Code of Alabama
Article 18 - Exemptions From Liability.
Section 6-5-345 - Duty of Care Owed by Possessor of Real Property to Certain Trespassers.

(a) For the purpose of this section, the following words have the following meanings:
(1) POSSESSOR OF REAL PROPERTY or POSSESSOR. The owner, lessee, renter, or other lawful occupant of real property.
(2) TRESPASSER. A person who goes upon the premises of another without permission or invitation, expressed or implied, or who, after rightfully entering upon the premises of another, remains on the premises after consent or license to enter or use the premises has been terminated.
(b)(1) A possessor of real property owes no duty of care to a trespasser except to:
a. Refrain from causing wanton or intentional injury, including by a trap or pitfall.
b. Exercise reasonable care to avoid causing injury to a known trespasser in a position of peril and to use reasonable care to warn a known trespasser of dangers known by the possessor to exist on the property.
c. Exercise reasonable diligence to warn a trespasser of dangers known after discovery that the trespasser is in a position of peril after the possessor has knowledge of the presence of the trespasser.
d. Exercise reasonable care to warn a known trespasser of dangers known by the possessor to exist on the property after the possessor becomes aware of the danger to the trespasser. Nothing in this section shall diminish, change, amend, or otherwise affect the open and obvious doctrine.
(2) A possessor of real property, however, may cause injury or use force to prevent or terminate a trespass as permitted at common law or in Title 13A, Chapter 3, Article 2.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), a possessor of real property may be subject to liability for physical injury or death to a child trespasser caused by an artificial condition upon the real property of the possessor, if all of the following apply:
(1) The place where the condition existed is one upon which the possessor knew or had reason to know that a child would be likely to trespass.
(2) The condition is one of which the possessor knew or had reason to know and which the possessor realized or should have realized would involve an unreasonable risk of death or serious bodily harm to a child.
(3) The injured child, because of his or her youth, did not discover the condition or realize the risk involved in intermeddling with the condition or in coming within the area made dangerous by it.
(4) The utility to the possessor of maintaining the condition and the burden of eliminating the danger was slight as compared with the risk to the child.
(5) The possessor failed to exercise reasonable care to eliminate the danger or otherwise to protect the child.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), the duty owed by the possessor of real property to a child trespasser with respect to a natural condition is the same as that owed in subsection (b).
(e) The intent of the Legislature in enacting this section is to reject the adoption of the Third Restatement of Torts with respect to the duty of a possessor of real property to a trespasser. Nothing in this section shall diminish, change, amend, or otherwise affect the provisions of Sections 35-15-1 through 35-15-40.

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Title 6 - Civil Practice.

Chapter 5 - Actions.

Article 18 - Exemptions From Liability.

Section 6-5-330 - Breach of Contract to Marry.

Section 6-5-331 - :Alienation of Affections, Criminal Conversation, and Seduction.

Section 6-5-332 - Persons Rendering Emergency Care etc., at Scene of Accident, Etc.

Section 6-5-332.1 - Immunity of Persons Assisting or Advising as to Mitigation of Effects of Discharge of Hazardous Materials; Nonimmunity of Certain Persons.

Section 6-5-332.2 - Immunity of Persons Responding to Oil Spills.

Section 6-5-332.3 - Use of Automated External Defibrillator.

Section 6-5-332.4 - Persons Who Rescue Child or Incapacitated Person From Unattended Motor Vehicle.

Section 6-5-332.5 - Persons Who Rescue Child or Incapacitated Person From Unattended Motor Vehicle; Public Safety Officials.

Section 6-5-332.6 - Persons Who Provide Transportation to Health Care Facility or Health Care Provider Under Certain Circumstances.

Section 6-5-333 - Dentists, Chiropractors, and Physicians Serving on Utilization and Quality Control Committees, Peer Review Committees, or Professional Standards Review Committees; Consultants Thereto and Employees Thereof; Dental, Chiropractic and...

Section 6-5-334 - Employees of Medical Services Administration, etc., Investigating and Bringing Charges Against Doctors, etc., Relating to Fraud or Abuse of Medicaid Program, Etc.

Section 6-5-335 - Volunteer Firemen or Rescue Squad Members Entering Burning Buildings, etc., and Attempting to Preserve and Protect Said Buildings, Property Therein, Etc.

Section 6-5-336 - Volunteers.

Section 6-5-337 - Immunity of Those Involved in Equine Activities.

Section 6-5-338 - Immunity of Peace Officers and Tactical Medics From Tort Liability for Conduct in the Line of Duty; Certain Employers of Off-Duty Officers to Maintain Liability Coverage.

Section 6-5-339 - Volunteer Medical Professionals.

Section 6-5-340 - Computer Failure or Malfunction.

Section 6-5-341 - Liability for Operation or Use of Sport Shooting Range.

Section 6-5-342 - Skateboarding, Roller Skating in Parks or Rinks.

Section 6-5-343 - Liability for Farmer Allowing Nonprofit Entity Onto Property.

Section 6-5-344 - Volunteer Athletic Coach, Manager, or Official.

Section 6-5-345 - Duty of Care Owed by Possessor of Real Property to Certain Trespassers.

Section 6-5-346 - Defense of Self, Others, and Property.

Section 6-5-347 - Agritourism.