Winter Sports Safety Act

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This is Article 25 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Winter Sports Safety Act.” It is part of Chapter 3 “Actions”, which is part of Title 8.01 “Civil Remedies and Procedure”. It contains 13 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 13 sections.

§ 8.01-227.11	Definitions
§ 8.01-227.12	Warnings and other winter sports area operator requirements
§ 8.01-227.13	Winter sports area trail maps
§ 8.01-227.14	Freestyle terrain
§ 8.01-227.15	Winter sports area vehicles
§ 8.01-227.16	Passenger tramways
§ 8.01-227.17	Duties and responsibilities of winter sports participants and certain other individuals
§ 8.01-227.18	Helmets
§ 8.01-227.19	Assumption of risks
§ 8.01-227.20	Liability of winter sports area operator
§ 8.01-227.21	Common law regarding minors
§ 8.01-227.22	Failure to fulfill duty or responsibility not negligence per se
§ 8.01-227.23	Applicability of article