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TN Code § 70-7-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 7 - Liability for Activities|Part 1 - Liability of Landowner to Persons Using Land|§ 70-7-101. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Land” or “premises” means and includes all real property, waters, private ways, trees and any building or structure that might be located on real property, waters and private ways;   “Land” or “premises” includes real property, waters, private ways, trees and any building or structure located on the land or premises, owned by any governmental entity, including, but not limited to, the Tennessee valley authority; and   “Land” or “premises” does not include the landowner's principal place of residence and any improvements erected for recreational purposes that immediately surround such residence, including, but not limited to, swimming pools, tennis or badminton courts, barbecue or horse shoe pits, jacuzzis, hot tubs or saunas;      “Landowner” means the legal title holder or owner of such land or premises, or the person entitled to immediate possession of the land or premises, and includes any lessee, occupant or any other person in control of the land or premises; and   “Landowner” includes any governmental entity.
TN Code § 70-7-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 7 - Liability for Activities|Part 1 - Liability of Landowner to Persons Using Land|§ 70-7-102. Landowner's Duty of Care

  The landowner, lessee, occupant, or any person in control of land or premises owes no duty of care to keep such land or premises safe for entry or use by others for such recreational activities as hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, water sports, white water rafting, canoeing, hiking, sightseeing, animal riding, bird watching, dog training, boating, caving, fruit and vegetable picking for the participant's own use, nature and historical studies and research, rock climbing, skeet and trap shooting, sporting clays, shooting sports, and target shooting, including archery and shooting range activities, skiing, off-road vehicle riding, and cutting or removing wood for the participant's own use, nor shall such landowner be required to give any warning of hazardous conditions, uses of, structures, or activities on such land or premises to any person entering on such land or premises for such purposes, except as provided in § 70-7-104.   The landowner, lessee, occupant, or any person in control of land or premises owes no duty of care to keep such land or premises safe for entry or use by others for recreational noncommercial aircraft operations or recreational noncommercial ultra light vehicle operations on private airstrips except as to known hazards or defects and except as provided in § 70-7-104.
TN Code § 70-7-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 7 - Liability for Activities|Part 1 - Liability of Landowner to Persons Using Land|§ 70-7-103. Effect of Landowner's Permission

 Any landowner, lessee, occupant, or any person in control of the land or premises or such person's agent who gives permission to another person to hunt, fish, trap, camp, engage in water sports, participate in white water rafting or canoeing, hike, sightsee, ride animals, bird watch, train dogs, boat, cave, pick fruit and vegetables for the participant's own benefit, engage in nature and historical studies and research, climb rocks, shoot skeet and trap, engage in sporting clays, shooting sports, and target shooting, including archery and shooting range activities, ski, ride off-road vehicles, recreational noncommercial aircraft operations or recreational noncommercial ultra light vehicle operations on private airstrips, and cut and remove wood for the participant's own use upon such land or premises does not by giving such permission:   Extend any assurance that the premises are safe for such purpose;   Constitute the person to whom permission has been granted to legal status of an invitee to whom a duty of care is owed; or   Assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury to such person or purposely caused by any act of such person to whom permission has been granted except as provided in § 70-7-104.
TN Code § 70-7-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 7 - Liability for Activities|Part 1 - Liability of Landowner to Persons Using Land|§ 70-7-104. Conditions Under Which Liability Unaffected

  This part does not limit the liability that otherwise exists for:  Gross negligence, willful or wanton conduct that results in a failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity; or   Injury caused by acts of persons to whom permission to hunt, fish, trap, camp, hike, sightsee, cave, recreational noncommercial aircraft operations or recreational noncommercial ultra light vehicle operations on private airstrips, or any other legal purpose was granted, to third persons or to persons to whom the person granting permission, or the landowner, lessee, occupant, or any person in control of the land or premises, owed a duty to keep the land or premises safe or to warn of danger.     Subdivision (a)(1) shall not be construed to impose liability or remove the immunity conferred by § 70-7-102 for failure to guard or warn of a dangerous condition created by forces of nature.
TN Code § 70-7-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 7 - Liability for Activities|Part 1 - Liability of Landowner to Persons Using Land|§ 70-7-105. Waiver of Landowner's Duty of Care

 Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older entering the land of another for the purpose of camping, fishing, hunting, sporting clays, shooting sports, and target shooting, including archery and shooting range activities, hiking, dog training, cutting or removing firewood, recreational noncommercial aircraft operations or recreational noncommercial ultra light vehicle operations on private airstrips, for such person's use for a consideration may waive, in writing, the landowner's duty of care to such person for injuries that arise from camping, fishing, hunting, sporting clays, shooting sports, and target shooting, including archery and shooting range activities, hiking, dog training, cutting or removing firewood, recreational noncommercial aircraft operations or recreational noncommercial ultra light vehicle operations on private airstrips for such person's use, if such waiver does not limit liability for gross negligence, or willful or wanton conduct, or for a failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity.
TN Code § 70-7-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 7 - Liability for Activities|Part 2 - Whitewater Rafting Professionals|§ 70-7-201. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Engages in whitewater activity” means whitewater rafting;   “Inherent risks of whitewater activities” means those dangers or conditions that are an integral part of whitewater activities, including, but not limited to:  Water;   Rocks and obstructions;   Cold water and weather; and   The potential of a participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to injury to the participant or other, such as failing to follow instructions or not acting within the participant's ability;     “Participant” means any person who engages in a whitewater activity;   “Whitewater” means rapidly moving water;   “Whitewater activity” means navigation on rapidly moving water in a watercraft; and   “Whitewater professional” means a person, corporation, LLC, partnership, natural person or any other entity engaged for compensation in whitewater activity.
TN Code § 70-7-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 7 - Liability for Activities|Part 2 - Whitewater Rafting Professionals|§ 70-7-202. Limitations on Liability of Whitewater Professional

 Except as provided in § 70-7-203:   A whitewater professional shall not be liable for an injury to or the death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of whitewater activities; and   No participant or participant's representative shall make any claim against, maintain an action against, or recover from a whitewater professional, or any other participant for injury, loss, damages, or death of the participant resulting from any of the inherent risks of whitewater activities.
TN Code § 70-7-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 7 - Liability for Activities|Part 2 - Whitewater Rafting Professionals|§ 70-7-203. When Liability of Whitewater Professional Imposed

 Nothing in § 70-7-202 shall be construed to prevent or limit the liability of a whitewater professional, or any other person if the whitewater professional:   Provided the equipment and knew or should have known that the equipment was faulty, and the equipment was faulty to the extent that it caused the injury;   Owns, leases, rents, or otherwise is in the lawful possession and control of the land or facilities upon which the participant sustained injuries because of a dangerous latent condition that was known to the whitewater professional, or person and for which warning signs have not been conspicuously posted;   Commits an act or omission that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant, and the act or omission caused the injury; or   Intentionally injures the participant.
TN Code § 70-7-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 7 - Liability for Activities|Part 2 - Whitewater Rafting Professionals|§ 70-7-204. Warning Notice

  Every whitewater professional shall either post and maintain signs that contain the warning notice prescribed in subsection (d) or give the warning in writing to participants. The signs shall be placed in clearly visible locations on or near places where the whitewater professional conducts whitewater activities, if the places are owned, managed, or controlled by the professional.   The warning notice specified in subsection (d) shall appear on the sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch (1") in height.   Every written contract entered into by a whitewater professional for the purpose of providing professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment to a participant, whether or not the contract involves activities on or off the location or site of the whitewater professional's business, shall contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection (d).   The signs and contracts described in subsection (a) shall contain the following warning notice:  WARNING   Pursuant to Tenn. Code Annotated title 70, chapter 7, part 2, a whitewater professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in whitewater activities resulting from the inherent risks of whitewater activities.
TN Code § 70-7-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 7 - Liability for Activities|Part 2 - Whitewater Rafting Professionals|§ 70-7-205. Written Waivers, Exculpatory Agreements and Releases

 Nothing in this part modifies, constricts, or prohibits the use of written waivers, exculpatory agreements, or releases, including such waivers, agreements, or releases kept or displayed in electronic format. This part is intended to provide additional limitations of liability for whitewater professionals, whether or not such agreements are used.
TN Code § 70-8-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 8 - Species Protection and Conservation|Part 1 - Nongame and Endangered Species|§ 70-8-101. Short Title

 This part shall be known as the “Tennessee Nongame and Endangered or Threatened Wildlife Species Conservation Act of 1974.”
TN Code § 70-8-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 8 - Species Protection and Conservation|Part 1 - Nongame and Endangered Species|§ 70-8-102. Declaration of Policy

