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N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 1 Short title
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§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Religious\nCorporations Law."\n
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 10 Acquisition of property by two or more religious corporations for a common parsonage
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§ 10. Acquisition of property by two or more religious corporations\nfor a common parsonage. Two or more religious corporations may acquire\nsuch real property as may be necessary for use as a parsonage, and the\nright, title and interest of each corporation therein shall be in\…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 100 Incorporation of Ruthenian Greek Catholic churches
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§ 100. Incorporation of Ruthenian Greek Catholic churches. An\nunincorporated Ruthenian Greek Catholic church of the Greek rite in this\nstate may become incorporated as a church by executing, acknowledging\nand filing a certificate of incorporation, stating the corporate name b…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 101 Government of incorporated Ruthenian Greek Catholic churches
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§ 101. Government of incorporated Ruthenian Greek Catholic churches.\nThe bishop, or in case of vacancy in the office of the bishop, then the\nadministrator, the chancellor of the diocese to which any incorporated\nRuthenian Greek Catholic church belongs, together with the pasto…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 102 Transfer of other religious organizations to Ruthenian Greek Catholic church; disposition of property
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§ 102. Transfer of other religious organizations to Ruthenian Greek\nCatholic church; disposition of property. Any religious organization or\norganizations incorporated under and by virtue of any law of this state,\nwhether incorporated under article five of the religious corpor…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 105 Definitions
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§ 105. Definitions. The "Orthodox Church in America", as that term is\nused anywhere in this article, refers to that group of churches,\ncathedrals, chapels, congregations, societies, parishes, committees and\nother religious organizations of the Eastern Confession (Eastern\nOrt…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 106 Incorporation of churches of Orthodox Church in America
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§ 106. Incorporation of churches of Orthodox Church in America. An\nunincorporated American Orthodox church in this state may be\nincorporated by executing, acknowledging and filing a certificate of\nincorporation, stating the corporate name by which such church shall be\nknown …
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 107 Government of incorporated churches of Orthodox Church in America; powers and duties of trustees
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§ 107. Government of incorporated churches of Orthodox Church in\nAmerica; powers and duties of trustees. 1. Every American Orthodox\nchurch in this state, whether incorporated before or after the said\nproclamation of autocephaly, and whether incorporated or reincorporated\npur…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 108 Reincorporation of existing corporations
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§ 108. Reincorporation of existing corporations. Any heretofore\nincorporated American Orthodox church may reincorporate under the\nprovisions of this article, by filing in the office of the county clerk\nin the county in which its principal place of worship is located, a\ncerti…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 11 Correction and confirmation of conveyances to religious corporations
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§ 11. Correction and confirmation of conveyances to religious\ncorporations. If, in a conveyance of real property, or in any\ninstrument intended to operate as such, heretofore or hereafter made to\na religious corporation, its corporate name is not stated or is not\ncorrectly s…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 110 Decision by a Reformed Dutch or Reformed Presbyterian church as to system of incorporation and government
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§ 110. Decision by a Reformed Dutch or Reformed Presbyterian church as\nto system of incorporation and government. The minister or ministers, if\nthere be any, and the elders and deacons of an unincorporated church in\nconnection with the Reformed church in America, the true Ref…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 111 Decision by Lutheran church as to system of incorporation and government
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§ 111. Decision by Lutheran church as to system of incorporation and\ngovernment. A meeting for the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated\nEvangelical Lutheran church must be called and held in pursuance of the\nprovisions of article ten of this chapter, except that the fir…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 112 Incorporation of Reformed Dutch, Reformed Presbyterian and Evangelical Lutheran churches under this article
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§ 112. Incorporation of Reformed Dutch, Reformed Presbyterian and\nEvangelical Lutheran churches under this article. If any unincorporated\nchurch in connection with the Reformed church in America, the true\nReformed Dutch church in the United States of America, the Reformed\nPr…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 113 Consistory of a Reformed church in America; minister, how chosen
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§ 113. Consistory of a Reformed church in America; minister, how\nchosen. Any church in connection with the Reformed church in America,\nthe choice or election of the members of whose consistory is not subject\nto the ecclesiastical rules or jurisdiction of such Reformed church …
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 114 Reformed churches in America, changing system of choosing trustees; minister, how chosen
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§ 114. Reformed churches in America, changing system of choosing\ntrustees; minister, how chosen. If the ministers, elders and deacons\nwho, at any time, by virtue of their offices, constitute the trustees of\nany Reformed church in America, or of any true Reformed Dutch church …
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 115 Reformed Presbyterian churches, changing system of choosing trustees; pew rents and minister's salary
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§ 115. Reformed Presbyterian churches, changing system of choosing\ntrustees; pew rents and minister's salary. If any incorporated Reformed\nPresbyterian church, at a meeting of the church or congregation,\ndetermine that the deacons of such church shall be the trustees thereof,…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 116 Evangelical Lutheran church, changing system of electing trustees
