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Md. Code Ann., Nat. Res. § 5-1108

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Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2020
(a) To facilitate a method of providing written consent, the Secretary shall distribute permission cards, to be available to the public and to landowners.
(a) To facilitate a method of providing written consent, the Secretary shall distribute permission cards, to be available to the public and to landowners.
(b) One side of the card shall read:
(b) One side of the card shall read: PERMISSION TO ENTER I hereby grant the person named on the reverse side permission to enter my property, subject to the terms of the agreement, on the following dates: � Signed � (Landowner)��� (c) The reverse side shall read: AGREEMENT In return for the privilege of entering on the private property for any recreational or educational purpose as defined in the Natural Resources Article § 5-1101, I agree to adhere to every law, observe every safety precaution and practice, take every precaution against fire, and assume all responsibility and liability for my person and my property, while on the landowner’s property. � Signed §5–1109.
PERMISSION TO ENTER I hereby grant the person named on the reverse side permission to enter my property, subject to the terms of the agreement, on the following dates: Signed _________________________ (Landowner)
(c) The reverse side shall read:
(a) If a landowner agrees to the use of a defined part of the landowner’s real property for the use of cross–country skiing, for the use of an OHV, or for hunting, any person who uses the part of the real property impliedly consents to adhere to every law, to observe every safety precaution and practice, to take every precaution against fire, and to assume all responsibility and liability for the person’s safety and property while cross–country skiing, using an OHV, or hunting on the landowner’s real property.
AGREEMENT In return for the privilege of entering on the private property for any recreational or educational purpose as defined in the Natural Resources Article §5–1101, I agree to adhere to every law, observe every safety precaution and Practice, take every precaution against fire, and assume all responsibility and Liability for my person and my property, while on the landowner’s property Signed _________________________
(b) The provisions of § 5–1108(b) and (c) of this subtitle apply when a landowner leases any defined part of the landowner’s real property for the use of cross–country skiing, for the use of an OHV, or for hunting.
(c) The Department shall adopt regulations to allow cross–country skiing, OHV use, or hunting on those defined parts of a landowner’s real property on which cross–country skiing, OHV use, or hunting is allowed under this section.

Official source: Maryland General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Maryland statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.