Title 17 — Title 17 — Corporations, Partnerships And Associations

Incorporation by churches, parishes and societies having governing body; purposes generally. Churches, parishes, and societies of all religious bodies, sects, or denominations in this state, or a board of trustees of such churches, parishes, and societies of all religious bodies,…

Organization meeting; officers. The chief or presiding or executive officer of the religious bodies, sects or denominations mentioned in the preceding section may, at such place in this state as he may appoint for the purpose, convene a meeting of himself and some other officer o…

Contents, execution and filing of articles of incorporation; competency to transact business in corporate name. (a) The said five (5) or more persons, being so convened and organized as a meeting, shall adopt articles of incorporation which shall fix: (i) The name of the church, …

Authority to make bylaws. Every incorporation under this act shall be authorized to make such bylaws as may be necessary to carry into effect fully all the purposes of such incorporation; provided, the same be not in conflict with the constitution of the United States, the laws o…

Corporators and members of corporation. The persons attending said meeting shall be the corporators and members of the corporation until their places may be supplied by and under the provisions of the articles of incorporation.

Incorporation by body of Christians for purposes of education, benevolence, charity and missions. If any body of Christians has or shall have, according to its order or mode of government, an organization, whether known as synod, presbytery, conference, episcopate or other name, …

Applicability of general corporation laws. Corporations organized under the provisions of this act shall be subject to the laws of this state in respect to corporations which are applicable to them, save as herein expressly provided.

Incorporation for establishing benevolent institutions and for holding real and personal property. If any presbytery, synod, conference, episcopate or other ecclesiastical body or association of Christians having jurisdiction over its members throughout the state, or a part there…

Corporations; purposes for which such corporations may be formed. Corporations may be formed for acquiring, holding or disposing of church or religious society property, for the benefit of religion, for works of charity and for public worship in the manner hereinafter provided.

Corporations; execution, acknowledgment and filing of articles of incorporation. Any person being the archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding elder, or clergyman, of any church or religious society, who s…

Corporations; contents of articles of incorporation; amendment of articles. (a) The articles of incorporation shall specify: (i) The name of the corporation, by which it shall be (ii) The object of said corporation; known; (iii) The estimated value of the property at the time of …

Corporations; creation and powers generally. Upon making and filing for record articles of incorporation as herein provided, the person subscribing the same, and his successor in office by the name or title specified in the articles, shall thereafter be deemed, and is hereby crea…

Corporations; other powers. Such corporation shall have the power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, plead and be pleaded in all courts of justice, and to have and use a common seal by which all deeds and acts of such corporation may be authenticated.

Corporations; execution of deeds and other written instruments. All deeds and other instruments of writing shall be made in the name of the corporation and signed by the person representing the corporation, in the official capacity designated in the articles of incorporation, and…

Corporations; evidence of corporate existence. The articles of incorporation, or a certified copy of those filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state, shall be evidence of the existence of such corporation.

Corporations; vesting of title to property in successor; filing of certified copy of commission by successor. In the event of the death or resignation of any such archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding e…

Vesting of title to property in successor when held beneficially by church official and not by corporation. In case of the death, resignation or removal of any such archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding…