(a) Except as specifically recognized by or provided in § 520-6, an owner of land who either directly or indirectly invites or permits without charge any person to use the property for recreational purposes does not:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 520-4

  • Charge: means the admission price or fee asked in return for invitation or permission to enter or go upon the land. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 520-2
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Land: means land, roads, water, watercourses, private ways and buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when attached to realty, other than lands owned by the government. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 520-2
  • Owner: means the possessor of a fee interest, a tenant, lessee, occupant, or person in control of the premises. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 520-2
  • Recreational user: means any person who is on or about the premises that the owner of land either directly or indirectly invites or permits, without charge, entry onto the property for recreational purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 520-2
(1) Extend any assurance that the premises are safe for any purpose;
(2) Confer upon the person the legal status of an invitee or licensee to whom a duty of care is owed;
(3) Assume responsibility for, or incur liability for, any injury to person or property caused by an act of omission or commission of such persons; and
(4) Assume responsibility for, or incur liability for, any injury to person or persons who enter the premises in response to an injured recreational user.
(b) An owner of land who is required or compelled to provide access or parking for such access through or across the owner’s property because of state or county land use, zoning, or planning law, ordinance, rule, ruling, or order, to reach property used for recreation purposes, or as part of a habitat conservation plan, or safe harbor agreement, shall be afforded the same protection as to such access, including parking for such access, as an owner of land who invites or permits any person to use that owner’s property for recreational purposes under subsection (a).