{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-3-312","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-3-312","heading":"Wildlife habitat development program - Contracts with","body":"private landowners - Liability.\n\nA. In order to encourage wildlife habitat conservation on\n\nprivate lands, the Department of Wildlife Conservation shall\n\nestablish a program for wildlife habitat maintenance, enhancement,\n\ndevelopment, preservation, restoration, and management on private\n\nlands. To implement the program, the Department shall enter into\n\nmultiyear contracts for approved projects on privately owned lands\n\ndetailing the landowners' responsibilities.\n\nB. The Department shall promulgate rules pursuant to the\n\nAdministrative Procedures Act to implement the program. Such rules\n\nmay provide for incentives to participate in the program.\n\nC. Nothing in this section or in the contract executed pursuant\n\nto subsection A of this section shall be interpreted or construed to\n\nconstitute a financial or general obligation of the state. No state\n\nrevenue shall be used to guarantee or pay for any damages to\n\nproperty or injury to persons as a result of the provisions of this\n\nsection or the contract.\n\nD. 1. Any landowner contracting with the Department pursuant\n\nto the provisions of this section:\n\na. except as otherwise provided by this subsection, owes\n\nno duty of care to keep the premises safe for entry or\n\nuse by others for any recreational purposes, or to\n\ngive any warning of a dangerous condition, use,\n\nstructure, or activity on such premises to persons\n\nentering for such purposes,\n\nb. who either directly or indirectly invites or permits\n\nwithout charge any person to use such property for\n\nrecreational purposes, does not thereby:\n\n(1) extend any assurance that the premises are safe\n\nfor any purpose,\n\n(2) confer upon such person the legal status of an\n\ninvitee or licensee,\n\n(3) assume responsibility for or incur liability for\n\nany injury to person or property caused by an act\n\nor omission of such persons.\n\n2. Nothing in this section limits in any way any liability\n\nwhich otherwise exists for:\n\na. willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against\n\na dangerous condition, use, structure or activity,\n\nb. injury suffered in any case where the owner of land\n\ncharges the person or persons who enter or go on the\n\nland for the recreational use thereof.","path":["OK Code","Title 29"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os29.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"c8f6da84002b46b0f8bf0c75388c100ea3c7a4ffcc34a6e07be09564585bbfa7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-3-311","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-3-313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}