Michigan Code — ECCLESIASTICAL.CORPORATIONS
Browse 170 sections in division ECCLESIASTICAL.CORPORATIONS of the Michigan code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 458.1. Conveyances to Roman Catholic archbishop, bishops, and administrators in trust for religious, educational, or charitable purposes.
- § 458.2. Roman Catholic archbishop, bishops or administrators; powers in administering property.
- § 458.11. Methodist churches; change of name.
- § 458.12. Methodist churches; amendment of articles of incorporation to effect change.
- § 458.21. Methodist Episcopal church; incorporators.
- § 458.22. Articles and certificate of consent; execution.
- § 458.23. Articles and certificate of consent; contents, form.
- § 458.24. Articles of association; execution and acknowledgment; filing articles and certificate with department of commerce; members of church as body politic or corporation.
- § 458.25. Church government; ecclesiastical polity.
- § 458.26. Management of temporalities; trustees.
- § 458.27. Powers of corporation and board of trustees; rights of ministers and presiding elders.
- § 458.28. Amendment of articles; procedure.
- § 458.29. Sale of realty; procedure, proceeds; abandoned property.
- § 458.30. Reincorporation under act.
- § 458.31. Construction of inconsistent acts.
- § 458.32. Trustees; evidence of authority.
- § 458.33. Extension of corporate existence; filing resolution with department of commerce; effect.
- § 458.41. Wesleyan Methodist church; incorporators.
- § 458.42. Articles of association; execution.
- § 458.43. Articles; contents, form.
- § 458.44. Articles of association; execution and acknowledgment; filing articles with department of commerce; members of church as body politic or corporation.
- § 458.45. Church government; ecclesiastical polity.
- § 458.46. Board of trustees; election, term, vacancies; secular affairs.
- § 458.47. Board of trustees; election in certain case; dissolution, conference legal successor; sale of property.
- § 458.48. Bylaws.
- § 458.49. Powers of corporation; rights of ministers.
- § 458.50. Alteration or amendment of articles or bylaws.
- § 458.51. Sale or mortgage of real estate for re-investment or to pay debts; title, passing to annual conference.
- § 458.52. Reincorporation under act; procedure.
- § 458.53. Construction of inconsistent acts.
- § 458.54. Trustees; evidence of authority.
- § 458.55. Extension of corporate existence; filing resolution with department of commerce; effect.
- § 458.61. Methodist Protestant church; incorporators.
- § 458.62. Articles of association; execution.
- § 458.63. Articles; contents, form.
- § 458.64. Filing articles of association with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and fellow members as body politic or corporation; powers, rights, and privileges.
- § 458.65. Church government; ecclesiastical polity.
- § 458.66. Secular affairs; management; board of trustees, election, term.
- § 458.67. Powers of corporation; execution of legal documents; rights of ministers.
- § 458.68. Powers of trustees; disposition of realty.
- § 458.69. Title; passing to annual conference; license to sell; dissolution of corporation.
- § 458.70. Service of process.
- § 458.71. Amendment of articles; procedure.
- § 458.72. Reincorporation under act; procedure.
- § 458.73. Construction of inconsistent acts.
- § 458.74. Trustees; evidence of authority.
- § 458.81. Free Methodist church; incorporators.
- § 458.82. Articles of association and certificate of consent; execution.
- § 458.83. Articles and certificate of consent; contents, form.
- § 458.84. Articles of association; execution; acknowledgment; retention of copy; filing articles and certificate of consent; body politic or corporation; name; powers, rights, and privileges.
- § 458.85. Church government; ecclesiastical polity.
- § 458.86. Secular affairs, management; board of trustees, election, term, vacancies.
- § 458.87. Powers of corporation; execution of legal documents; rights of ministers and district elders.
- § 458.88. Amendment of articles; procedure.
- § 458.89. Sale or mortgage of real estate to pay debts or for re-investment; title, passing to annual conference; license to sell; procedure.
- § 458.90. Reincorporation under act; procedure.
