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Every written contract entered into by a marine tourism professional for the providing of professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment to a participant, whether or not the contract involves marine tourism activities on or off the location or at the site of the marine tourism activity, shall contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection B.B\n\nThe signs and contracts described in subsection A shall contain the following notice of warning:\n\t\t\t“WARNING: Under Virginia law, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in a marine tourism activity if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of a marine tourism activity. Inherent risks of a marine tourism activity include, among others, risks of injury to property and the potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this marine tourism activity.”C\n\nFailure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices provided in this section shall prevent a marine tourism professional from invoking the privileges of immunity provided by this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":260740,"text":"Every marine tourism professional shall post and maintain signs that contain the warning notice specified in subsection B. The sign shall be placed in a clearly visible location at the entrance to and the site of the marine tourism activity. The warning notice shall consist of a sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch in height. Every written contract entered into by a marine tourism professional for the providing of professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment to a participant, whether or not the contract involves marine tourism activities on or off the location or at the site of the marine tourism activity, shall contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection B.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":260741,"text":"The signs and contracts described in subsection A shall contain the following notice of warning:\n\t\t\t“WARNING: Under Virginia law, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in a marine tourism activity if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of a marine tourism activity. 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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 329<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62369,"section_number":"28.2-1106","catch_line":"Liability limited; liability actions prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-1106\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":190757,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72380,"identifier":"28.2-1107","token":"28.2\/II\/11.1\/28.2-1107","url":"\/28.2-1107\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-1107\/","token":"28.2\/II\/11.1\/28.2-1107","dublin_core":{"Title":"Warning required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-1107","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Every marine tourism professional<\/span> shall post and maintain signs that contain the warning notice specified in subsection B. The sign shall be placed in a clearly visible location at the entrance to and the site of the marine tourism activity<\/span>. The warning notice shall consist of a sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch in height. Every written contract<\/span> entered into by a marine tourism professional<\/span> for the providing of professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment to a participant<\/span>, whether or not the contract<\/span> involves marine tourism activities on or off the location or at the site of the marine tourism activity<\/span>, shall contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection B. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The signs and contracts<\/span> described in subsection A shall contain the following notice of warning:\n\t\t\t“WARNING: Under Virginia law<\/span>, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant<\/span> in a marine tourism activity<\/span> if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of a marine tourism activity<\/span><\/span>. Inherent risks of a marine tourism activity<\/span><\/span> include, among others, risks of injury to property and the potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this marine tourism activity<\/span>.” <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices provided in this section shall prevent a marine tourism professional<\/span> from invoking the privileges<\/span> of immunity provided by this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWARNING REQUIRED (\u00a7 28.2-1107)\n\nA. Every marine tourism professional shall post and maintain signs that contain\nthe warning notice specified in subsection B. The sign shall be placed in a\nclearly visible location at the entrance to and the site of the marine tourism\nactivity. The warning notice shall consist of a sign in black letters, with each\nletter to be a minimum of one inch in height. Every written contract entered\ninto by a marine tourism professional for the providing of professional\nservices, instruction, or the rental of equipment to a participant, whether or\nnot the contract involves marine tourism activities on or off the location or at\nthe site of the marine tourism activity, shall contain in clearly readable print\nthe warning notice specified in subsection B.\n\nB. The signs and contracts described in subsection A shall contain the following\nnotice of warning:\n\t\t\t“WARNING: Under Virginia law, there is no liability for an injury to or\ndeath of a participant in a marine tourism activity if such injury or death\nresults from the inherent risks of a marine tourism activity. Inherent risks of\na marine tourism activity include, among others, risks of injury to property and\nthe potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your\ninjury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this marine\ntourism activity.”\n\nC. Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices\nprovided in this section shall prevent a marine tourism professional from\ninvoking the privileges of immunity provided by this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 329.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}