{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-321i.23","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 321I.23","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 an all-terrain vehicle, 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 all-terrain vehicles 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 an all-terrain vehicle in violation of this chapter.","path":["Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION (Ch. 306 - 330B)","Chapter 321I - ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/321I.23.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:08Z","sha256":"fe06a0410b3a756ea1e2ef104dfe8190195ec1c4c2ba511d0df638a97964ce7a","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-321i.22","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-321i.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}