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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58057</law_id><section_number>10.1-1246</section_number><catch_line>Amendment or termination by consent</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>10.1-1240</reference><reference>10.1-1245</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Activities Administered by Other Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="12.2">Uniform Environmental Covenants Act</unit></structure><text>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section></text><history>2010, c. 691.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
