Utah Code 57-14-401. Activities with a recreational purpose on certain lands
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(1) Notwithstanding Section 57-14-202 to the contrary, a person may not make a claim against or recover from an owner of any land, including land in developed or improved, urban or semi-rural areas opened to the general public without charge, such as a lake, pond, park, trail, waterway, or other recreation site, for personal injury or property damage caused either directly or indirectly by participating in an activity with a recreational purpose on the land.
Terms Used In Utah Code 57-14-401
- Charge: means the admission price or fee asked in return for permission to enter or go upon the land. See Utah Code 57-14-102
- 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
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- 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
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Recreational purpose: includes any of the following or any combination of the following:(6)(a) hunting;(6)(b) fishing;(6)(c) swimming;(6)(d) skiing;(6)(e) snowshoeing;(6)(f) camping;(6)(g) picnicking;(6)(h) hiking;(6)(i) studying nature;(6)(j) waterskiing;(6)(k) engaging in water sports;(6)(l) engaging in equestrian activities;(6)(m) using boats;(6)(n) mountain biking;(6)(o) riding narrow gauge rail cars on a narrow gauge track that does not exceed 24 inch gauge;(6)(p) using off-highway vehicles or recreational vehicles;(6)(q) viewing or enjoying historical, archaeological, scenic, or scientific sites;(6)(r) aircraft operations;(6)(s) equestrian activity, skateboarding, skydiving, paragliding, hang gliding, roller skating, ice skating, walking, running, jogging, bike riding, or in-line skating;(6)(t) rock climbing; or(6)(u) any other similar activity or combination of similar activities. See Utah Code 57-14-102(2) Nothing in this section may be construed to relieve a person participating in a recreational purpose from an obligation that the person would have in the absence of this section to exercise due care or from the legal consequences of a failure to exercise due care.