Tennessee § 70-7-102 - Landowner's duty of care.
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§ 70-7-102. Landowner's duty of care.
The landowner, lessee, occupant, or any person in control of land or premises owes no duty of care to keep such land or premises safe for entry or use by others for such recreational activities as hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, water sports, white water rafting, canoeing, hiking, sightseeing, animal riding, bird watching, dog training, boating, caving, fruit and vegetable picking for the participant's own use, nature and historical studies and research, rock climbing, skeet and trap shooting, sporting clays, shooting sports, and target shooting, including archery and shooting range activities, skiing, off-road vehicle riding, and cutting or removing wood for the participant's own use, nor shall such landowner be required to give any warning of hazardous conditions, uses of, structures, or activities on such land or premises to any person entering on such land or premises for such purposes, except as provided in § 70-7-104. The landowner, lessee, occupant, or any person in control of land or premises owes no duty of care to keep such land or premises safe for entry or use by others for recreational noncommercial aircraft operations or recreational noncommercial ultra light vehicle operations on private airstrips except as to known hazards or defects and except as provided in § 70-7-104. Acts 1963, ch. 177, § 3; T.C.A., § 51-803; Acts 1987, ch. 448, § 2; 2004, ch. 952, § 2; 2010, ch. 968, § 1; 2015, ch. 53, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2004, ch. 952, § 2 inserted “skateboarding,” following “sightseeing”. Acts 2004, ch. 952, § 3 provided that the act was repealed effective July 1, 2006. Effective July 1, 2006, “skateboarding” was deleted from this section.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 70-7-102 ("Landowner's duty of care.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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