Title RCO, Religious Corporations

§ 461. Application for incorporation. Any unincorporated church or any heretofore incorporated church wishing to incorporate under this article shall execute, acknowledge and file a certificate of incorporation as hereinafter provided.

§ 462. Qualification of voters. The following parties and no others shall be qualified voters for all purposes under this article: all persons eighteen years of age or over who are members in good and regular standing of the church or body by admission into membership therewith,…

§ 463. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated church shall be given as follows: 1. The notice shall be in writing and shall state, in substance, that a meeting of such unincorporated church will be held at its …

§ 464. Meeting for incorporation. 1. At the meeting for incorporation held in pursuance of such notice, only qualified voters shall be eligible to vote. 2. The presence of one-third of the qualified voters or six qualified voters, whichever number is higher, shall be necessary t…

§ 465. Church governance. 1. A church incorporated under this section shall provide in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws for trustees to be elected or appointed at large, or by virtue of their office. There shall be a minimum of three trustees. To the extent practicabl…

§ 466. Certificate of incorporation. 1. If at the meeting for incorporation it shall be decided that such unincorporated church shall become incorporated, the presiding officer of the meeting and two others shall execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation, in which s…

§ 467. Reincorporation of present incorporated churches. 1. Any church heretofore incorporated may, subject to restrictions and limitations of existing laws, reincorporate under the provisions of this article, by filing in the county clerk's office in the county in which its pri…

§ 468. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. 1. The by-laws shall make provisions for an annual corporate meeting and for giving appropriate notice to each voting member of the date and place of each such meeting. 2. Notices of any special meeting shall state the purpose…

§ 469. Corporate meetings. 1. Each church shall determine the requirements for a quorum in their by-laws that shall not exceed fifty percent of the members. 2. The action of the meeting upon any matter or question shall be decided in a manner provided by the by-laws. 3. The pres…

§ 47. Free churches in communion with the Protestant Episcopal church. Whenever the trustees of any free church in communion with the Protestant Episcopal church heretofore or hereafter organized under the provisions of article nine of this act shall desire to change the managem…

§ 470. Application. 1. This article applies to any unincorporated church affiliated with the Sikh faith, and to any heretofore incorporated church or body, so affiliated, which desires to reincorporate pursuant to this article. Independent churches may incorporate or reincorpora…

§ 471. Application for incorporation. Any unincorporated church or any heretofore incorporated church wishing to incorporate under this article shall execute, acknowledge and file a certificate of incorporation as hereinafter provided.

§ 472. Qualification of voters. The following parties and no others shall be qualified voters for all purposes under this article: all persons eighteen years of age or over who are members in good and regular standing of the church or body by admission into membership therewith,…

§ 473. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated church shall be given as follows: 1. The notice shall be in writing and shall state, in substance, that a meeting of such unincorporated church will be held at its …

§ 474. Meeting for incorporation. 1. At the meeting for incorporation held in pursuance of such notice, only qualified voters shall be eligible to vote. 2. The presence of one-third of the qualified voters or six qualified voters, whichever number is higher, shall be necessary t…

§ 475. Church governance. 1. A church incorporated under this section shall provide in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws for trustees to be elected or appointed at large, or by virtue of their office. There shall be a minimum of three trustees. To the extent practicabl…

§ 476. Certificate of incorporation. 1. If at the meeting for incorporation it shall be decided that such unincorporated church shall become incorporated, the presiding officer of the meeting and two others shall execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation, in which s…

§ 477. Reincorporation of present incorporated churches. 1. Any church heretofore incorporated may, subject to restrictions and limitations of existing laws, reincorporate under the provisions of this article, by filing in the county clerk's office in the county in which its pri…

§ 478. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. 1. The by-laws shall make provision for an annual corporate meeting and for giving appropriate notice to each voting member of the date and place of each such meeting. 2. Notices of any special meeting shall state the purpose …

§ 479. Corporate meetings. 1. Each church shall determine the requirements for a quorum in their by-laws that shall not exceed fifty percent of the members. 2. The action of the meeting upon any matter or question shall be decided in a manner provided by the by-laws. 3. The pres…

§ 48. Legacies. Any devise or bequest of real or personal property to an unincorporated parish, mission, congregation, chapel or religious society under the jurisdiction of or in communion with the Protestant Episcopal Church, for the purposes of such gift, may be taken, held an…

§ 480. Application. 1. This article applies to any unincorporated church affiliated with the Islamic faith, and to any heretofore incorporated church or body, so affiliated, which desires to reincorporate pursuant to this article. Independent churches may incorporate or reincorp…

§ 481. Application for incorporation. Any unincorporated church or any heretofore incorporated church wishing to incorporate under this article shall execute, acknowledge and file a certificate of incorporation as hereinafter provided.

