1. Except as provided in subsection 2, an equine activity sponsor or an equine
professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant engaged in an
equine activity, and, except as provided in subsection 2, no participant or participant's
representative 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. This chapter does not apply to the horse racing industry as
regulated in chapter 53-06.2.
2. Nothing in subsection 1 prevents or limits the liability of an equine activity sponsor or
an equine professional:
a. If the equine activity sponsor or the equine professional:
(1)Provided the equipment or tack and the equipment or tack caused the injury;
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1. Except as provided in subsection 2, an equine activity sponsor or an equine
professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant engaged in an
equine activity, and, except as provided in subsection 2, no participant or participant's
representative 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. This chapter does not apply to the horse racing industry as
regulated in chapter 53-06.2.
2. Nothing in subsection 1 prevents or limits the liability of an equine activity sponsor or
an equine professional:
a. If the equine activity sponsor or the equine professional:
(1) Provided the equipment or tack and the equipment or tack caused the injury;
or
(2) Provided the equine and failed to make reasonable and prudent efforts to
determine the ability of the participant to engage safely in the equine activity,
to determine the ability of the equine to behave safely with the participant,
and to determine the ability of the participant to safely manage the particular
equine;
b. If the equine activity sponsor or the equine professional owns, leases, rents, or
otherwise is in lawful possession and control of the land or facility upon which the
participant sustained an injury because of the dangerous latent condition which
was known to or should have been known to the equine activity sponsor or the
equine professional and for which a warning sign has not been conspicuously
posted;
c. If the equine activity sponsor or the equine professional commits an act or
omission that constitutes willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the
participant and that act or omission caused the injury;
d. If the equine activity sponsor or the equine professional intentionally injures the
participant;
e. Under products liability provisions as set forth in products liability laws; or
f. Under liability provisions in chapter 36-11.