89-19-7 - Actions affecting easements.

§ 89-19-7. Actions affecting easements.
 

(1)  Any action to enforce a conservation easement may be brought by: 

(a) An owner of an interest in the real property burdened by the easement; 

(b) A holder of the easement; 

(c) A person having a third-party right of enforcement; 

(d) The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi; 

(e) The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; or 

(f) A person otherwise authorized and empowered by law. 

(2)  This chapter does not, and shall not be construed to, affect the power of a court to modify or terminate a conservation easement in accordance with the principles of law and equity. In such proceeding, the holder of the conservation easement shall be compensated for the value of the easement. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1986, ch. 404, § 4; Laws, 1988, ch. 379, § 3; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 132, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 30, 2000).