{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/10.1-1246.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/10.1-1246.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/10.1-1246.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/10.1-1246.html"}],"law_id":58057,"edition_id":1,"section_id":58057,"structure_id":14204,"section_number":"10.1-1246","catch_line":"Amendment or termination by consent","history":"2010, c. 691.","full_text":"A\n\nAn environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is signed by:1\n\nThe agency;2\n\nUnless waived by the agency, the current owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant;3\n\nEach person that originally signed the covenant, unless the person waived in a signed record the right to consent or a court finds that the person no longer exists or cannot be located or identified with the exercise of reasonable diligence; and4\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in subdivision D 2, the holder.B\n\nIf an interest in real property is subject to an environmental covenant, the interest is not affected by an amendment of the covenant unless the current owner of the interest consents to the amendment or has waived in a signed record the right to consent to amendments.C\n\nExcept for an assignment undertaken pursuant to a governmental reorganization, assignment of an environmental covenant to a new holder is an amendment.D\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in an environmental covenant:1\n\nA holder may not assign its interest without consent of the other parties;2\n\nA holder may be removed and replaced by agreement of the other parties specified in subsection A; and3\n\nA court of competent jurisdiction may fill a vacancy in the position of holder.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":212628,"text":"An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is signed by:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":212629,"text":"The agency;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":212630,"text":"Unless waived by the agency, the current owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":212631,"text":"Each person that originally signed the covenant, unless the person waived in a signed record the right to consent or a court finds that the person no longer exists or cannot be located or identified with the exercise of reasonable diligence; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0691\">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":[{"id":60749,"section_number":"10.1-1240","catch_line":"Contents of environmental covenant","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1240\/"},{"id":72524,"section_number":"10.1-1245","catch_line":"Duration; amendment by court action","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1245\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":145631,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58057,"identifier":"10.1-1246","token":"10.1\/II\/12.2\/10.1-1246","url":"\/10.1-1246\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1246\/","token":"10.1\/II\/12.2\/10.1-1246","dublin_core":{"Title":"Amendment or termination by consent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1246","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> An <span class=\"dictionary\">environmental covenant<\/span> may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is signed by: <a id=\"paragraph-212628\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1246\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-212629\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1246\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Unless waived by the <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span>, the current owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant; <a id=\"paragraph-212630\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1246\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Each <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> that originally signed the covenant, unless the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> waived in a signed record the right to consent or a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> finds that the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> no longer exists or cannot be located or identified with the exercise of reasonable diligence; and <a id=\"paragraph-212631\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1246\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in subdivision D 2, the <span class=\"dictionary\">holder<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-212632\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1246\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> If an interest in real property is subject to an <span class=\"dictionary\">environmental covenant<\/span>, the interest is not affected by an amendment of the covenant unless the current owner of the interest consents to the amendment or has waived in a signed record the right to consent to amendments. <a id=\"paragraph-212633\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1246\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Except for an assignment undertaken pursuant to a governmental reorganization, assignment of an <span class=\"dictionary\">environmental covenant<\/span> to a new <span class=\"dictionary\">holder<\/span> is an amendment. <a id=\"paragraph-212634\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1246\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in an <span class=\"dictionary\">environmental covenant<\/span>: <a id=\"paragraph-212635\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1246\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">holder<\/span> may not assign its interest without consent of the other parties; <a id=\"paragraph-212636\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1246\/#D1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">holder<\/span> may be removed and replaced by agreement of the other parties specified in subsection A; and <a id=\"paragraph-212637\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1246\/#D2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of competent <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> may fill a vacancy in the position of <span class=\"dictionary\">holder<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-212638\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1246\/#D3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAMENDMENT OR TERMINATION BY CONSENT (\u00a7 10.1-1246)\n\nA. An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the\namendment or termination is signed by:\n\n   1. The agency;\n\n   2. Unless waived by the agency, the current owner of the fee simple of the\n   real property subject to the covenant;\n\n   3. Each person that originally signed the covenant, unless the person waived\n   in a signed record the right to consent or a court finds that the person no\n   longer exists or cannot be located or identified with the exercise of\n   reasonable diligence; and\n\n   4. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision D 2, the holder.\n\nB. If an interest in real property is subject to an environmental covenant, the\ninterest is not affected by an amendment of the covenant unless the current\nowner of the interest consents to the amendment or has waived in a signed record\nthe right to consent to amendments.\n\nC. Except for an assignment undertaken pursuant to a governmental\nreorganization, assignment of an environmental covenant to a new holder is an\namendment.\n\nD. Except as otherwise provided in an environmental covenant:\n\n   1. A holder may not assign its interest without consent of the other parties;\n\n   2. A holder may be removed and replaced by agreement of the other parties\n   specified in subsection A; and\n\n   3. A court of competent jurisdiction may fill a vacancy in the position of\n   holder.\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}}