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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1372621,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345565,"identifier":"10.1-1243","token":"10.1\/II\/12.2\/10.1-1243","url":"\/10.1-1243\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1243\/","token":"10.1\/II\/12.2\/10.1-1243","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1243","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A copy of an environmental covenant<\/span> shall be provided by the persons<\/span> and in the manner required by the agency<\/span> to: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Each person<\/span> that signed the covenant; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Each person<\/span> holding a recorded interest in the real property subject to the covenant; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Each person<\/span> in possession<\/span> of the real property subject to the covenant; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Each municipality or other unit of local government in which real property subject to the covenant is located; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Any other person<\/span> the agency<\/span> requires. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The validity of a covenant is not affected by failure to provide a copy of the covenant as required under this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE (\u00a7 10.1-1243)\n\nA. A copy of an environmental covenant shall be provided by the persons and in\nthe manner required by the agency to:\n\n 1. Each person that signed the covenant;\n\n 2. Each person holding a recorded interest in the real property subject to the\n covenant;\n\n 3. Each person in possession of the real property subject to the covenant;\n\n 4. Each municipality or other unit of local government in which real property\n subject to the covenant is located; and\n\n 5. Any other person the agency requires.\n\nB. The validity of a covenant is not affected by failure to provide a copy of\nthe covenant as required under this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, c. 691.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}