Sections
10 entriesSection 815Establishes only legislative findings and policy, not an operative rule: preserving land in natural, scenic, agricultural, historical, forested, or open-space condition is…Section 815.1Defines “conservation easement” as a limitation in a deed, will, or other instrument, structured as an easement, restriction, covenant, or condition, executed…Section 815.2Defines a conservation easement as a voluntarily created real-property interest, freely transferable in whole or part by any lawful method for transferring…Section 815.3Limits acquisition and holding of conservation easements to qualifying land-preservation nonprofits, authorized state or local governmental entities receiving voluntary conveyances, and specified…Section 815.4Establishes that every interest not transferred and conveyed by the instrument creating an easement remains with the easement grantor. The retained interests…Section 815.5Requires instruments that create, assign, or otherwise transfer conservation easements to be recorded with the county recorder in a county where all…Section 815.7Establishes that conservation easements remain enforceable despite lack of contract privity, benefit to particular land, or running-with-the-land language. Grantors or easement owners…Section 815.9Prohibits construing the conservation-easement chapter to impair or conflict with laws granting political subdivisions authority to hold interests in land comparable to…Section 815.10Defines a conservation easement granted under the chapter as an enforceable restriction for purposes of the referenced Revenue and Taxation Code provision.…Section 816Requires the chapter’s provisions to be construed liberally so that the policy and purpose stated in the referenced conservation-easement provision are carried…