Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-2-1 (2026)
Declaration of purpose; effect of opening property for outdoor recreational purposes
✓ current as of July 2026
The purpose of this article is to encourage persons to make available to the public land and water areas for outdoor recreational purposes. A lessee or owner who opens a land or water area to the public for outdoor recreational purposes shall not, by opening such land or water for such use:
- (a) Be presumed to extend any assurance that such land or water area is safe for any purpose;
- (b) Incur any duty of care toward a person who goes on the land or water area; or
- (c) Become liable or responsible for any injury to persons or property caused by the act or omission of a person who goes on the land or water area.
The foregoing applies, whether the person going on the land or water area is an invitee, licensee, trespasser or otherwise.
Laws, 1978, ch. 488, § 1(1), eff. 7/1/1978.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1986–2001 · leading case: Lonergan v. May, 53 S.W.3d 122 (Mo. Ct. App. 2001).
Lonergan v. May, 53 S.W.3d 122 (Mo. Ct. App. 2001). “27 (West 2000); Miss. Code Ann. §§ 89-2-1 to -27 (1999); Mo.”
Dumas v. Pike Cnty., Miss., 642 F. Supp. 131 (S.D. Miss. 1986). “Secondly, O’Quinn cites the court to Miss.Code Ann. § 89-2-1 (Supp.1985), which reads: The purpose of this chapter is to encourage persons to make available to the *137 public land and water areas for outdoor recreational purposes.”
Dorman v. United States, 812 F. Supp. 685 (S.D. Miss. 1993). “In order “to encourage persons to make available to the public land and water areas for outdoor recreational purposes,” Miss.Code Ann. § 89-2-1, including swimming, boating and fishing, Miss.”
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