1. (1) A Working Land Conservation Easement shall last in perpetuity.
2. (2) A Working Land Conservation Covenant shall last for a term of no less than twenty and no more than fifty years.
3. (3) The Working Land Conservation Covenant term shall be set at 12-month increments only and not partial years.

4. (4) The first day of the term of a Working Land Conservation Covenant shall be the date that both of these events have occurred:

   1. (a) The Working Land Conservation Covenant holder and the owner of working land conveying the covenant sign the agreement; and
   2. (b) The owner of Working Land has received Working Land Conservation Covenant and Easement Grant funding from this program for the Working Land Conservation Covenant.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 541.984, ORS 541.988 & ORS 541.989

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 541.977-541.989

History

OAHP 1-2025, amend filed 01/31/2025, effective 01/31/2025
OAHP 1-2019, adopt filed 01/28/2019, effective 02/01/2019