Title RCO, Religious Corporations

§ 17. Property of extinct Free Baptist churches. The property both\nreal and personal, belonging to or held in trust for any Free Baptist\nchurch, or Free Baptist religious society organized under the laws of\nthe state of New York, that has become, or shall become extinct, shal…

§ 17-a. Property of extinct Seventh Day Baptist churches and Seventh\nDay Baptist religious societies. 1. All property, both personal and\nreal, belonging to or held in trust for any Seventh Day Baptist church\nor any Seventh Day Baptist religious society that has or shall becom…

§ 17-b. Property of extinct Presbyterian churches in connection with\nthe General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Whenever the\npresbytery having jurisdiction over a particular church in connection\nwith the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) diss…

§ 17-c. Property of Lutheran congregations. 1. Congregations of the\nLutheran Church in America. The synod having jurisdiction over a\nparticular congregation of the Lutheran Church in America, may declare\ndefunct any congregation, belonging to the synod, which has disbanded,\n…

§ 170. Election and salary of ministers. The ministers of any such\nchurch shall be called, settled or removed and their salaries fixed,\nonly by the vote of a majority of the members of such corporation duly\nqualified to vote at elections present and voting at a meeting of suc…

§ 171. Transfer of property. Any incorporated church of the United\nChurch of Christ and any incorporated Congregational Christian church\nwhich is a member of the New York Conference of the United Church of\nChrist, created by or existing under the laws of the state of New York…

§ 172. Application of this article. This article applies only to\nchurches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian\nchurches, whether or not part of the United Church of Christ, and\nIndependent churches.\n

§ 175. Application for incorporation. Any Ukrainian Orthodox church\nmay become incorporated in this state as a church of the Holy Ukrainian\nAutocephalic Orthodox Church in Exile by executing, acknowledging and\nfiling a certificate of incorporation as hereinafter provided.\n

§ 176. Notice of meeting for incorporation and provisions governing\nmeetings for incorporation. 1. Notice of a meeting for the purpose of\nincorporating an unincorporated Ukrainian Orthodox church under this\narticle shall be in writing and shall state in substance that a meeti…

§ 177. Certificate of incorporation. 1. The presiding officer of such\nmeeting and at least two other persons present and voting thereat shall\nexecute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation which shall set\nforth the following:\n (a) The name of the proposed corporation…

§ 178. Government; powers and duties of the trustees. 1. Every\nUkrainian Orthodox church incorporated pursuant to this article shall\nrecognize and be subject to the jurisdiction of the duly appointed\nbishop or archbishop of the Holy Ukrainian Autocephalic Orthodox Church\nin …

§ 179. Reincorporation of existing corporations. Any Ukrainian\nOrthodox church heretofore incorporated, other than those incorporated\nunder the provisions of article five of the religious corporations law,\nmay reincorporate under the provisions of this article, by filing in t…

§ 18. Dissolution of religious corporations. Whenever any religious\ncorporation shall cease to act in its corporate capacity and keep up the\nreligious services; it shall be lawful for the supreme court of this\nstate, upon the application of a majority of the trustees thereof,…

§ 180. Corporation, how formed. Any seven or more persons of full age,\ncitizens of the United States, and a majority of them being residents of\nthis state, who shall associate themselves for the purpose of founding\nand continuing one or more free churches, may make, sign and\…

§ 181. Rights, powers and limitations. Upon the filing of such\ncertificate the persons named therein as trustees, and their successors,\nbeing citizens of the United States and residents of this state, shall\nbe a body politic and corporate, with all the rights, powers and duti…

§ 182. Vacancies in boards of trustees. Any vacancies occurring in the\nsaid board of trustees shall be supplied by the remaining trustees at\nany legal meeting of the members; but there shall always be at least\nfive members of the board who are not ministers of the gospel or p…

§ 182-a. Increasing number of trustees. The number of trustees may be\nincreased to not exceeding eleven by said board of trustees at any legal\nmeeting of the members, whereupon a certificate of such increase shall\nbe made, signed, acknowledged and filed by the existing truste…

§ 183. Seats and pews to be free. The seats and pews in every church,\nbuilding or edifice, owned or occupied by any corporation organized\nunder this article, shall be forever free for the occupation and use,\nduring public worship, of all persons choosing to occupy the same, a…

§ 184. Application of this article. This article applies only to\nChurches of Christ, Scientist and Christian Science Societies, which are\nbranches of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,\nMassachusetts. Any such church or society heretofore incorporated shall\nher…

§ 185. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for\nthe purpose of incorporating an unincorporated Church of Christ,\nScientist or Christian Science Society, shall be given as follows: The\nnotice shall be in writing, and shall state, in substance, that a\nmeeti…

§ 186. Meeting for incorporation. At the meeting for incorporation\nheld in pursuance of such notice, the following persons, and no others,\nshall be qualified voters, to wit: All persons of full age, who are then\nmembers in good and regular standing of such church or society b…

§ 187. Certificate of incorporation. If the meeting shall decide that\nsuch unincorporated church or society shall become incorporated, the\npresiding officer of such meeting and the two inspectors of election,\nshall execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation, setti…

§ 188. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. The annual\ncorporate meeting of every incorporated church or society to which this\narticle is applicable shall be held at the time and place fixed by its\nby-laws. A special corporate meeting of any such church or society ma…

§ 189. Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications\nof voters thereat. At a corporate meeting of every incorporated church\nor society to which this article is applicable, the following persons,\nand no others, shall be qualified voters, to wit: All persons wh…

§ 189-a. Changing date of annual corporate meetings. Any incorporated\nchurch or society to which this article is applicable, at any annual\nmeeting may change the date of its subsequent annual meetings. If the\ndate fixed for the annual meeting shall be less than six months aft…

