Iowa Enacts UECA

Iowa recently became the seventh state to enact the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act (UECA). SB 375 was signed into law by Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack on May 4. The bill took effect on July 1.

UECA is a uniform law that was approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) in 2003. UECA establishes requirements for a new valid real estate document — an “environmental covenant” — to control the future use of brownfields when real estate is transferred from one person to another.