33 CFR § 137.55 Oil Spill Liability: Standards for Conducting All Appropriate Inquiries Under the Innocent Land-Owner Defense

§ 137.55 Searches for recorded environmental cleanup liens.

Current through Sep 9, 2026 · Read all of Part 137

(a) All appropriate inquiries must include a search for the existence of environmental cleanup liens against the facility and the real property on which the facility is located that are filed or recorded under Federal, State, tribal, or local law.

(b) All information collected by persons specified in § 137.1(a) rather than an environmental professional regarding the existence of environmental cleanup liens associated with the facility and the real property on which the facility is located may be provided to the environmental professional or retained by the applicable party.

← § 137.50 Reviews of historical sources of information.§ 137.60 Reviews of Federal, State, tribal, and local government records. →