Title RCO, Religious Corporations

§ 4. Property of unincorporated society transferred by its\nincorporation. All the temporalities and property of an unincorporated\nchurch, or of any unincorporated religious society, body, association or\ncongregation, shall, on the incorporation thereof, become the\ntemporalit…

§ 4-a. Age qualifications of voters. To vote at a corporate meeting of\na corporation to which this chapter applies, persons, otherwise\nqualified to vote, shall be of full age unless (1) the age\nqualifications for voting at corporate meetings are fixed by or pursuant\nto an ap…

§ 40. Meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for the purpose\nof incorporating an unincorporated Protestant Episcopal parish or\ncongregation, and of electing the first churchwardens and vestrymen\nthereof, shall specify the object, time and place of such meeting, and\ns…

§ 400. Application of article. 1. This article applies to religious\nsocieties which are members of the Unitarian Universalist Association at\nthe time of incorporation under this article.\n The term "society" includes churches and fellowships.\n 2. Incorporation under this arti…

§ 401. Incorporation of an unincorporated society. Any five members of\nan unincorporated religious society, who are of full age, may call a\nmeeting for the purpose of incorporating such society under this\narticle. The notice of such meeting shall be mailed at least fourteen\n…

§ 402. Meeting for incorporation of unincorporated society. At a\nmeeting for incorporation held pursuant to section four hundred one, the\nqualified voters, until otherwise decided as hereafter provided, shall\nbe all persons of full age who are members of the unincorporated\ns…

§ 403. Certificate of incorporation. (a) If the meeting held pursuant\nto section four hundred two shall decide that the unincorporated society\nshall become incorporated, the presiding officer of such meeting and the\ntwo inspectors of election shall execute a certificate entit…

§ 404. Formation of a new society. Five or more persons of full age\nmay form a corporation under this article by holding a meeting for\nincorporation in accordance with section four hundred two hereof, at\nwhich all of them shall be qualified voters. If the majority of those\na…

§ 405. Re-incorporation of existing corporation. Any previously\nincorporated society, to which this article is applicable, may\nre-incorporate it under the provisions of this article by the same\nprocedure set forth for incorporation, substituting at appropriate\nplaces the wor…

§ 406. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. (a) The annual\ncorporate meeting of every society incorporated under this article shall\nbe held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws, or if no time and\nplace be so fixed, then at a time and place to be first fixed by …

§ 407. Qualifications of members and voters. (a) Each person admitted\nto membership pursuant to the by-laws shall be a member of the\ncorporation until his membership shall terminate by death, resignation\nor as otherwise provided in the by-laws.\n (b) Every member of the socie…

§ 408. Trustees. (a) The society shall be administered by its\ntrustees. The trustees shall be responsible to the members.\n (b) The by-laws shall provide for the term of office of the trustees\nand may provide for the division of the trustees into classes.\n

§ 409. Ministers. Any minister shall be called or removed and the\nsalary fixed or changed by a vote of the majority of the members present\nand voting at a meeting of such corporation called for that purpose,\nunless the by-laws provide otherwise.\n

§ 41. Certificate of incorporation. If such meeting shall decide in\nfavor of incorporation and comply with the next preceding section, the\npresiding officer of such meeting and at least two other persons present\nand voting thereat, shall execute and acknowledge a certificate …

§ 410. By-laws. (a) The initial by-laws of a society shall be adopted\nat the meeting for incorporation. By-laws may thereafter be amended,\nrepealed or adopted as provided in the by-laws. But in the absence of\nsuch provision, by-laws may be amended, repealed or adopted by a vo…

§ 411. Real estate. (a) A society shall not sell or mortgage any of\nits real property without applying for and obtaining leave of the court\ntherefor pursuant to the provisions of article five of the\nnot-for-profit corporation law.\n (b) If a sale or mortgage of any real prope…

§ 412. Merger and consolidation. A. (a) Two or more societies\nincorporated under this article may enter into an agreement for\nconsolidation or merger. No such agreement shall be valid unless\napproved by a vote of two-thirds of the members of each constituent\nsociety present …

