Section 10A-20-2.01 Incorporation. (a) The members of any church, conference of churches, religious society, educational society, benevolent, monument, or burial society, patriotic society, societies for the purpose of nature study or scientific research, society for establishing public parks or places of public recreation, societies for promoting knowledge, promoting arts, or promoting sciences, societies for purposes […]
Section 10A-20-2.02 Powers of corporation. Corporations not of a business character created under this article or created by special act of the Legislature heretofore may acquire, hold, administer, distribute, or dispose of real and personal property, may take, receive, and acquire property by gift, devise, or bequest and hold, own, administer, use, distribute, and dispose […]
Section 10A-20-2.03 Independence of church corporations in control of real property. (a) Unless otherwise clearly stated in the deed or other instrument under which any church corporation organized under this article derives title or unless afterwards approved by a majority of the adult members of the congregation of the church at a meeting held after […]
Section 10A-20-2.04 Validity of service of process on trustee. In all civil actions or legal proceedings, the service of process and papers on a trustee of the corporation is valid for the purpose of bringing the corporation into court or for the objects of the notice. Code 1852, §1263; Code 1867, §1527; Code 1876, §1999; […]
Section 10A-20-2.05 Borrowing of money and securing same by mortgage or deed of trust. The trustees, or a majority of them, or authorized agents of any church, conference of churches, societies, or associations organized by special charter or under the general laws of this state, may borrow money to an amount as may be authorized […]
Section 10A-20-2.06 Sale and conveyance of property. The trustees or other authorized agents of any church, conference of churches, society, association, or other corporation organized under this article may sell and convey all or part of the property thereof, real or personal, as they may be authorized to do by resolution of the church, conference […]
Section 10A-20-2.07 Effect of recital in minutes on proceedings under Sections 10A-20-2.05 and 10A-20-2.06. A recital upon the minutes of the proceedings of a society or church that the notice required in Sections 10A-20-2.05 and 10A-20-2.06 was given, and of the vote upon the question before the meeting shall be evidence of the regularity of […]
Section 10A-20-2.08 Burial societies – Special powers. Burial societies so incorporated may exercise all powers necessary for properly governing, beautifying, improving, and taking care of such graveyard, and may make bylaws, rules, and regulations as are proper and necessary to secure the objects. (Code 1867, §1532; Code 1876, §2003; Code 1886, §1700; Code 1896, §1308; […]
Section 10A-20-2.09 Burial societies – Chair and members of board. When a graveyard is wholly under the control of persons belonging to one denomination or faith, the elder, deacon, minister, bishop, or priest who is the head of the denomination in the city, town, village, or county shall be ex officio the chair of the […]
