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2018 SESSION
18104932DBe 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. The waiver shall remain valid unless
expressly revoked in writing by the participant or
parent or guardian of a minor.
The execution of a waiver by a duly authorized representative of a parent or
guardian of a minor participant shall constitute a
knowing execution of a waiver by the parent or guardian.