Mississippi § 89-23-19 - Amendment or termination of environmental covenant; consent.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 89-23-19 — Amendment or termination of environmental covenant; consent., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 89-23-19. Amendment or termination of environmental covenant; consent.
An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is signed by: The agency; Unless waived by the agency, the current owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant; The commission, unless it waives its participation; Each person that originally signed the covenant, unless the person waived in a signed record the right to consent or a court finds that the person no longer exists or cannot be located or identified with the exercise of reasonable diligence; and Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d)(2), the holder. If an interest in real property is subject to an environmental covenant, 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. Except for an assignment undertaken pursuant to a governmental reorganization, assignment of an environmental covenant to a new holder is an amendment. Except as otherwise provided in an environmental covenant: A holder may not assign its interest without consent of the other parties; A holder may be removed and replaced by agreement of the other parties specified in subsection (a); and A court of competent jurisdiction may fill a vacancy in the position of holder.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 89-23-19 ("Amendment or termination of environmental covenant; consent.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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