Georgia Code, Title 44, Chapter 16 - Uniform Environmental Covenants

• § 44-16-1 - Short Title
  This chapter may be known as and may be cited as the "Uniform Environmental Covenants Act."
• § 44-16-2 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Activity and use limitations" means restrictions or obligations created under this chapter with respect to real...
• § 44-16-3 - Holders of Environmental Covenants; Rights of Agency; Rules
  (a) Any person, including a person that owns an interest in the real property, the agency, or a municipality, county, consolidated government, or other...
• § 44-16-4 - Requirements for Environmental Covenant
  (a) An environmental covenant shall: (1) State that the instrument is an environmental covenant executed pursuant to this chapter; (2) Contain a legally sufficient...
• § 44-16-5 - Enforcement of Environmental Convenant
  (a) An environmental covenant that complies with this chapter runs with the land.(b) An environmental covenant that is otherwise effective shall be valid and...
• § 44-16-6 - Environmental Covenant Restrictions
  This chapter shall not authorize a use of real property that is otherwise prohibited by zoning, by ordinance, by local law, by general law,...
• § 44-16-7 - Validation of Environmental Covenant
  (a) A copy of an environmental covenant shall be provided in the manner required by the agency and shall establish proof of service to:...
• § 44-16-8 - Recording of Amendments or Termination of Environmental Convenant
  (a) An environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the covenant shall be recorded in every county in which any portion of the...
• § 44-16-9 - Limitation of Environmental Covenant
  (a) An environmental covenant shall be perpetual, which shall be stated in such covenant, unless it is: (1) By its terms limited to a...
• § 44-16-10 - Amendment or Termination; Interest in Environmental Covenant Not Affected by Amendment; Role of Court
  (a) An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is signed by: (1) The agency; (2)...
• § 44-16-11 - Liability for Violation and Enforcement of Environmental Covenant
  (a) A civil action for injunctive or other equitable relief for violation of an environmental covenant may be maintained by: (1) A party to...
• § 44-16-12 - Maintenance of Registry
  The agency may establish and maintain a registry that contains all environmental covenants and any amendment or termination of such covenants. The registry may...
• § 44-16-13 - Rules and Regulations; Fees
  The agency may establish rules and regulations for implementing this chapter and may provide for fees for utilizing this chapter.
• § 44-16-14 - Electronic Signatures and Delivery
  This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq.) but shall...

Last modified: October 14, 2016