{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/10.1-1244.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/10.1-1244.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/10.1-1244.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/10.1-1244.html"}],"law_id":71300,"edition_id":1,"section_id":71300,"structure_id":14204,"section_number":"10.1-1244","catch_line":"Recording","history":"2010, c. 691.","full_text":"A\n\nAn environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the covenant shall be recorded in every locality in which any portion of the real property subject to the covenant is located. 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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 691<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":72524,"section_number":"10.1-1245","catch_line":"Duration; amendment by court action","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1245\/"}],"permalink":{"id":145623,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71300,"identifier":"10.1-1244","token":"10.1\/II\/12.2\/10.1-1244","url":"\/10.1-1244\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1244\/","token":"10.1\/II\/12.2\/10.1-1244","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recording","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1244","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> An environmental covenant<\/span> and any amendment or termination of the covenant shall be recorded in every locality in which any portion of the real property subject to the covenant is located. For purposes of indexing, a holder<\/span> shall be treated as a grantee. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in § 10.1-1245<\/a>, an environmental covenant<\/span> is subject to the laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth governing recording and priority of interests in real property. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDING (\u00a7 10.1-1244)\n\nA. An environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the covenant\nshall be recorded in every locality in which any portion of the real property\nsubject to the covenant is located. For purposes of indexing, a holder shall be\ntreated as a grantee.\n\nB. Except as otherwise provided in § 10.1-1245, an environmental covenant\nis subject to the laws of the Commonwealth governing recording and priority of\ninterests in real property.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, c. 691.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}