Title RCO, Religious Corporations

§ 461. Application for incorporation. Any unincorporated church or any\nheretofore incorporated church wishing to incorporate under this article\nshall execute, acknowledge and file a certificate of incorporation as\nhereinafter provided.\n

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

§ 463. 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…

§ 464. 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 one-third of the qualified voters or six qualified\nvoters, whichever number is higher, shall be necess…

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

§ 466. 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 the meeting and two others\nshall execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation, in whic…

§ 467. Reincorporation of present incorporated churches. 1. 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 …

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

§ 469. Corporate meetings. 1. Each church shall determine the\nrequirements for a quorum in their by-laws that shall not exceed fifty\npercent of the members.\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. T…

§ 47. Free churches in communion with the Protestant Episcopal church.\nWhenever the trustees of any free church in communion with the\nProtestant Episcopal church heretofore or hereafter organized under the\nprovisions of article nine of this act shall desire to change the\nman…

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

§ 471. Application for incorporation. Any unincorporated church or any\nheretofore incorporated church wishing to incorporate under this article\nshall execute, acknowledge and file a certificate of incorporation as\nhereinafter provided.\n

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

§ 473. 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…

§ 474. 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 one-third of the qualified voters or six qualified\nvoters, whichever number is higher, shall be necess…

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

§ 476. 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 the meeting and two others\nshall execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation, in whic…

§ 477. Reincorporation of present incorporated churches. 1. 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 …

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

§ 479. Corporate meetings. 1. Each church shall determine the\nrequirements for a quorum in their by-laws that shall not exceed fifty\npercent of the members.\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. T…

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

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

§ 481. Application for incorporation. Any unincorporated church or any\nheretofore incorporated church wishing to incorporate under this article\nshall execute, acknowledge and file a certificate of incorporation as\nhereinafter provided.\n

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

§ 483. 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…

§ 484. 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 one-third of the qualified voters or six qualified\nvoters, whichever number is higher, shall be necess…

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

§ 486. 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 the meeting and two others\nshall execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation, in whic…

§ 487. Reincorporation of present incorporated churches. 1. 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 …

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

§ 489. Corporate meetings. 1. Each church shall determine the\nrequirements for a quorum in their by-laws that shall not exceed fifty\npercent of the members.\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. T…

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

§ 5. General powers and duties of trustees of religious corporations.\nThe trustees of every religious corporation shall have the custody and\ncontrol of all the temporalities and property, real and personal,\nbelonging to the corporation and of the revenues therefrom, and shall…

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

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

§ 50. Application for incorporation. An unincorporated Apostolic\nEpiscopal Church, or a congregation acknowledging the historic apostolic\neastern confession and order in this state, may apply to the bishop who\nis the ecclesiastical administrator of Metropolitan Synod Apostoli…

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

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

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

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

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

§ 50-ff. Annual and special corporate meetings. 1. The annual\ncorporate meeting of every church or congregation incorporated under\nthis article shall be held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws,\nor if no time and place is so fixed, then at a time and place to be\nfixed…

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 50-mm. Transfer of property of extinct parishes and churches. The\nMetropolitan Synod Holy Orthodox Church in America may decide that a\nparish or church in connection with it or over which it has\necclesiastical jurisdiction, and to which this article is applicable,\nhas beco…

§ 51. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for the\npurpose of incorporating an unincorporated Apostolic Episcopal Church,\nor congregation acknowledging the apostolic eastern confession and\norder, shall be given as follows:\n 1. The notice shall be in writi…