Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-2-23 (2026)
Landowner's duty of care with respect to recreational users of land
✓ current as of July 2026
Except as provided for in Section 89-2-27, a landowner:
- (a) shall owe no duty of care to keep land or premises safe for entry or use by others for hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, water sports, hiking or sightseeing; and
- (b) shall not be required to give any warning to any person entering on land or premises for hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, water sports, hiking or sightseeing as to any hazardous conditions or uses of, or hazardous structures or activities on such land or premises.
Laws, 1986, ch. 360, § 2, eff. 7/1/1986.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1993–1993 · leading case: Dorman v. United States, 812 F. Supp. 685 (S.D. Miss. 1993).
Dorman v. United States, 812 F. Supp. 685 (S.D. Miss. 1993). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 89-2-23. Further, a landowner who grants permission to another person to engage in any of these recreational activities on his land or premises shall not, by the sole act of giving such permission, be considered or construed to have: (a) Extended any assurance…”
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