 The general assembly finds and declares that:   It is the policy of this state to manage certain nongame wildlife to ensure their perpetuation as members of ecosystems, for scientific purposes, and for human enjoyment;   Species or subspecies of wildlife indigenous to this state that may be found to be endangered or threatened within the state should be accorded protection in order to maintain and, to the extent possible, enhance their numbers;   The state should assist in the protection of species or subspecies of wildlife that are deemed to be endangered or threatened elsewhere by prohibiting the taking, possession, transportation, exportation, processing, sale or offer for sale or shipment within this state of species or subspecies of wildlife listed on the United States' List of Endangered Fish and Wildlife as set forth in this part, unless such actions will assist in preserving or propagating the species or subspecies; and   Adequate funding should be made available to the agency annually by appropriations from the general fund or from other sources for management of nongame and endangered species.
TN Code § 70-8-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 8 - Species Protection and Conservation|Part 1 - Nongame and Endangered Species|§ 70-8-104. Nongame Species — Promulgation of Regulations — Prohibited Acts

  The executive director shall conduct an investigation on nongame wildlife in order to develop information relating to population, distribution, habitat, needs, limiting factors, and other biological and ecological data to determine management measures necessary for their continued ability to sustain themselves successfully. On the basis of such determinations, the fish and wildlife commission shall issue proposed regulations not later than April 5, 1975, and develop management programs designed to ensure the continued ability of nongame, endangered or threatened wildlife to perpetuate themselves successfully. Such proposed regulations shall set forth species or subspecies of nongame wildlife that the executive director deems in need of management pursuant to this section, giving their common and scientific names by species or subspecies. The executive director shall conduct ongoing investigations of nongame wildlife and may from time to time recommend amendments to such regulations by adding to or deleting from the regulations species or subspecies of nongame wildlife.   The commission shall by such regulations establish proposed limitations relating to habitat, alteration, taking, possession, transportation, exportation, processing, sale or offer for sale, or shipment as may be deemed necessary to manage such nongame wildlife.   Except as provided in regulations issued by the commission, it is unlawful for any person to take, attempt to take, possess, transport, export, process, sell or offer for sale or ship nongame wildlife. Subject to the same exception, it is also unlawful for any common or contract carrier knowingly to transport or receive for shipment nongame wildlife.
TN Code § 70-8-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 8 - Species Protection and Conservation|Part 1 - Nongame and Endangered Species|§ 70-8-105. Endangered or Threatened Species List

  On the basis of investigation on nongame wildlife provided for in § 70-8-104 and other available scientific and commercial data, and after consultation with other state wildlife agencies, appropriate federal agencies, and other interested persons and organizations, but not later than April 5, 1975, the fish and wildlife commission shall by regulation propose a list of those species or subspecies of wildlife indigenous to the state that are determined to be endangered and threatened within this state, giving their common and scientific names by species and subspecies. This list shall be made available to the public.   The commission shall conduct a review of the state list of endangered species within not more than two (2) years from its effective date and every two (2) years thereafter, and may amend the list by such additions or deletions as are deemed appropriate. The executive director shall submit to the governor a summary report of the data used in support of all amendments to the state list during the preceding biennium and shall make a current list available to the public.   In the event the United States' List of Endangered Native Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR, Part 17, Appendix D), is modified subsequent to April 5, 1974, by additions or deletions, such modifications whether or not involving species or subspecies indigenous to the state may be accepted as binding if, after the type of scientific determination described in subsection (a), the fish and wildlife commission by regulation accepts such modification for the state. Any such regulation shall be effective upon promulgation.
TN Code § 70-8-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 8 - Species Protection and Conservation|Part 1 - Nongame and Endangered Species|§ 70-8-106. Management Programs — Exceptions to Regulations

