Missouri Laws 260.1009 – Contents of a covenant
1. An environmental covenant shall:
(1) State that the instrument is an environmental covenant executed under sections 260.1000 to 260.1039;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 260.1009
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) Contain a legally sufficient description of the real property subject to the covenant;
(3) Describe the activity and use limitations on the real property;
(4) Identify every holder;
(5) Be signed by the department, every holder, and unless waived by the department, every owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant; and
(6) Identify the name and location of any administrative record for the environmental response project reflected in the environmental covenant.
2. In addition to the information required by subsection 1 of this section, an environmental covenant may contain other information, restrictions, and requirements agreed to by the persons who signed it, including any:
(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 260.1024 and 260.1027; and
(6) Rights of the holder in addition to its right to enforce the covenant under section 260.1030.
3. In addition to other conditions for its approval of an environmental covenant, the department may require those persons specified by the department who have interests in the real property to sign the covenant.