The purpose of RCW 4.24.200 and 4.24.210 is to encourage owners or others in lawful possession and control of land and water areas or channels to make them available to the public for recreational purposes by limiting their liability toward persons entering thereon and toward persons who may be injured or otherwise damaged by the acts or omissions of persons entering thereon.
RCW 4.24.200
Liability of owners or others in possession of land and water areas for injuries to recreation users—Purpose.
Applied in 40 court decisions — leading case 121 Wash. 2d 38 - Van Dinter v. City of Kennewick (1993)
Most recently applied in Margie Lockner v. Pierce County (May 2017)
1969 ex.s. c 24 s 1; 1967 c 216 s 1.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.