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§ 116. Evangelical Lutheran church, changing system of electing\ntrustees. If the trustees of an incorporated Evangelical Lutheran church\nshall at any time be elective in pursuance of article ten of this\nchapter, the church may, at an annual corporate meeting, if notice\nthere…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 12 Sale, mortgage and lease of real property of religious corporations
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§ 12. Sale, mortgage and lease of real property of religious\ncorporations. 1. A religious corporation shall not sell, mortgage or\nlease for a term exceeding five years any of its real property without\napplying for and obtaining leave of the court or the attorney general\nther…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 13 Consolidation or merger of incorporated churches
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§ 13. Consolidation or merger of incorporated churches. Two or more\nincorporated churches may enter into an agreement, under their\nrespective corporate seals, for the consolidation or merger of such\ncorporations, setting forth the name of the proposed new corporation or\nsurv…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 130 Notice of meeting for incorporation
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§ 130. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for\nthe purpose of incorporating an unincorporated Baptist church shall be\ngiven as follows: The notice shall be in writing, and shall state, in\nsubstance, that a meeting of such unincorporated church will be hel…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 131 The meeting for incorporation
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§ 131. The meeting for incorporation. At the meeting for\nincorporation, held in pursuance of such notice, the qualified voters,\nuntil otherwise decided as hereinafter provided, shall be all persons of\nfull age, who are then members, in good and regular standing of such\nchurc…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 132 The certificate of incorporation
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§ 132. The certificate of incorporation. If the meeting shall decide\nthat such unincorporated church shall become incorporated, the presiding\nofficer of such meeting and the two inspectors of election shall execute\na certificate setting forth the name of the proposed corporat…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 133 Time, place and notice of corporate meetings
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§ 133. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. The annual\ncorporate meeting of every incorporated Baptist church shall be held at\nthe time and place fixed by or in pursuance of law therefor, if such\ntime and place be so fixed, and otherwise, at a time and place to be\nf…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 134 Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications of voters thereat
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§ 134. Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications\nof voters thereat. At a corporate meeting of an incorporated Baptist\nchurch the qualified voters shall be all persons who are then members of\nsuch church in good and regular standing by admission into full\…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 135 Changing date of annual corporate meetings
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§ 135. Changing date of annual corporate meetings. An annual\ncorporate meeting of an incorporated Baptist church may change the date\nof its annual meeting thereafter. If the date fixed for the annual\nmeeting shall be less than six months after the annual meeting at which\nsuc…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 136 Changing number of trustees
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§ 136. Changing number of trustees. An incorporated Baptist church\nmay, at an annual corporate meeting, change the number of its trustees\nto not less than three, nor more than eighteen, or classify them so that\nthe terms of one-third expire each year, provided that notice of …
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 137 Meetings of trustees
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§ 137. Meetings of trustees. Meetings of the trustees of an\nincorporated Baptist church shall be called by giving at least\ntwenty-four hours' notice thereof personally or by mail to all the\ntrustees and such notice may be given by two of the trustees, but by the\nunanimous co…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 138 The creation and filling of vacancies among trustees of such churches
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§ 138. The creation and filling of vacancies among trustees of such\nchurches. If any trustee of an incorporated Baptist church declines to\nact, resigns or dies, or having been a member or such church ceases to\nbe such member, or not having been a member of such church, ceases…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 139 Control of trustees by corporate meetings of such churches; salary of minister
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§ 139. Control of trustees by corporate meetings of such churches;\nsalary of minister. The trustees of an incorporated Baptist church\nshall have no power to settle or remove a minister or to fix his salary\nor, without the consent of a corporate meeting, to incur debts beyond\…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 14 Judicial investigation of amount of property of religious corporations
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§ 14. Judicial investigation of amount of property of religious\ncorporations. The supreme court at a special term, held in the judicial\ndistrict in which the principal place of worship or of holding corporate\nmeetings of a religious corporation is situated, may require such\n…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 140 Transfer of property to Baptist corporations
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§ 140. Transfer of property to Baptist corporations. Any incorporated\nBaptist church, created by or existing under the laws of the state of\nNew York, having its principal office or place of worship in the state\nof New York, or whose last place of worship was within the state …
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 15 Corporations with governing authority over, or advisory relations with, churches or synods, or both
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§ 15. Corporations with governing authority over, or advisory\nrelations with, churches or synods, or both. 1. An unincorporated\ndiocesan convention, presbytery, classes, synod unless otherwise\nprovided, annual or biennial conference or convention, or other\ngoverning or advis…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 15-A Consolidation of incorporated presbyteries
