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§ 75B.002.Limited Liability

Title 4. Liability in Tort · Chapter 75B. Limited Liability for Recreational Vehicle Park and Campground Activities · Last amended 2023 · Last verified August 29, 2026

In one sentenceSection 75B.002 shields a recreational vehicle park or campground entity that posted the sign, subject to four exceptions.

Full Text of § 75B.002

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(a)Except as provided by Subsection (b), a recreational vehicle park or campground entity is not liable to any person for a recreational vehicle park or campground participant injury or damages arising out of a recreational vehicle park or campground participant injury if, at the time of the recreational vehicle park or campground activity from which the injury arises, the warning prescribed by Section 75B.003 was posted in accordance with that section.
(b)This section does not limit liability for an injury:
(1)proximately caused by:
(A)the recreational vehicle park or campground entity's negligence with regard to the safety of the recreational vehicle park or campground participant;
(B)a potentially dangerous condition on the land, facilities, or equipment used in the activity, of which the recreational vehicle park or campground entity knew or reasonably should have known; or
(C)the recreational vehicle park or campground entity's failure to train or improper training of an employee of the recreational vehicle park or campground entity actively involved in a recreational vehicle park or campground activity; or
(2)intentionally caused by the recreational vehicle park or campground entity.
(c)A limitation on liability provided by this section to a recreational vehicle park or campground entity is in addition to other limitations of liability.
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Plain-English Summary

The protection, with one route in rather than the agritourism chapter's two.

The entity is not liable for a participant injury if, at the time of the activity from which the injury arises, the warning prescribed by the posted-warning section was posted in accordance with that section.

There is no signed-agreement alternative. Posting the sign is the only route.

Subsection (b) sets out the exceptions, and the wording differs from the agritourism chapter in ways worth noting.

(A) the entity's negligence with regard to the safety of the participant — where agritourism says negligence evidencing a disregard for the safety. This chapter's formulation is plainer, and on its face reaches ordinary negligence more readily.

(B) a potentially dangerous condition on the land, facilities, or equipment used in the activity, of which the entity knew or reasonably should have known. Note "potentially dangerous" rather than agritourism's "dangerous", and the absence of any animal-propensity branch.

(C) failure to train or improper training of an employee actively involved. (D) injury intentionally caused by the entity.

Subsection (c) makes the limitation additional to other limitations of liability.

Read together, the exceptions leave the protection meaningful mainly against injuries from the ordinary hazards of camping rather than from anything the operator knew about.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does a campground get liability protection in Texas?

By posting and maintaining the prescribed warning sign. There is no signed-agreement alternative in this chapter.

What does the RV park and campground limit not cover?

The entity's negligence with regard to participant safety, a potentially dangerous condition it knew or should have known of, failure to train an employee actively involved, and intentional injury.

How does it differ from the agritourism chapter?

It has no signed-agreement route and no animal-propensity exception, and its negligence exception is worded more plainly.

Amendment History

  • Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 508 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2023.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from Texas Legislature Online (statutes.capitol.texas.gov). Enacted by the Texas Legislature. Current through May 14, 2026. Last verified August 29, 2026. · Official source