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2018 SESSION
18107954DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3.2-6202 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.2-6202. Liability limited; liability actions prohibited.
A. Except as provided in § 3.2-6203, an equine activity
sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person, which shall include a
corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, shall not be liable for
an injury to or death of a participant resulting from the intrinsic dangers of
equine activities and, except as provided in § 3.2-6203, no participant nor
any, participant's parent, or guardian, or
representative of such parent or guardian, shall have or make any claim
against or recover from any equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or
any other person for injury, loss, damage, or death of the participant
resulting from any of the intrinsic dangers of equine activities.
B. Except as provided in § 3.2-6203, no participant or parent
or guardian of a participant who has knowingly executed a waiver of his rights
to sue or agrees to assume all risks specifically enumerated under this
subsection or intrinsic dangers of equine activities may maintain an
action against or recover from an equine activity sponsor or an equine
professional for an injury to or the death of a participant engaged in an
equine activity. The waiver shall give notice to the participant of the
intrinsic dangers of equine activities and may be executed at a location
other than that of the equine activity. The waiver shall remain valid
unless expressly revoked in writing by the participant or his parent or
guardian of a minor. For purposes of this section, in the case of a
minor participant, the execution of a waiver by a duly authorized
representative of the parent or guardian designated in writing by the parent or
guardian shall constitute a valid and knowing execution of a waiver by the
parent or guardian.