Covenants Act SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS SECTION 3. NATURE OF RIGHTS; SUBORDINATION OF INTERESTS SECTION 4. CONTENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT An environmental covenant MUST contain: (1) A statement that the instrument is an environmental covenant executed pursuant to the [state's name] Uniform Environmental Covenant Act [and statutory reference] (2) A legally sufficient description of the real property subject to the covenant (3) A description of the activity and use limitations on the real property (4) Identification of every holder (i.e. current owners, parties with ongoing responsibility, regulatory agencies, and/or local governmental bodies) (5) A signature by the agency, every holder, and unless waived by the agency, every owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant (6) The name and location of any administrative record for the environmental response project reflected in the environmental covenant An environmental covenant MAY (optionally) contain: (1) Requirements for notice following transfer of a specified interest in, or concerning proposed changes in use of, applications for building permits for, or proposals for any site work affecting the contamination on, the property subject to the covenant (2) Requirements for periodic reporting describing compliance with the covenant (3) Rights of access to the property granted in connection with implementation or enforcement of the covenant (4) A brief narrative description of the contamination and remedy, including the contaminants of concern, the pathways of exposure, limits on exposure, and the location and extent of the contamination (5) Limitation on amendment or termination of the covenant in addition to those contained in Sections 9 and 10 (6) Rights of the holder in addition to its right to enforce the covenant pursuant to Section 11 SECTION 5. VALIDITY; EFFECT ON OTHER INSTRUMENTS A covenant runs with the land and is enforcable even in a number of listed circumstances. Property instruments recorded before passage of UECA are not invalidated by the act if otherwise enforceable. SECTION 6. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAND-USE LAW The act may prohibit land uses otherwise allowed by local zoning in the surrounding area but cannot be used to allow property usages otherwise prohibited by zoning or similar local ordinances. SECTION 7. NOTICE A copy of the covenant must be provided to all owners, agencies or entities having an interest in the property. SECTION 8. RECORDING The covenant and any amendments to it must be registered all counties in which the property it affects is located.