258.200. Limited liability for person owning land adjoining streams or rivers, when.

Limited liability for person owning land adjoining streams or rivers,when.

258.200. 1. Any person owning land adjoining navigable ornonnavigable free-flowing stream or river shall be immune from civilliability for injuries to persons* or property of persons trespassing orentering on such person's land without implied or expressed permission,invitation, or consent where:

(1) The person who was injured entered the land by way of the streamor river; and

(2) Such person was subsequently injured on lands adjoining thestream or river.

2. The immunity created by this section does not apply if theinjuries were caused by:

(1) The intentional or unlawful act of the owner or possessor of suchland; or

(2) The negligent, willful or wanton act of the owner or possessor ofsuch land.

(L. 2000 H.B. 1097 § 258.110)

*Word "person" appears in original rolls.