258.200. Limited liability for person owning land adjoining streams or rivers, when. - Missouri Statutes

Limited liability for person owning land adjoining streams or rivers,when.

258.200. 1. Any person owning land adjoining navigable ornonnavigable free-flowing stream or river shall be immune from civilliability for injuries to persons* or property of persons trespassing orentering on such person's land without implied or expressed permission,invitation, or consent where:

(1) The person who was injured entered the land by way of the streamor river; and

(2) Such person was subsequently injured on lands adjoining thestream or river.

2. The immunity created by this section does not apply if theinjuries were caused by:

(1) The intentional or unlawful act of the owner or possessor of suchland; or

(2) The negligent, willful or wanton act of the owner or possessor ofsuch land.

(L. 2000 H.B. 1097 § 258.110)

*Word "person" appears in original rolls.