<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-18-41 - Camping liability--Immunity not granted.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893StatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD - Camping liability--Immunity not granted."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law - Camping liability--Immunity not granted."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute="><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-18-41" rel="noopener"><span class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893SENU">34-18-41</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893SENU">. </span><span class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893CL">Camping liability--Immunity not granted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893DefaultParagraphFont">The provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-18-40" rel="noopener"><span class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893DefaultParagraphFont">34-18-40</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893DefaultParagraphFont"> do not limit the liability of a private campground owner or an employee or officer of a private campground owner who:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893StatuteNumber1"><span class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Intentionally causes the injury, death, or property damage;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893StatuteNumber1"><span class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Acts with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the person or property damaged. This includes conduct committed with an intentional or reckless disregard for the safety of others;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893StatuteNumber1"><span class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Fails to use that degree of care that an ordinarily careful and prudent person would use under the same or similar circumstances; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893StatuteNumber1"><span class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Fails to conspicuously post warning signs of a dangerous, inconspicuous condition known to the owner of the private campground, or his or her employees or officers, on the property that the owner owns, leases, rents, or is otherwise in lawful control of or in possession of, if the owner, employee, or officer is aware of the condition by reason of a prior injury involving the same location or the same mechanism of injury. Such warning signs must appear in black letters on a white background with each letter a minimum of one inch in height.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s5546cafb064741c299fee732689e7893SCL">SL 2022, ch 107, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html>