{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-671.09","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 8-671.09","heading":"Amendment or termination by consent.","body":"(a)\nAn environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is signed by:\n(1)\nThe environmental agency;\n(2)\nUnless waived by the environmental agency, the current owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant;\n(3)\nEach 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\n(4)\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (d)(2) of this section, the holder.\n\n(b)\nIf 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.\n\n(c)\nExcept for an assignment undertaken pursuant to a governmental reorganization, assignment of an environmental covenant to a new holder is an amendment.\n\n(d)\nExcept as otherwise provided in an environmental covenant:\n(1)\nA holder may not assign its interest without consent of the other parties;\n(2)\nA holder may be removed and replaced by agreement of the other parties specified in subsection (a) of this section; and\n(3)\nA court of competent jurisdiction may fill a vacancy in the position of holder.","path":["Title 8. Environmental and Animal Control and Protection.","Chapter 6C. Uniform Environmental Covenants."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/8-671.09","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"ddf359fafddfd3adfd4e7206f17113599a467aab3851bd3d451580fac7153e94","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-671.08","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-671.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}