41-22-12.5.   Restrictions on use of privately-owned lands without permission -- Unlawful for person to tamper with signs or fencing on privately-owned land.
     (1) (a) No person shall operate or accompany a person operating an off-highway vehicle upon privately-owned land of any other person, firm, or corporation without permission from the owner or person in charge.
     (b) It is unlawful for any person operating or accompanying a person operating an off-highway vehicle to refuse to immediately leave private land upon request of the owner or person in charge of such land.
     (c) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to prescriptive easements on privately owned land.
     (d) No person operating or accompanying a person operating an off-highway vehicle shall obstruct any entrance or exit to private property without the owner's permission.
     (2) It is unlawful for any person to tear down, mutilate, or destroy any sign, signboards, or other notice which regulates trespassing for purposes of operating an off-highway vehicle on land; or to tear down, deface, or destroy any fence or other enclosure or any gate or bars belonging to any such fence or enclosure.

Amended by Chapter 21, 1989 General Session
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