\n(a) No person shall operate any motorized all-terrain vehicle:\n(1) On any private property not owned by the operator, without the written consent of the owner; or\n(2) Within the banks of any stream or waterway, but excluding a sound or the Atlantic Ocean, the adjacent lands of which are not owned by the operator, without the consent of the owner or outside the restrictions imposed by the owner.\n(a1) A landowner who gives a person written consent to operate an all-terrain vehicle on the landowner's property owes the person the same duty of care that the landowner owes a trespasser.\n(b) A 'motorized all-terrain vehicle', as used in this section, is a two or more wheeled vehicle designed for recreational off-road use.\n(c) A violation of this section shall be a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1997-456, s. 56.8; 1997-487, s. 1; 2014-103, s. 11(a); 2015-26, s. 2.1; 2017-102, s. 4.)
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