§ 413. Dissolution. (a) Whenever two-thirds of the voting members of\nthe society, present at a meeting called for that purpose, decide to\ndissolve the corporation, they may, by its duly elected officers or\ntrustees or such agents as may be elected at such meeting, make a\npet…

§ 414. Amendment. A society may amend its certificate of incorporation\nat any time, provided that such amendment contains only such provisions\nas might be properly contained in an original certificate of\nincorporation filed at the time of making such amendment. Any such\namen…

§ 42. Corporate trustees, vestry; powers and duties thereof. No\nmeeting of the vestry or trustees of any incorporated Protestant\nEpiscopal parish or church shall be held unless either all the members\nthereof are present, or three days' notice thereof shall be given to\neach m…

§ 42-a. Additional powers of the corporate trustees and vestry.\nNotwithstanding and in addition to the provisions of section five of\nthis chapter, and subject always to the trust in which all real and\npersonal property is held for the Protestant Episcopal Church and the\nDioc…

§ 420. Application. 1. This article applies to any unincorporated\nchurch, church school, seminary or other organization affiliated with\nthe New York district of the Assemblies of God or with the general\ncouncil of the Assemblies of God with headquarters at Springfield,\nMisso…

§ 421. Assemblies of God schools; seminaries and agencies of social\nrelief. 1. Any church school, biblical seminary for the preparation of\ncandidates for the ministry leading to ordination and the granting of\ncredentials of ecclesiastical degrees in theology, other than those…

§ 422. Approval for incorporation. Any unincorporated church wishing\nto incorporate as an Assemblies of God church under this article shall\nfirst apply to the presbytery of the New York district of the Assemblies\nof God for written approval. Upon receipt of such approval, the…

§ 423. Qualification of voters. 1. The following persons and no others\nshall be qualified voters for all purposes under this article, except as\nset forth in subdivision two of this section. All persons sixteen years\nof age or over who are members in good and regular standing …

§ 424. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for\nthe purpose of incorporating an unincorporated church shall be given as\nfollows:\n 1. The notice shall be in writing and shall state, in substance, that\na meeting of such unincorporated church will be held at…

§ 425. Meeting for incorporation. 1. At the meeting for incorporation\nheld in pursuance of such notice, only qualified voters shall be\neligible to vote.\n 2. The presence of a majority of such qualified voters, at least six\nin number, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum…

§ 426. Certificate of incorporation. 1. If at the meeting for\nincorporation it shall be decided that such unincorporated church shall\nbecome incorporated, the presiding officer of such meeting and the two\ninspectors of election shall execute and acknowledge a certificate of\n…

§ 427. Reincorporation of present incorporated churches. Any church\nheretofore incorporated may, subject to restrictions and limitations of\nexisting laws, reincorporate under the provisions of this article, by\nfiling in the county clerk's office in the county in which its pri…

§ 428. Time; place and notice of corporate meetings. 1. The annual\ncorporate meeting of every incorporated church or body to which this\narticle is applicable shall be held at the time and place fixed by its\nby-laws.\n 2. Notice of the time and place of the annual corporate me…

§ 429. Corporate meetings. 1. Each church shall determine the\nrequirements for a quorum in their by-laws.\n 2. The action of the meeting upon any matter or question shall be\ndecided in a manner provided by the by-laws.\n 3. The first named of the following persons who are pres…

§ 43. Annual election and special meetings of incorporated Protestant\nEpiscopal parishes. 1. The annual election of a Protestant Episcopal\nparish, hereafter incorporated, shall be held on the day, either a\nSunday or a secular day, designated in its certificate of incorporatio…

§ 430. Ownership of property. 1. The trustees of every such\nincorporated or reincorporated church shall have the custody and control\nof all the temporalities and property, real and personal, belonging to\nthe corporation and the revenues therefrom, and shall administer the\nsa…

