Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

A few weeks ago, the question came up about how

to approach a landowner to gain their permission

to ride your horse over their land.

 

Somewhere along the way I commented that many

states had passed laws that limit the liability

of landowners who permit free recreational use

of their land.  Other states have not, and--I

was arguing as a mental exercise--in those cases

it might be better for the landowner if you,

in fact, never ask permission and stay a

trespasser.

 

Anyway, this web site has each state's recreational

land use liability laws:

 

http://www.americanwhitewater.org/access/liability.htm

 

When you approach a landowner, it always helps

if you can show them the applicable law.

 

Linda B. Merims

lbm@xxxxxxxxx

Massachusetts, USA