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Emergency Law Inventory | Full Law Text

Law Number

MCLS 30.411(7)-(8)

Summary Title

Liability: Providing Shelter

Summary

An individual, owning or controlling real estate who, voluntarily and without compensation, allows it to be used to shelter people during an actual, impending, or practice disaster, will not be held legally responsible for injury or damage to a person or property. The person is obligated to make any hidden dangers or safety hazards, that could possibly result in death or injury, known to the people using the real estate.

Full Title

Powers and duties of personnel of disaster relief forces; liability for personal injury or property damage; right to benefits or compensation; disaster relief workers; immunity; liability and legal obligation of persons owning or controlling real estate or other premises used for shelter; “gross negligence” defined.

Full Text

(7) A person owning or controlling real estate or other premises who voluntarily and without compensation grants to this state or a political subdivision of this state a license or privilege, or otherwise permits this state or a political subdivision of this state to inspect, designate, and use the whole or any part or parts of the real estate or other premises for the purpose of sheltering persons during an actual, impending, mock, or practice disaster, together with his or her successors in interest, if any, is not civilly liable for negligently causing the death of or injury to any person on or about the real estate or premises under the license, privilege, or permission or for loss or damage to the property of the person. (8) A person owning or controlling real estate or other premises who has gratuitously granted the use of the real estate or other premises for the purposes stated in this section is legally obligated to make known to the licensee any hidden dangers or safety hazards that are known to the owner or occupant of the real estate or premises that might possibly result in the death or injury or loss of property to a person using the real estate or premises.

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