A. Sections 16-71.1 through 16-71.7 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Limitation of Liability for Farming and Ranching Land Act".
B. The purpose of the Oklahoma Limitation of Liability for Farming and Ranching Land Act is to encourage owners of farming and ranching lands to make such land available for recreational purposes by limiting their liability to persons entering or using the farm and ranch land and to third persons who may be damaged by the acts or omissions of persons entering upon or using these lands.
C. As used in the Oklahoma Limitation of Liability for Farming and Ranching Land Act:
1. "Land" means land which is used for farming, ranching activities and recreational purposes, as defined in this section, including, but not limited to, roads, water, watercourses, private ways, buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when attached to realty which is used primarily for farming or ranching activities;
2. "Owner" means the possessor of a fee interest, a tenant, lessee, occupant or person in control of the premises but shall not include a tenant, lessee, occupant or person in control of the premises who is engaging in any recreational purpose described in paragraph 3 of this subsection; and
3. "Recreational purpose" includes any of the following, or any combination thereof: hunting, fishing, wildlife and ecological viewing or photography, recreational farming and ranching activities, swimming, boating, camping, picnicking, hiking, pleasure driving, jogging, cycling, other similar events and activities, nature study, water skiing, winter sports, jet skiing, viewing or enjoying historical, archaeological, scenic, or scientific sites and aviation, including fly-ins at private airports.
D. The Oklahoma Limitation of Liability for Farming and Ranching Land Act shall not apply to any land that is used for purposes other than farming and ranching. Such land shall be governed by Section 10.1 of Title 76 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 384, § 1, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 368, § 26, eff. Nov. 1, 2004. Renumbered from § 10 of Title 76 by Laws 2004, c. 368, § 67, eff. Nov. 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 236, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2018, c. 42, § 1 and Laws 2018, c. 198, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
NOTE: Laws 2018, c. 42, § 1 and Laws 2018, c. 198, § 1 made identical amendments to this section.
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