Printable Format58-3204. Same; owner's responsibility. Except as specifically recognized by or provided in K.S.A. 58-3206, and amendments thereto, an owner of land who either directly or indirectly invites or permits any person to use such property, or any part of such property, for recreational purposes or an owner of nonagricultural land who either directly or indirectly invites or permits without charge any person to use such property, or any part of such property, for recreational purposes does not thereby:
(a) Extend any assurance that the premises are safe for any purpose.
(b) Confer upon such person the legal status of an invitee or licensee to whom a duty of care is owed.
(c) Assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury to person or property caused by an act or omission of such persons.
History: L. 1965, ch. 559, § 4; L. 1988, ch. 198, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 167, § 2; April 27.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"The Immunity Provisions in the Kansas Tort Claims Act: The First Twenty-Five Years," William E. Westerbeke, 52 K.L.R. 939 (2004).
Attorney General's Opinions:
Protection from liability for recreational use of land; agricultural land versus nonagricultural land. 2003-27.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Act as not preventing 75-6104(o) from granting immunity for ordinary negligence when fees charged for use of public property determined. Gonzales v. Board of Shawnee County Comm'rs, 247 K. 423, 429, 799 P.2d 491 (1990).
2. Whether utility permitted public to use lake area for KRUS (58-3201 et seq.) immunity purposes in wrongful death action examined. Bingaman v. Kansas City Power and Light Co., 1 F.3d 976, 979 (1993).