- § 458.91. Construction of inconsistent acts.
- § 458.92. Trustees; evidence of authority.
- § 458.93. Extension of corporate existence; adoption and filing of resolution; term; property and contract rights; corporate identity.
- § 458.101. Baptist church; adopting articles of incorporation; election of deacons or trustees; execution, acknowledgment, contents, and filing of certificate; corporation; name.
- § 458.102. Trustees; qualifications, election.
- § 458.103. Trustees; term of office.
- § 458.104. Trustees; subject to control of church; purchase and sale of realty.
- § 458.105. Trustees; powers.
- § 458.106. Trustees; corporate powers; taxation.
- § 458.107. Trustees; election in certain case; dissolution, convention legal successor.
- § 458.108. Reincorporation under act; procedure.
- § 458.109. Certificate of dissolution; execution; acknowledgment; recording; powers, privileges, duties, trusts, and obligations of new organization.
- § 458.110. Amendment of articles; procedure.
- § 458.111. Amendment of articles.
- § 458.112. Construction of inconsistent acts.
- § 458.151. Baptist convention; incorporation, objects.
- § 458.152. Membership.
- § 458.153. First meeting, calling; annual meeting.
- § 458.154. First meeting; election of officers and directors; terms of office; board of managers; powers of convention.
- § 458.155. Powers of corporation; legal successor to certain dissolved corporations.
- § 458.156. Donations; use.
- § 458.157. Members; powers at any meeting.
- § 458.158. By-laws and rules.
- § 458.159. Repeal of act.
- § 458.171. Meeting of incorporated society; calling.
- § 458.172. Meeting of incorporated society; question put to vote; dissolution of society; property, passing to incorporated church.
- § 458.201. Presbyterian church (USA); articles of association; notice; adoption; board of trustees.
- § 458.202. Certificate; execution, contents.
- § 458.203. Certificate; signatures; acknowledgment; filing copy with department of commerce; trustees, successors, and members as body corporate; form of certificate.
- § 458.204. Property rights of corporation; government.
- § 458.205. Powers of corporation.
- § 458.206. Trustees; qualifications; election; term.
- § 458.207. Trustees; powers; disposal of realty.
- § 458.208. Trustees; temporary vacancies.
- § 458.209. Title; passing to presbytery; sale of property; dissolution of corporation.
- § 458.211. Amendment of articles; procedure.
- § 458.212. Reincorporation under act; procedure.
- § 458.213. Trustees; evidence of authority.
- § 458.251. Protestant Episcopal church; incorporation, procedure; body corporate.
- § 458.252. Protestant Episcopal church; articles, contents; name; location; vestry members.
- § 458.253. Filing articles; acquisition of title to property.
- § 458.254. First meeting; calling, notice; right to vote; election of vestry members.
- § 458.255. Subsequent meetings; right to vote; annual and special meetings, notice; election of vestry members, classification; rector to preside; records.
- § 458.256. Wardens; secretary, treasurer; meetings of vestry, presiding officer, quorum, vacancy.
- § 458.257. Powers of vestry; owner of pew or slip.
- § 458.258. Record of proceedings; inspection, evidence.
- § 458.259. Reorganization and extension of corporate life; procedure.
- § 458.260. Amendment of articles; procedure; existing amendments declared valid.
- § 458.261. Repeal; saving clause.
- § 458.262. Reorganization and incorporation under act, procedure; officers.
- § 458.263. Cathedral; ex-officio rector.
- § 458.271. Conveyances to bishops of Protestant Episcopal church in trust for certain purposes.
- § 458.272. Conditions under which legal title vests in bishop even though not named in conveyance.
- § 458.273. Authority of bishop to make conveyance; approval required.
- § 458.301. Congregational church; incorporators; articles, execution, contents.
- § 458.302. Election, qualifications, and terms of trustees; filing articles of association and certificate of election with department of commerce; effect.
- § 458.303. Amendment of articles of association.
