(a) An environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the covenant must be recorded with District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds. For purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a grantee.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in § 8-671.08(c), an environmental covenant is subject to the laws of the District governing recording and priority of interests in real property.
(May 12, 2006, D.C. Law 16-95, § 107, 53 DCR 1652.)
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 7 of the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 8 - Environmental and Animal Control and Protection
Chapter 6C - Uniform Environmental Covenants
§ 8–671.02. Nature of rights; subordination of interests
§ 8–671.03. Contents of environmental covenant
§ 8–671.04. Validity; effect on other instruments
§ 8–671.05. Relationship to other land-use law
§ 8–671.08. Duration; amendment by court action
§ 8–671.09. Amendment or termination by consent
§ 8–671.10. Enforcement of environmental covenant
§ 8–671.11. Registry; substitute notice
§ 8–671.13. Uniformity of application and construction
§ 8–671.14. Relation to federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act