Title 27 — Religion
4 chapters · 24 sections in this title.
27 Del. C. § 101. Formation; increasing or decreasing number of trustees.
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§ 101. Formation; increasing or decreasing number of trustees. (a) Any religious society or congregation consisting of 15 or more persons may become incorporated by the election of not less than 3 trustees and the taking of a name and certifying the same under the hands and seals…
27 Del. C. § 102. Corporate powers.
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§ 102. Corporate powers. The trustees elected and their successors shall be a corporation by the name adopted and certified. The corporation shall have perpetual succession with all the incidents and franchises of a corporation aggregate and may purchase, receive, hold, mortgage …
27 Del. C. § 103. Change of name.
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§ 103. Change of name. If at any time three fourths of the trustees of the corporation created under this chapter or under Chapter 39 of the Code of 1852 shall think it wise to change the name of the corporation, they may do this by certifying the same, under the hands and seals …
27 Del. C. § 104. Estate vested in corporation.
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§ 104. Estate vested in corporation. All the estate, right and title which any such society or congregation may have in any property, real or personal, in themselves, or by trustees, or for their use before incorporation shall upon incorporation become vested in the corporation, …
27 Del. C. § 105. Election of trustees.
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§ 105. Election of trustees. The trustees shall be elected at a public meeting of the society or congregation, held at their usual place of worship, on 10 days notice by advertisements at the front door of such place and by a plurality of votes of the members present.26 Del. Laws…
27 Del. C. § 106. Vacancies among trustees.
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§ 106. Vacancies among trustees. Other trustees may be elected, and vacancies filled by election as prescribed in § 105 of this title and the election of a successor to any trustee shall remove that trustee from office.26 Del. Laws, c. 89, § 6; Code 1915, § 2169; Code 1935, § 247…
27 Del. C. § 107. Appointment of chair; powers and duties; access to records.
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§ 107. Appointment of chair; powers and duties; access to records. The trustees shall choose 1 of their number as chair. The chair shall have custody of the seal and all books and papers of the corporation, shall make fair entries therein of all the proceedings of the trustees an…
27 Del. C. § 108. Appointment and duties of treasurer.
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§ 108. Appointment and duties of treasurer. The trustees may also choose 1 of their number as treasurer and may require the treasurer to give security. The treasurer shall receive and account for all the money of the corporation. If no treasurer be chosen, the chair shall receive…
27 Del. C. § 109. Registry of births, deaths, burials and marriages; certified copies as evidence.
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§ 109. Registry of births, deaths, burials and marriages; certified copies as evidence. The registry kept in any religious corporation’s books of marriages, births, deaths or burials shall be evidence in all courts. A copy of any entry, certified under the corporate seal and hand…
27 Del. C. § 110. Gifts or grants to religious corporations.
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§ 110. Gifts or grants to religious corporations. Every religious corporation may take and hold by gift, devise, will, deed or lease real estate or moneys, securities or other things of value to be laid out in real estate and personal property of all kinds and may alien, mortgage…
27 Del. C. § 111. Validating certain religious corporations.
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§ 111. Validating certain religious corporations. All religious corporations of this State incorporated prior to March 14, 1911, under the General Corporation Law and all religious corporations of this State incorporated since March 10, 1899, under Chapter 39 of the Revised Code …
27 Del. C. § 112. Conveyances and grants to ecclesiastical officers.
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§ 112. Conveyances and grants to ecclesiastical officers. No grant, conveyance, devise or lease of personal or real estate to, nor any trust of such personal or real estate for the benefit of any person, and that person’s successor or successors in any ecclesiastical office, shal…
27 Del. C. § 113. Conveyances and grants to religious corporations.
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§ 113. Conveyances and grants to religious corporations. No grant, conveyance, devise or lease of any real estate dedicated or appropriated or intended to be dedicated or appropriated, to purposes of religious worship for the use of any congregation or society shall vest any righ…
27 Del. C. § 114. Formation of Protestant Episcopal Church corporations.
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§ 114. Formation of Protestant Episcopal Church corporations. The rector, wardens and vestrymen of any Protestant Episcopal Church, on certifying their name or style as provided in § 101 or § 103 of this title, shall be a corporation with the franchise, rights and powers therein …
27 Del. C. § 115. Formation of Roman Catholic Church corporations.
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§ 115. Formation of Roman Catholic Church corporations. In every congregation of the Roman Catholic Church, the ordinary of the diocese, the pastor of the congregation for the time being, according to the practice and discipline of the Church, 1 other person annually designated b…
27 Del. C. § 116. Additional powers of Roman Catholic Church corporations; records; pastor as president.
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§ 116. Additional powers of Roman Catholic Church corporations; records; pastor as president. Every Roman Catholic Church corporation, in addition to the powers now possessed by religious corporations by virtue of the laws of this State, may appoint the hour and place of the meet…
27 Del. C. § 117. Filling vacancies among corporators of Roman Catholic Church corporations; change of name.
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§ 117. Filling vacancies among corporators of Roman Catholic Church corporations; change of name. (a) (1) If at any time 1 of the annually elected corporators of a Roman Catholic Church corporation dies, resigns or becomes disqualified by ceasing to be a pewholder of the church, …
27 Del. C. § 118. Conveyances to Roman Catholic Church corporations; prior gifts to inure to benefit of newly formed corporations.
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§ 118. Conveyances to Roman Catholic Church corporations; prior gifts to inure to benefit of newly formed corporations. Any person, individual or corporation holding land or goods and chattels or any interest therein in trust for any particular church or congregation, church soci…