HB 1502 Summary

• Property possessors (owners, lessees, renters, or lawful occupants) owe no duty of care to trespassers except to refrain from willfully or wantonly injuring discovered trespassers, and owe no duty to undiscovered trespassers.

• Property possessors may be held liable for injury or death of child trespassers if a structure or condition on the property was particularly dangerous, latent, uncommon, attractive to children, and the injury was foreseeable.

• Property possessors may be held liable for bodily injury or death of any trespasser if a structure or condition on the property violated a zoning ordinance at the time of the trespass.

• Defines "child" as a person under 18 years of age and "trespasser" as a person who enters or remains on property without right, consent, or invitation.

• Effective July 1, 2013, amending Indiana Code sections IC 34-6-2 and IC 34-31-10.