Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXXVI. Statutory Actions and Limitations § 411.190.Obligations of owner to persons using land for recreation

(a) “Land” means land, rocks, boulders, cliffs, roads, water, watercourses, private ways and buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when attached to the realty;

(b) “Owner” means the possessor of a fee, reversionary, or easement interest, a tenant, lessee, occupant, or person in control of the premises;

(c) “Recreational purpose” includes, but is not limited to, any of the following, or any combination thereof: hunting, fishing, swimming, boating, camping, picnicking, hiking, rock climbing, bouldering, rappelling, bicycling, horseback riding, pleasure driving, nature study, water-skiing, winter sports, and viewing or enjoying historical, archaeological, scenic, or scientific sites; and

(d) “Charge” means the admission price or fee asked in return for invitation or permission to enter or go upon the land but does not include fees for general use permits issued by a government agency for access to public lands if the permits are valid for a period of not less than thirty (30) days.

(a) Extend any assurance that the premises are safe for any purpose;

(b) Confer upon the person the legal status of an invitee or licensee to whom a duty of care is owed; or

(c) Assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury to person or property caused by an act or omission of those persons.

(a) For willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity; or

(b) For injury suffered in any case where the owner of land charges the person or persons who enter or go on the land for the recreational use thereof, except that in the case of land leased to the state or a subdivision thereof, any consideration received by the owner for the lease shall not be deemed a charge within the meaning of this section.

(a) Create a duty of care or ground of liability for injury to persons or property;

(b) Relieve any person using the land of another for recreational purposes from any obligation which he or she may have in the absence of this section to exercise care in his or her use of the land and in his or her activities thereon, or from the legal consequences of failure to employ such care; or

(c) Ripen into a claim for adverse possession, absent a claim of title or legal right.