O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 51-3-26 (2019)

Construction of article

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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Nothing in this article shall be construed to:

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

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

History

(Ga. L. 1965, p. 476, § 7.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Stone Mt. Mem. Ass’n v. Herrington, 225 Ga. 746, 171 S.E.2d 521 (1969); Georgia Power Co. v. McGruder, 229 Ga. 811, 194 S.E.2d 440 (1972);

Erickson v. Century Mgt. Co., 154 Ga. App. 508, 268 S.E.2d 779 (1980); North v. Toco Hills, Inc., 160 Ga. App. 116, 286 S.E.2d 346 (1981).

ARTICLE 3 OWNERS OF PROPERTY USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2009, Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 51 was created.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1992–1992 · leading case: Ekarika v. City of East Point, 420 S.E.2d 391 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992).

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Ekarika v. City of East Point, 420 S.E.2d 391 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992). “269 ( 404 SE2d 450 ), where it was held that the purchase of liability insurance did not constitute a waiver of the immunity provisions of the Recreational Property Act, OCGA § 51-3-20 through § 51-3-26. Decided June 30, 1992. William J.”

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