Nevada Code § 41.510

Limitation of liability; exceptions for malicious acts if consideration is given or other duty exists
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, an owner of any estate or interest in any premises, or a lessee
or an occupant of any premises, owes no duty to keep the premises safe for
entry or use by others for participating in any recreational activity, or to
give warning of any hazardous condition, activity or use of any structure on
the premises to persons entering for those purposes.
2. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, if an owner, lessee or occupant of premises gives permission to
another person to participate in recreational activities upon those premises:
(a) The owner, lessee or occupant does not
thereby extend any assurance that the premises are safe for that purpose or
assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury to person or
property caused by any act of persons to whom the permission is granted.
(b) That person does not thereby acquire any
property rights in or rights of easement to the premises.
3. This section does not:
(a) Limit the liability which would otherwise
exist for:
(1) Willful or malicious failure to guard,
or to warn against, a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity.
(2) Injury suffered in any case where
permission to participate in recreational activities was granted for a
consideration other than the consideration, if any, paid to the landowner by
the State or any subdivision thereof. For the purposes of this subparagraph,
the price paid for a game tag sold pursuant to NRS 502.145 by an owner, lessee or manager
of the premises shall not be deemed consideration given for permission to hunt
on the premises.
(3) Injury caused by acts of persons to
whom permission to participate in recreational activities was granted, to other
persons as to whom the person granting permission, or the owner, lessee or
occupant of the premises, owed a duty to keep the premises safe or to warn of
danger.
(b) Create a duty of care or ground of liability for
injury to person or property.
4. As used in this section, recreational
activity includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Hunting, fishing or trapping;
(b) Camping, hiking or picnicking;
(c) Sightseeing or viewing or enjoying
archaeological, scenic, natural or scientific sites;
(d) Hang gliding or paragliding;
(e) Spelunking;
(f) Collecting rocks;
(g) Participation in winter sports, including
cross-country skiing, snowshoeing or riding a snowmobile, or water sports;
(h) Riding animals, riding in vehicles or riding
a road, mountain or electric bicycle;
(i) Studying nature;
(j) Gleaning;
(k) Recreational gardening; and
(l) Crossing over to public land or land
dedicated for public use.

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