  The executive director shall establish such programs, including acquisition of land or aquatic habitat, as are deemed necessary for management of nongame and endangered or threatened wildlife. The executive director shall utilize all authority vested in the agency to carry out the purposes of this section.   In carrying out programs authorized by this section, the executive director may enter into agreements with federal agencies, political subdivisions of the state, or with private persons for administration and management of any area established under this section or utilized for management of nongame and endangered or threatened wildlife.   The governor shall review other programs administered by the governor and, to the extent practicable, utilize such programs in furtherance of the purposes of this section. The governor shall also encourage other state and federal agencies to utilize their authorities in furtherance of the purposes of this section.   The executive director may permit, under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by regulation, the taking, possession, transportation, exportation or shipment of species or subspecies of wildlife that appear on the state list of endangered or threatened species, on the United States' List of Endangered Native Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR, Part 17, Appendix D), as amended and accepted in accordance with § 70-8-105(c), or on the United States' List of Endangered Foreign Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR, Part 17, Appendix A), as such list may be modified hereafter, for scientific, zoological, or educational purposes, for propagation in captivity of such wildlife or for other species purposes.   Upon good cause shown, and where necessary to alleviate damage to property or to protect human health and safety, endangered or threatened species may be removed, captured or destroyed but only pursuant to a permit issued by the executive director and by or under the supervision of an agent of the agency; provided, that endangered or threatened species may be removed, captured, or destroyed without permit by any person in emergency situations involving an immediate threat to human life. Provisions for removal, capture, or destruction of nongame wildlife for the purposes set forth above shall be set forth in regulations issued by the executive director pursuant to § 70-8-104(a).
TN Code § 70-8-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 8 - Species Protection and Conservation|Part 1 - Nongame and Endangered Species|§ 70-8-107. Rulemaking Authority

 The fish and wildlife commission shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.
TN Code § 70-8-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 8 - Species Protection and Conservation|Part 1 - Nongame and Endangered Species|§ 70-8-108. Penalties for Violations — Searches and Seizures — Forfeitures — Exception for Black Vultures

  Any person who violates § 70-8-104(c) or any regulations issued under § 70-8-104, or fails to procure or violates the terms of any permit issued thereunder, commits a Class B misdemeanor.   Any person who fails to procure or violates the terms of any permit issued under § 70-8-106(d) and (e) commits a Class A misdemeanor.   Any officer employed and authorized by the executive director or any peace officer of the state or of any municipality or county within the state has the authority to conduct warrantless searches as provided by law, and to execute a warrant to search for and seize any equipment, business records, merchandise or wildlife taken, used, or possessed in connection with a violation of any section of this part. Any such officer or agent may, without a warrant, arrest any person who such officer or agent has probable cause to believe is violating, in the presence or view of the officer or agent, any such section, or any regulation or permit provided for by this part. An officer or agent who has made an arrest of a person in connection with any such violation may search such person or business records at the time of arrest and seize any wildlife, records, or property taken, or used, in connection with any such violation.   Equipment, merchandise, wildlife, or records seized under subsection (c) shall be held by an officer or agent of the agency pending disposition of court proceedings, and upon conviction be forfeited to the state for destruction or disposition as the executive director may deem appropriate; provided, that prior to forfeiture, the executive director may direct the transfer of wildlife so seized to a qualified zoological, educational, or scientific institution for safekeeping, the costs of the transfer to be assessable to the defendant. The executive director is authorized to issue regulations to implement this subsection (d).    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), it is not an offense for any person to disturb the habitat of, alter, take, attempt to take, possess, or transport a black vulture, also known by the name Coragyps atratus , in this state.   No state funds or personnel, or other state resources, may be used to enforce any prohibition against the disturbance of the habitat of, alteration, taking, attempting to take, possession, or transporting of a black vulture.   Nothing in this subsection (e) prohibits the agency from using state funds or personnel, or other state resources, to assist landowners in acquiring federal depredation permits for black vultures.
TN Code § 70-8-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 8 - Species Protection and Conservation|Part 1 - Nongame and Endangered Species|§ 70-8-109. Construction of Provisions — Importation From Other States — Validity and Application of Part

  None of the provisions of this part shall be construed to apply retroactively or to prohibit importation into the state of wildlife that may be lawfully imported into the United States or lawfully taken or removed from another state or to prohibit entry into the state or possession, transportation, exportation, processing, sale or offer for sale or shipment of any wildlife whose species or subspecies is deemed to be threatened with statewide extinction in this state but not in the state where originally taken, if the person engaging in the importation demonstrates by substantial evidence that such wildlife was lawfully taken or removed from such state; provided, that this subsection (a) shall not be construed to permit the possession, transportation, exportation, processing, sale or offer for sale or shipment within this state of wildlife on the United States' List of Endangered Native Fish and Wildlife, compiled in 50 CFR, Part 17, Appendix D, as amended and accepted in accordance with § 70-8-105(c), except as permitted in § 70-8-106(d). All importations are subject to applicable state laws and regulations.   If any provision of this part or the application of this part to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this part, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. This part shall not be construed as superseding any applicable federal statute.