§ 431. Property of extinct Assemblies of God churches. 1. All\nproperty, both real and personal, belonging to or held in trust for any\nAssemblies of God church, incorporated or reincorporated or supervisory\nunder this article, that has or shall become extinct, shall at the\nop…

§ 432. Church council and church management. Any incorporated church\nor body to which this article applies shall have its affairs managed by\na church council. Such council shall consist of the pastor, the\ntrustees of the corporation as well as any others, such as corporate\ns…

§ 433. Right of self government. Each church shall have the right of\nself government under Jesus Christ, its living head, and shall have the\npower to choose, call or dismiss its minister, establish the minister's\nsalary, elect its trustees and other officials, and transact al…

§ 434. Right of affiliation; relationships between churches, district\ncorporations and the general council of the Assemblies of God. Churches\nshall be deemed to be sovereign, autonomous, self governing and self\ndetermining bodies. The affiliation of each church with the gener…

§ 435. District corporation. 1. The present corporation acting within\nthe territorial limits of New York, the New York district of the\nAssemblies of God, may reorganize by the formation of a new corporation\nwhich may have as many trustees as there are regional sections within…

§ 436. District government. 1. (a) There shall be a district council\nfor the election of trustees, officers and for the general government as\nhereinafter set forth. The district council shall be the parent body and\nshall control the rights, duties and prerogatives of all its …

§ 437. District superintendent. The district superintendent shall by\nvirtue of his office be designated the president and presiding officer\nof the district corporation. He shall exercise such powers as are\ngranted him by the constitution and by-laws.\n

§ 44. Changing the number of vestrymen of Protestant Episcopal\nparishes hereafter incorporated. If the vestry of a Protestant Episcopal\nparish, hereafter incorporated, shall, by resolution, recommend that the\nnumber of vestrymen of such parish be changed to either three, six,…

§ 45. Changing date of annual election, number and terms of office of\nvestrymen and terms of office of churchwardens in Protestant Episcopal\nchurches heretofore incorporated. If the vestry of a Protestant\nEpiscopal parish, heretofore incorporated, shall by resolution,\nrecomm…

§ 450. Application. 1. This article applies to any unincorporated\nchurch, church school, seminary or other organization affiliated with\nthe Coptic Orthodox Church and to any heretofore incorporated church or\nbody, so affiliated, which desires to reincorporate pursuant to this…

§ 451. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Coptic Orthodox Church" refers to the Apostolic Church presided\nover by His Holiness, the Pope of Alexandria (Egypt) and the Patriarch\nof the See of St. Mark, the legisla…

§ 452. Incorporation of Coptic Orthodox Churches. An unincorporated\nCoptic Orthodox Church in this state may become incorporated as a church\nby executing, acknowledging and filing a certificate of incorporation,\nstating the corporate name by which such church shall be known a…

§ 453. Reincorporation of existing corporations. Any Coptic Orthodox\nChurch heretofore incorporated in this state, with the consent of the\nbishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese in which its place of worship is\nlocated, may reincorporate under the provisions of this article by…

§ 454. Government of Incorporated Coptic Orthodox Churches. The bishop\nof the Coptic Orthodox Diocese in which the place of worship of an\nincorporated Coptic Orthodox Church is located and his successors in\noffice shall, by virtue of his office, be a trustee of such a church.…

§ 455. Disposition of property. Whenever a Coptic Orthodox parish\nshall hereafter be duly divided by the Coptic Orthodox bishop of the\ndiocese in which said parish is located into two parishes within such\ndiocese, then the Coptic Orthodox bishop or his successor shall have th…

§ 46. Changing the qualifications of voters and the qualifications of\nwardens and vestrymen. If the vestry of a Protestant Episcopal parish\nheretofore incorporated shall by resolution recommend that the\nqualifications of voters and the qualifications of wardens and vestrymen\…

§ 460. Application. 1. This article applies to any unincorporated\nchurch affiliated with the Hindu faith, and to any heretofore\nincorporated church or body, so affiliated, which desires to\nreincorporate pursuant to this article. Independent churches may\nincorporate or reinco…