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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
An owner of land who either directly or indirectly invites or permits without charge any person to use such property for hunting or fishing purposes or other recreational purpose, including but not limited to any aircraft or ultralight vehicle activity, does not thereby:
(1) Confer upon such person the legal status of an invitee or licensee and owes to such person only the duty of care as is owed to a trespasser under the law;
(2) Without the failure to exercise just ordinary care, assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury to persons or property caused by an act or omission of such persons while hunting or fishing or engaging in other recreational activities, such as operating aircraft or ultralight vehicles;
(3) Without the failure to exercise just ordinary care, assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury to persons or property, wherever such persons or property are located, caused while hunting or fishing or engaging in other recreational activities, such as operating aircraft or ultralight vehicles.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXXVI. Statutory Actions and Torts § 537.355. Private property, permission by owner to hunt, fish, or recreate, limitation on privilege - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mo/title-xxxvi-statutory-actions-and-torts/mo-rev-st-537-355/
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