{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-321g.22","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 321G.22","heading":"Limitation of liability by public bodies and adjoining owners.","body":"1. The state, its political subdivisions, and the owners or tenants of property adjoining public lands or the right-of-way of a public highway and their agents and employees owe no duty of care to keep the public lands, ditches, or land contiguous to a highway or roadway under the control of the state or a political subdivision safe for entry or use by persons operating a snowmobile, or to give any warning of a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity on the premises to persons entering for such purposes, except in the case of willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity. The state, its political subdivisions, and the owners or tenants of property adjoining public lands or the right-of-way of a public highway and their agents and employees are not liable for actions taken to allow or facilitate the use of public lands, ditches, or land contiguous to a highway or roadway except in the case of a willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity.\n2. This section does not create a duty of care or ground of liability on behalf of the state, its political subdivisions, or the owners or tenants of property adjoining public lands or the right-of-way of a public highway and their agents and employees for injury to persons or property in the operation of snowmobiles in a ditch or on land contiguous to a highway or roadway under the control of the state or a political subdivision. The state, its political subdivisions, and the owners or tenants of property adjoining public lands or the right-of-way of a public highway and their agents and employees are not liable for the operation of a snowmobile in violation of this chapter.","path":["Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION (Ch. 306 - 330B)","Chapter 321G - SNOWMOBILES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/321G.22.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:08Z","sha256":"919c1448a7e83aadb897895d77015a29d9f253bde1562eb391b5214ea0927ad9","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-321g.21","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-321g.22a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}