321I.23 - LIMITATION OF LIABILITY BY PUBLIC BODIES AND ADJOINING OWNERS.

        321I.23  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY BY PUBLIC BODIES AND      ADJOINING OWNERS.         The state, its political subdivisions, and the owners or tenants      of property adjoining public lands or the right-of-way of a public      highway and their agents and employees owe no duty of care to keep      the public lands, ditches, or land contiguous to a highway or roadway      under the control of the state or a political subdivision safe for      entry or use by persons operating an all-terrain vehicle, or to give      any warning of a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity on      the premises to persons entering for such purposes, except in the      case of willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a      dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity.  The state, its      political subdivisions, and the owners or tenants of property      adjoining public lands or the right-of-way of a public highway and      their agents and employees are not liable for actions taken to allow      or facilitate the use of public lands, ditches, or land contiguous to      a highway or roadway except in the case of a willful or malicious      failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use,      structure, or activity.         This section does not create a duty of care or ground of liability      on behalf of the state, its political subdivisions, or the owners or      tenants of property adjoining public lands or the right-of-way of a      public highway and their agents and employees for injury to persons      or property in the operation of all-terrain vehicles in a ditch or on      land contiguous to a highway or roadway under the control of the      state or a political subdivision.  The state, its political      subdivisions, and the owners or tenants of property adjoining public      lands or the right-of-way of a public highway and their agents and      employees are not liable for the operation of an all-terrain vehicle      in violation of this chapter.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2004 Acts, ch 1132, §66