In a deed, a grantee may agree to do something or refrain from doing certain acts. This agreement will become a binding contract between the grantor and the grantee. An example would be an agreement to maintain fences on the property or that the property will only be used for residential purposes. This kind of covenant is binding, not only between the grantor and the grantee, but also runs with the land. This means that anyone acquiring the land from the grantee is also bound by the covenant of the grantee. A covenant that provides that the grantee will refrain from certain conduct is called a restrictive or protective covenant. For example, there may be a covenant that no mobile home shall be placed on the property.
A restrictive or protective covenant may limit the kind of structure that can be placed on the property and may also restrict the use that can be made of the land. For example, when a tract of land is developed for individual lots and homes to be built, it is common to use the same restrictive covenants in all of the deeds in order to cause uniform restrictions and patterns on the property. For example, the developer may provide that no home may be built under a certain number of square feet. Any person acquiring a lot within the tract will be bound by the restrictions if they are placed in the deed or a prior recorded deed. Also, these restrictive covenants may be placed in a document at the outset of the development entitled "Restrictive Covenants," and list all the restrictive covenants that will apply to the tracts of land being developed. Any subsequent deed can then refer back to the book and page number where these restrictive covenants are recorded. Any person owning one of the lots in the tract may bring suit against another lot owner to enforce the restrictive covenants. However, restrictive covenants may be abandoned or not enforceable by estoppel if the restrictive covenants are violated openly for a sufficient period of time in order for a Court to declare that the restriction has been abandoned.
The following form shows one way in which Restrictive or Protective Covenants may be amended.
Georgia Amendment to Protective Covenant
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Following that general consensus throughout the country, Georgia law likewise generally provided at Code Section 44-5-60 that covenants restricting the use of land would be valid for a maximum of twenty years, and at the end of the twenty years, the restrictive covenants would automatically expire.
Covenant Amendments means, as described in the Disclosure Statement and set forth in the Supplemental Indenture, those certain amendments to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain events of default and related provisions contained in the Existing 2016
A: Under Georgia's Restrictive Covenants Act, employee non-compete agreements are generally enforceable.
Ignoring a restrictive covenant means that you could potentially be faced with a legal claim against you and injunctions to stop you from making the changes you wish to. You may have to pay damages to the other party to compensate for the breach too.
To be enforceable a restrictive covenant must firstly touch and concern or somehow benefit other land, and the benefit must also have been intended to run with that benefitting land. The covenant cannot merely be a covenant of personal benefit to the original contracting party.
Following that general consensus throughout the country, Georgia law likewise generally provided at Code Section 44-5-60 that covenants restricting the use of land would be valid for a maximum of twenty years, and at the end of the twenty years, the restrictive covenants would automatically expire.
A restrictive covenant may include things that you can't do with your property, like raise livestock. A restrictive covenant will also include things that you must do, like mow your lawn regularly. The specific restrictive covenants you need to follow will vary depending on where you live.
What Is a Covenant? In legal and financial terminology, a covenant is a promise in an indenture, or any other formal debt agreement, that certain activities will or will not be carried out or that certain thresholds will be met.
If there is a restrictive covenant on your property you may be able to remove it. The first step would be to negotiate with the original developer or landowner to enter into a formal agreement to remove the covenants from the title.
Certain restrictive covenants will be enforceable, if you are able to prove that they are: reasonable. necessary to protect legitimate business interests; and. of a duration no longer than is necessary to protect those interests.