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§ 15-a. Consolidation of incorporated presbyteries. 1. Two or more\nincorporated presbyteries may enter into an agreement for the\nconsolidation or merger of such corporations and such corporations may\nbe consolidated or merged so as to form a single corporation which may\nbe e…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 15-B Consolidation or merger of incorporated Presbyterian and Lutheran synods
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§ 15-b. Consolidation or merger of incorporated Presbyterian and\nLutheran synods. 1. (a) Presbyterian. One or more foreign religious\nsynods and one or more domestic religious synods may merge into a single\nreligious corporation of this state, which shall be one of the\nconsti…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 16 Property of extinct churches
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§ 16. Property of extinct churches. Such incorporated governing body\nmay decide that a church, parish or society in connection with it or\nover which it has ecclesiastical jurisdiction, has become extinct, if it\nhas failed for two consecutive years next prior thereto, to maint…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 160 Notice of meeting for incorporation
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§ 160. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for\nthe purpose of incorporating an unincorporated church of the United\nChurch of Christ or Independent church shall be given as follows: The\nnotice shall be in writing, and shall state, in substance, that a\nmee…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 161 The meeting for incorporation
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§ 161. The meeting for incorporation. At the meeting for\nincorporation, held in pursuance of such notice, the qualified voters,\nuntil otherwise decided as hereinafter provided, shall be all persons of\nfull age who have statedly worshiped with such church and have regularly\nc…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 162 The certificate of incorporation
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§ 162. The certificate of incorporation. If the meeting shall decide\nthat such unincorporated church shall become incorporated, the presiding\nofficer of such meeting and the two inspectors of election shall execute\na certificate setting forth the name of the proposed corporat…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 163 Time, place and notice of corporate meetings
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§ 163. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. The annual\ncorporate meeting of every church 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 its\n…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 164 Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications of voters
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§ 164. Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications\nof voters. At every corporate meeting of a church to which this article\nis applicable the following persons, and no others shall be qualified\nvoters, to wit: all persons who are then members in good and reg…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 165 Changing date of annual corporate meetings
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§ 165. Changing date of annual corporate meetings. An annual\ncorporate meeting of any church incorporated under this article may\nchange the date of its subsequent annual meetings. If the date fixed\nfor the annual meeting shall be less than six months after the annual\nmeeting…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 166 Changing number of trustees
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§ 166. Changing number of trustees. Any such incorporated church may,\nat an annual corporate meeting, change the number of its trustees to\nthree, six, nine, twelve or fifteen, classifying them so that the terms\nof one-third expire each year, provided that notice of such inten…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 167 Meetings of trustees
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§ 167. Meetings of trustees. Meetings of the trustees of any such\nincorporated church shall be called by giving at least twenty-four\nhours' notice thereof personally or by mail to all the trustees; and\nsuch notice may be given by two of the trustees; but by the unanimous\ncon…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 168 Vacancies among trustees
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§ 168. 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\nthe …
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 169 Limitation of powers of trustees
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§ 169. Limitation of powers of trustees. The trustees of any such\nincorporated church shall have no power to call, settle or remove a\nminister or to fix his salary, nor without the consent of a corporate\nmeeting, to incur debts, beyond what is necessary for the administration…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 169-A Application for incorporation
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§ 169-a. Application for incorporation. Any Ukrainian Orthodox church\nof the Greek rite may become incorporated in this state as a church of\nthe Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America by executing, acknowledging and\nfiling a certificate of incorporation as hereinafter provided.…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 169-B Notice of meeting for incorporation and provisions governing meetings for incorporation
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§ 169-b. 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 of the Greek\nrite shall be in writing and shall state in substance that a meet…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 169-C Certification of incorporation
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§ 169-c. Certification of incorporation. 1. The presiding officer of\nsuch meeting and at least two other persons present and voting thereat\nshall execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation which shall\nset forth the following:\n (a) The name of the proposed corpora…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 169-D Government; powers and duties of the trustees
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§ 169-d. 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 Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America, or his\n…
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 169-E Reincorporation of existing corporations
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§ 169-e. Reincorporation of existing corporations. Any Ukrainian\nOrthodox church of the Greek rite heretofore incorporated, other than\nthose incorporated under the provisions of article five of the religious\ncorporations law, may reincorporate under the provisions of this\nar…