No landowner may be held liable for any injury sustained by any person operating a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, as defined in section 14-379, motorcycle or minibike or minicycle, as defined in section 14-1, upon the landowner's property or by any passenger in the snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle or motorcycle, minibike or minicycle, whether or not the landowner had given permission, written or oral, for the operation upon his land unless the landowner charged a fee for the operation, or unless the injury is caused by the wilful or malicious conduct of the landowner.(1971, P.A. 440, S. 1; P.A. 73-67, S. 1, 2; 73-676, S. 2; P.A. 82-160, S. 230.)History: P.A. 73-67 exempted landowners from liability for injuries sustained in operation of all-terrain vehicles or motorcycles; P.A. 73-676 extended exemption to cover injuries sustained in operating minibikes and minicycles; P.A. 82-160 made minor changes in wording.Statute held constitutional. 194 C. 129. Cited. 238 C. 653; Id., 687.City held to be a 'landowner' within the ambit of statute. 7 CA 164. Cited. 10 CA 86; 24 CA 592; 39 CA 280.
Connecticut Legal Code
§ 52-557j
Connecticut Title 52 — Connecticut law
Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_925.htm#sec_52-557j· Version 2026