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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-26n: Agritourism personal injury or property damage liability. Immunity. Exceptions.

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  1. TITLE 22. AGRICULTURE. DOMESTIC ANIMALS
  2. CHAPTER 422. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

(a) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Agriculture” has the same meaning as provided in section 1-1;

(2) “Agritourism” means any agriculture-related educational, entertainment, historical, cultural or recreational activity, including, but not limited to, you-pick operations, corn mazes, hay rides or farm markets that are conducted on a farm which allows or invites members of the general public to observe or participate in such activity;

(3) “Agritourism provider” means any person who owns, operates, provides or sponsors an agritourism activity or an employee of such a person who engages in or provides agritourism activities, whether or not for a fee;

(4) “Farm” means land that is composed of tracts, lots or parcels that are devoted to agriculture;

(5) “Participant” means any individual, other than the agritourism provider providing such activity, who observes or participates in an agritourism activity; and

(6) “Risk inherent in an agritourism activity” means any danger or condition that is an integral part of an agritourism activity, including each of the following:

(A) The surface and subsurface conditions of land;

(B) The behavior or actions of wild animals not kept by or under the control of an agritourism provider;

(C) The behavior or actions of livestock or domestic animals, other than damage by dogs, as described in section 22-357;

(D) The ordinary dangers associated with land, structures, animals or equipment ordinarily used in agriculture or agritourism activities;

(E) The possibility of personal injury, property damage or contracting illness from proximity to, or physical contact with structures, equipment, animals, animal feed, farm chemicals or animal waste; or

(F) The possibility that a participant may act in a negligent manner, including by failing to follow instructions given by the agritourism provider or by failing to exercise reasonable care while engaging in the agritourism activity that may contribute to personal injury or property damage to such participant or another participant.

(b) In any civil action, an agritourism provider shall be immune from liability for any personal injury or property damage a participant sustains during an agritourism activity if the participant incurs personal injury or property damage as a result of a risk inherent in an agritourism activity.

(c) An agritourism provider shall not be immune from civil liability for harm sustained by a participant if any of the following applies:

(1) The agritourism provider acts negligently or with a wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant;

(2) The agritourism provider purposefully causes personal injury or property damage to the participant; or

(3) The agritourism provider's actions or inactions constitute criminal conduct and cause personal injury or property damage to the participant.

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