§ 482. Qualification of voters. The following parties and no others shall be qualified voters for all purposes under this article: all persons eighteen years of age or over who are members in good and regular standing of the church or body by admission into membership therewith,…

§ 483. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated church shall be given as follows: 1. The notice shall be in writing and shall state, in substance, that a meeting of such unincorporated church will be held at its …

§ 484. Meeting for incorporation. 1. At the meeting for incorporation held in pursuance of such notice, only qualified voters shall be eligible to vote. 2. The presence of one-third of the qualified voters or six qualified voters, whichever number is higher, shall be necessary t…

§ 485. Church governance. 1. A church incorporated under this section shall provide in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws for trustees to be elected or appointed at large, or by virtue of their office. There shall be a minimum of three trustees. To the extent practicabl…

§ 486. Certificate of incorporation. 1. If at the meeting for incorporation it shall be decided that such unincorporated church shall become incorporated, the presiding officer of the meeting and two others shall execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation, in which s…

§ 487. Reincorporation of present incorporated churches. 1. Any church heretofore incorporated may, subject to restrictions and limitations of existing laws, reincorporate under the provisions of this article, by filing in the county clerk's office in the county in which its pri…

§ 488. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. 1. The by-laws shall make provision for an annual corporate meeting and for giving appropriate notice to each voting member of the date and place of each such meeting. 2. Notices of any special meeting shall state the purpose …

§ 489. Corporate meetings. 1. Each church shall determine the requirements for a quorum in their by-laws that shall not exceed fifty percent of the members. 2. The action of the meeting upon any matter or question shall be decided in a manner provided by the by-laws. 3. The pres…

§ 49. Eligibility of certain minors as lay delegates and to vote and hold office. Whenever the constitution or canons of a diocese of the Protestant Episcopal church in the state of New York so permits, persons of less than full age but of the age of eighteen years or more shall…

§ 5. General powers and duties of trustees of religious corporations. The trustees of every religious corporation shall have the custody and control of all the temporalities and property, real and personal, belonging to the corporation and of the revenues therefrom, and shall ad…

§ 5-a. Investment of funds. Subject to the discipline, rules and usages of the corporation and of the ecclesiastical governing body, if any, to which the corporation is subject and subject to the limitations and conditions contained in any gift, devise or bequest, and subject to…

§ 5-b. Any investment of the funds of any religious corporation heretofore made by the trustees thereof shall not be deemed to have been restricted to securities which are lawful for the investment of trust funds.

§ 50. Application for incorporation. An unincorporated Apostolic Episcopal Church, or a congregation acknowledging the historic apostolic eastern confession and order in this state, may apply to the bishop who is the ecclesiastical administrator of Metropolitan Synod Apostolic E…

§ 50-aa. Application for incorporation. An unincorporated congregation of the Holy Orthodox Church in America, or a congregation acknowledging the historic apostolic eastern confession and order in this state, may apply to the archbishop who is the ecclestiastical administrator …

§ 50-bb. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated Holy Orthodox Church in America, parish or congregation acknowledging the apostolic eastern confession and order, shall be given as follows: 1. The notice shall b…

§ 50-cc. Provisions governing meetings for incorporation. 1. At the meeting for incorporation, held in pursuance of such notice, the qualified voters, until otherwise decided as hereinafter provided, shall be all persons of full age who have statedly worshipped with such church …

§ 50-dd. Resolution to be adopted at incorporation meeting. At such meeting held for the incorporation of such parish, church or congregation as of the Holy Orthodox Church in America, by whatever corporate name said church shall take, the following resolution shall be passed by…

§ 50-ee. Certificate of incorporation. 1. If the meeting shall decide that such unincorporated church shall become an incorporated church or congregation of the Holy Orthodox Church in America, a certificate of incorporation therefor shall be executed and acknowledged by the arc…

§ 50-ff. Annual and special corporate meetings. 1. The annual corporate meeting of every church or congregation incorporated under this article shall be held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws, or if no time and place is so fixed, then at a time and place to be fixed by …

§ 50-gg. Changing date of annual corporate meetings. An annual corporate meeting of an incorporated church to which this article is applicable may, by a majority vote of the duly qualified voters at such meeting, change the date of its annual meeting thereafter. If such date as …

§ 50-hh. Changing number of laymen trustees. An incorporated church to which this article is applicable may, by a majority vote of the duly qualified voters at an annual corporate meeting, change the number of its laymen trustees to three, six or nine, and classify them so that …

§ 50-ii. Meetings of trustees. Meetings of the trustees of such incorporated church shall be called by giving at least three days' notice thereof in writing, served personally or by mail to all of the trustees, unless, by a regularly adopted standing resolution a fixed date for …

§ 50-jj. Vacancies among trustees. If any trustee of any such incorporated church declines to act, resigns or dies, or ceases to be a qualified voter at a corporate meeting thereof, his office shall be vacant; and such vacancy may be filled by the remaining trustees until the ne…

§ 50-kk. Rector; vicar; ministers; their appointment, removal and compensation. The rector or vicar or other ministers of any such church, by whatever title they are called in ecclesiastical language, shall be called, settled or removed and their salaries fixed, only by the vote…

§ 50-ll. Additional qualifications of voters at annual and special corporate meetings. Duly qualified voters at any annual or special corporate meeting of any such incorporated church shall be baptised persons, who have been admitted to the full communion relations of such churc…

§ 50-mm. Transfer of property of extinct parishes and churches. The Metropolitan Synod Holy Orthodox Church in America may decide that a parish or church in connection with it or over which it has ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and to which this article is applicable, has become e…

§ 51. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated Apostolic Episcopal Church, or congregation acknowledging the apostolic eastern confession and order, shall be given as follows: 1. The notice shall be in writing an…