An environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the covenant must be recorded in every county in which any portion of the real property subject to the covenant is located. For purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a grantee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 89-23-17(b), an environmental covenant is subject to the laws of this state governing recording and priority of interests in real property including, but not limited to, the requirement of providing indexing instructions and preparer data, as set forth in Section 89-5-33(3); and, the requirement to provide an acknowledgment as set forth in Section 89-3-1.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 89 - Real and Personal Property
Chapter 23 - Mississippi Uniform Environmental Covenants Act
§ 89-23-5. Holder defined; rights and obligations; subordination of rights
§ 89-23-7. Contents of environmental covenant
§ 89-23-9. Validity of environmental covenant; effect on other instruments
§ 89-23-11. Relation of this chapter to other land-use laws
§ 89-23-13. Notice requirement; penalty for failure to provide notice
§ 89-23-15. Recording of environmental covenant, amendment, and termination
§ 89-23-17. Duration of environmental covenants
§ 89-23-19. Amendment or termination of environmental covenant; consent
§ 89-23-21. Violation of environmental covenant; injunctive relief
§ 89-23-23. Application and construction of chapter