Notice requirement; penalty for failure to provide notice

1. Law
2. Mississippi Code
3. Real and Personal Property
4. Mississippi Uniform Environmental Covenants Act
5. Notice requirement; penalty for failure to provide notice

A copy of an environmental covenant shall be provided by the persons and in the manner required by the agency to:

1. Each person that signed the covenant;
2. Each person holding a recorded interest in the real property subject to the covenant;
3. Each person in possession of the real property subject to the covenant;
4. Each municipality or other unit of local government in which real property subject to the covenant is located; and
5. Any other person the agency requires.

The validity of a covenant is not affected by failure to provide a copy of the covenant as required under this section.

Failure by any person to provide a copy of the covenant in the manner required by the agency shall be punishable by a civil penalty to be determined by the Commission on Environmental Quality consistent with the terms and provisions of Section 49-17-43.

Download our app to see the most-to-date content.