Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 51. TORTS · Chapter 3. LIABILITY OF OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS OF LAND · Article 2. OWNERS OF PROPERTY USED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES

51-3-20. Purpose of article.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

The purpose of this article is to encourage owners of land to make land and water areas available to the public for recreational purposes by limiting the owners’ liability toward persons entering thereon for recreational purposes.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1965, p. 476, § 1.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Of Rocks and Hard Places: The Value of Risk Choice,’’ see 42 Emory L.J. 1 (1993). For annual survey article on local government law, see 52 Mercer L. Rev. 341 (2000). For annual survey of administrative law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 31 (2004). For survey article on local government law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 285 (2007).

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