- § 458.304. Right to vote.
- § 458.304a. Congregational churches; by-laws, adoption, subjects, amendment or repeal.
- § 458.305. Notice of meetings; amendments.
- § 458.306. Powers of board of trustees; limitations; election of trustees and officers.
- § 458.307. Powers of corporation; seal; offerings and funds for certain purposes.
- § 458.308. Corporation declared extinct; dissolution, procedure; title, vesting in conference, powers and duties.
- § 458.309. Incorporation under act; procedure.
- § 458.310. Construction of inconsistent acts.
- § 458.331. Consolidation of Congregational church and its ecclesiastical society; procedure.
- § 458.332. Consolidation of Congregational church and its ecclesiastical society; completion.
- § 458.333. Consolidation of Congregational church and its ecclesiastical society; act governing consolidated church.
- § 458.351. Meeting of incorporated society; calling.
- § 458.352. Question to be voted; incorporation of church; dissolution of society.
- § 458.353. Repeal; saving clause.
- § 458.401. Reformed church or congregation; trustees; execution and acknowledgment of articles of association; filing copy of articles with department of commerce; trustees and successors as body politic.
- § 458.402. Articles; contents.
- § 458.403. Powers of trustees.
- § 458.404. Receipt of bequests or gifts of money for investment; real estate.
- § 458.405. Dissolution; incumbrance or alienation of land.
- § 458.406. Real estate not needed for church; sale or incumbrance.
- § 458.407. Extension of corporate existence; term; filing resolution with department of commerce; effect.
- § 458.408. Reincorporation under act; saving clause.
- § 458.421. Christian Reformed church; trustees; execution and acknowledgment of articles of association; filing copy of articles with department of commerce; trustees and successors as body corporate.
- § 458.422. Articles; contents.
- § 458.423. Officers; membership qualification; vacation or vacancy, effect.
- § 458.424. Powers of trustees.
- § 458.425. Powers of trustees; powers of corporation; sale of land, investment of proceeds.
- § 458.426. Powers of trustees; limitations; terms of grant, donation or other conveyance, controlling.
- § 458.427. Amendment of articles of association.
- § 458.428. Incorporation under act; procedure.
- § 458.429. Reincorporation under act; saving clause.
- § 458.451. Evangelical church; incorporators.
- § 458.452. Articles; execution; certificate of consent.
- § 458.453. Articles; contents.
- § 458.454. Articles of incorporation; execution in duplicate; filing articles and certificate; body politic or corporation; powers, rights, and privileges.
- § 458.455. Church government; ecclesiastical polity.
- § 458.456. Meetings.
- § 458.457. Powers of corporation; rights of ministers, presiding elders and bishops.
- § 458.458. Articles of incorporation; alteration or amendment; execution and filing.
- § 458.459. Reincorporation under act; procedure.
- § 458.460. Construction of acts.
- § 458.521. Applicability of act.
- § 458.522. United Missionary churches; incorporation; change of name in articles.
- § 458.523. United Missionary churches; organization, number of persons.
- § 458.524. United Missionary churches; articles of association, certificate.
- § 458.525. United Missionary churches; contents and form of articles.
- § 458.526. United Missionary churches; triplicate articles, delivery to corporation and securities commission; fees; filing.
- § 458.527. United Missionary churches; government and policy.
- § 458.528. United Missionary churches; board of trustees.
- § 458.529. United Missionary churches; seal; powers; conveyance of property; discipline; administration of sacraments.
- § 458.530. United Missionary churches; powers of trustees.
- § 458.531. United Missionary churches; sale of real estate, authorization; proceeds.
- § 458.532. United Missionary churches; abandonment of property; license to sell.
- § 458.533. United Missionary churches; amending articles, acknowledgment, certificate, recording.
- § 458.534. United Missionary churches; suits or proceedings.
- § 458.535. United Missionary churches; execution of obligations or contracts by acting trustees, validity.
- § 458.536. Act repealed; rights saved.