaged in hazardous recreational activities.(a) Any person who participates in or assists in hazardous recreational activities assumes the known and unknown inherent risks in these activities, irrespective of age, and is legally responsible for all damages, injury, or death to himself or herself or other persons or property that result from these activities. Any person who observes hazardous recreational activities assumes the known and unknown inherent risks in these activities, irrespective of age, and is legally responsible for all damages, injury, or death to himself or herself that result from these activities. No public entity that sponsors, allows, or permits skateboarding, inline skating, or freestyle bicycling on its property is required to eliminate, alter, or control the inherent risks in these activities.(b) While engaged in hazardous recreational activities, irrespective of where such activities occur, a participant is responsible for doing all of the following:(1) Acting within the limits of his or her ability and the purpose and design of the equipment used.(2) Maintaining control of his or her person and the equipment used.(3) Refraining from acting in any manner that may cause or contribute to death or injury of himself or herself or other persons.(c) Failure to comply with the requirement of subsection (b) of this section constitutes negligence. (2003-334, s. 1.)