                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIABILITY OF LOCALITIES AND CERTAIN AUTHORITIES IN THE OPERATION OF PARKS,
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND PLAYGROUNDS (§ 15.2-1809)

No city or town which operates any park, recreational facility or playground
shall be liable in any civil action or proceeding for damages resulting from any
injury to the person or from a loss of or damage to the property of any person
caused by any act or omission constituting ordinary negligence on the part of
any officer or agent of such city or town in the maintenance or operation of any
such park, recreational facility or playground. Every such city or town shall,
however, be liable in damages for the gross negligence of any of its officers or
agents in the maintenance or operation of any such park, recreational facility
or playground.
		The immunity created by this section is hereby conferred upon counties, and
public access authorities created pursuant to this title, including the land
holdings and facilities of the public access authorities, in addition to, and
not limiting on, other immunity existing at common law or by statute.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-714; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-291; 1979, c. 277; 1990, c.
18; 1997, c. 587; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 424.