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2018 Georgia Code 51-3-26 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 51-3-26 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 51-3-26

TITLE 51 TORTS

Section 3. Liability of Owners and Occupiers of Land, 51-3-1 through 51-3-44.

ARTICLE 2 OWNERS OF PROPERTY USED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES

51-3-26. Construction of article.

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.

(Ga. L. 1965, p. 476, § 7.)

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).

Cases Citing Georgia Code 51-3-26 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 2

Savage v. State of Georgia

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2015-06-29

Citation: 297 Ga. 627, 774 S.E.2d 624

Snippet: Recreational Property Act, OCGA §§ 51-3-20 to 51-3-26, by looking to the ordinary meaning of the term

City of Tybee Island v. Godinho

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1999-02-08

Citation: 511 S.E.2d 517, 270 Ga. 567, 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 544, 1999 Ga. LEXIS 114

Snippet: Justices concur. NOTES [1] OCGA § 51-3-20 to § 51-3-26. [2] Godinho v. City of Tybee Island, 231 Ga.App