Property of certain extinct churches to become property of United Church of Christ

17-1716a. Property of certain extinct churches to become property of United Church of Christ. (a) The title to all property, whether real, personal or mixed, belonging to or held in trust for or by any religious organization known as the Congregational Church, or the Congregational and Christian Church, or any religious society of the Congregational Church, or the Congregational and Christian Church, or by any religious organization known as the Kansas Congregational and Christian Conference, the Central-South Conference of the Congregational-Christian Churches and the Kansas City Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, or any religious society of the Kansas Congregational and Christian Conference, the Central-South Conference of the Congregational-Christian Churches and the Kansas City Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church located in Kansas, that has or shall become extinct shall vest in and become the property of the Kansas-Oklahoma Conference of The United Church of Christ. (b) This act shall not affect the reversionary interest of any person, persons or corporation in such property or any valid lien thereon. History: L. 1933, ch. 157, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 100, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited; title to and control of abandoned church property governed by church law. United Brethren, etc., v. Mount Carmel Community Cemetery Ass'n, 152 Kan. 243, 249, 103 P.2d 877. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026