{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/10.1-1014.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/10.1-1014.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/10.1-1014.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/10.1-1014.html"}],"law_id":345330,"edition_id":2,"section_id":345330,"structure_id":49589,"section_number":"10.1-1014","catch_line":"Validity","history":"1988, cc. 720, 891.","full_text":"A conservation easement is valid even though:\n\n1\n\nIt is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;\n\n2\n\nIt can be or has been assigned to another holder;\n\n3\n\nIt is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;\n\n4\n\nIt imposes a negative burden;\n\n5\n\nIt imposes affirmative obligations upon the owner of an interest in the burdened property or upon the holder;\n\n6\n\nThe benefit does not touch or concern real property; or\n\n7\n\nThere is no privity of estate or of contract.\n\t\t\tExcept as otherwise provided in this chapter, a conservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or otherwise altered or affected in the same manner as other easements.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1287464,"text":"A conservation easement is valid even though:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":1287465,"text":"It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":1287466,"text":"It can be or has been assigned to another holder;","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"3":{"id":1287467,"text":"It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2","next_prefix":"4"},"4":{"id":1287468,"text":"It imposes a negative burden;","type":"section","prefixes":["4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"4","prefix_anchor":"4","level":1,"prior_prefix":"3","next_prefix":"5"},"5":{"id":1287469,"text":"It imposes affirmative obligations upon the owner of an interest in the burdened property or upon the holder;","type":"section","prefixes":["5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"5","prefix_anchor":"5","level":1,"prior_prefix":"4","next_prefix":"6"},"6":{"id":1287470,"text":"The benefit does not touch or concern real property; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 720 and 891 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370535,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345330,"identifier":"10.1-1014","token":"10.1\/I\/10.1\/10.1-1014","url":"\/10.1-1014\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1014\/","token":"10.1\/I\/10.1\/10.1-1014","dublin_core":{"Title":"Validity","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1014","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">conservation easement<\/span> is valid even though:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property; <a id=\"paragraph-1287465\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1014\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> It can be or has been assigned to another <span class=\"dictionary\">holder<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-1287466\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1014\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at <span class=\"dictionary\">common law<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-1287467\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1014\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> It imposes a negative burden; <a id=\"paragraph-1287468\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1014\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"5\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> It imposes affirmative obligations upon the owner of an interest in the burdened property or upon the <span class=\"dictionary\">holder<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-1287469\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1014\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"6\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> The benefit does not touch or concern real property; or <a id=\"paragraph-1287470\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1014\/#6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"7\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">7.<\/span> There is no privity of estate or of <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>.\n\t\t\tExcept as otherwise provided in this chapter, a <span class=\"dictionary\">conservation easement<\/span> may be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or otherwise altered or affected in the same manner as other easements. <a id=\"paragraph-1287471\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1014\/#7\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVALIDITY (\u00a7 10.1-1014)\n\nA conservation easement is valid even though:\n\n1. It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;\n\n2. It can be or has been assigned to another holder;\n\n3. It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common\nlaw;\n\n4. It imposes a negative burden;\n\n5. It imposes affirmative obligations upon the owner of an interest in the\nburdened property or upon the holder;\n\n6. The benefit does not touch or concern real property; or\n\n7. There is no privity of estate or of contract.\n\t\t\tExcept as otherwise provided in this chapter, a conservation easement may be\ncreated, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or\notherwise altered or affected in the same manner as other easements.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, cc. 720, 891.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}