§ 189-b. Changing number of trustees. Any incorporated church or\nsociety to which this article is applicable may, at an annual corporate\nmeeting, change the number of its trustees to any number from three to\ntwelve and classify them so that the terms of one-third as nearly as…

§ 189-c. Meetings of trustees. The chairman of the board of trustees\nof any incorporated church or society to which this article is\napplicable or any two members of such board may call a meeting of such\ntrustees by giving at least twenty-four hours' notice thereof,\npersonall…

§ 19. Corporations for organizing and maintaining mission churches and\nSunday schools. Ten or more members of two or more incorporated churches\nmay become a corporation for the purpose of organizing and maintaining\nmission churches and Sunday schools, and of acquiring propert…

§ 190. Application of this article. This article is not applicable to\na Baptist church, a Congregational Christian church, whether or not a\npart of the United Church of Christ, a church of the United Church of\nChrist incorporated after September first, nineteen hundred sevent…

§ 191. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for\nthe purpose of incorporating an unincorporated church, to which this\narticle is applicable, shall be given as follows:\n The notice shall be in writing, and shall state, in substance, that a\nmeeting of such u…

§ 192. The meeting for incorporation. At the meeting for\nincorporation held in pursuance of such notice, the following persons,\nand no others, shall be qualified voters, to wit: All persons of full\nage, who are then members in good and regular standing of such church by\nadmi…

§ 193. The certificate of incorporation. The presiding officer of\nsuch meeting and at least two other persons present and voting thereat,\nshall execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation, setting\nforth the matters so determined at such meeting, the trustees electe…

§ 194. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. The annual\ncorporate meeting of every incorporated church to which this article is\napplicable, shall be held at the time and place fixed by or in pursuance\nof law therefor, if such time and place be so fixed, and otherwise,…

§ 195. Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualification\nof voters thereat. At a corporate meeting of an incorporated church to\nwhich this article is applicable the following persons, and no others,\nshall be qualified voters, to wit: All persons who are then membe…

§ 196. Changing date of annual corporate meetings. An annual\ncorporate meeting of an incorporated church to which this article is\napplicable, may change the date of its annual meeting thereafter. If\nsuch date shall next thereafter occur less than six months after the\nannual …

§ 197. Changing number of trustees. An incorporated church to which\nthis article is applicable, may, at an annual corporate meeting, change\nthe number of its trustees to three, six, nine, twelve, fifteen,\neighteen, twenty-one or twenty-four, or classify them so that the terms…

§ 198. Meetings of trustees. Two of the trustees of an incorporated\nchurch, to which this article is applicable, may call a meeting of such\ntrustees, by giving at least twenty-four hours' notice thereof\npersonally or by mail to the other trustees. A majority of the trustees\n…

§ 199. Vacancies among trustees. If any trustee of an incorporated\nchurch to which this article is applicable, declines to act, resigns or\ndies, or having been a member of such church, ceases to be such member,\nor not having been a member of such church, ceases to be a qualif…

§ 2. Definitions. A "Religious Corporations Law corporation" is a\ncorporation created for religious purposes to which this chapter applies\nunder section two-a of this chapter. Unless the context otherwise\nrequires, whenever "religious corporation" or "corporation" is used in\…

§ 2-a. Application. This chapter applies (a) to every corporation\nheretofore or hereafter formed under this chapter, and (b) to every\ncorporation formed under any other statute or special act of this state\nwhich would, if it were to be formed currently under the laws of this\…

§ 2-b. Applicability of not-for-profit corporation law. 1. The\nnot-for-profit corporation law applies to every corporation to which\nthis chapter applies, provided that:\n (a) If any provision of the not-for-profit corporation law conflicts\nwith any provision of this chapter, …

§ 20. Corporations for acquiring parsonages for district\nsuperintendents and camp-meeting grounds. The district superintendent\nand a majority of the district stewards residing within a district\nerected by an annual conference of The United Methodist Church, may\nbecome incorp…

§ 200. Control of trustees by corporate meetings; salaries of\nministers. A corporate meeting of an incorporated church, whose\ntrustees are elective as such, may give directions, not inconsistent\nwith law, as to the manner in which any of the temporal affairs of the\nchurch sh…

§ 201-a Incorporation of the Religious Society of Friends. An\nunincorporated meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in this state\nmay be incorporated by executing, acknowledging and filing a certificate\nof incorporation, stating the corporate name by which such meeting s…

§ 202. Trusts for Shakers and Friends. All deeds or declarations of\ntrust of real or personal property, executed and delivered before\nJanuary first, eighteen hundred and thirty, or since May fifth, eighteen\nhundred and thirty-nine, to any person in trust for any United Societ…

§ 203. Conveyance or incumbrance of trust property of Friends. The\ntrustee or trustees, or survivor of any trustees, of any meeting of the\nReligious Society of Friends, appointed pursuant to the last preceding\nsection, may sell, convey and grant, mortgage, or demise any or al…

§ 204-b. Change of name of churches and affiliated and subsidiary\norganizations of the church of the United Brethren in Christ and the\nEvangelical Church. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of\nany general, special or local law, the two denominations known as the…

§ 205. Presiding officer. Nothing contained in this article shall\nprevent the qualified voters at any meeting held pursuant to this\narticle or in this article described, from choosing a person to preside\nat any such meeting, other than the person or officer designated in this…

§ 206. Termination and dissolution of churches of the General Assembly\nof the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Inc. whose churches are\nindividually known as "Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)" or\n"Church of Christ (Disciples of Christ)" and affiliated religious\ns…

§ 207. The number of trustees of Jewish congregations and voting by\nproxy at certain meetings thereof. A congregation of the Jewish faith\nmay at any general or special corporate meeting thereof change the\nnumber of its trustees to not more than seventy-two and classify them s…