(1) This chapter is known as “Limitations on Landowner Liability.”

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Terms Used In Utah Code 57-14-101

  • Land: includes roads, railway corridors, water, water courses, private ways and buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when attached to the realty. See Utah Code 57-14-102
  • Owner: means the possessor of any interest in the land, whether public or private land, including a tenant, a lessor, a lessee, an occupant, or person in control of the land. See Utah Code 57-14-102
  • Person: includes any person, regardless of age, maturity, or experience, who enters upon or uses land for recreational purposes. See Utah Code 57-14-102
  • Trespasser: means a person who enters on the land of another without:
         (8)(a) express or implied permission; or
         (8)(b) invitation. See Utah Code 57-14-102
(2) The purpose of this chapter is to limit the liability of public and private land owners toward a person entering the owner‘s land as a trespasser or for recreational purposes, whether by permission or by operation of Title 73, Chapter 29, Public Waters Access Act.