Michigan § 458.251 - Protestant Episcopal church; incorporation, procedure; body corporate.
Full text of Michigan Michigan Compiled Laws § 458.251 — Protestant Episcopal church; incorporation, procedure; body corporate., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 458.251. Protestant Episcopal church; incorporation, procedure; body corporate.
It shall be lawful for any 6 or more persons, professing attachment to the Protestant Episcopal church, to execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, 1 or more duplicate articles of agreement, in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church according to the usages of the Protestant Episcopal church, by the name and style set forth in such articles; and upon the execution and acknowledgment and filing thereof, as herein provided, such church shall become a body politic and corporate, by the name set forth in said articles, in accordance with the constitution, canons, doctrine, discipline and worship of the Protestant Episcopal church.
Source: official Michigan text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 458.251 ("Protestant Episcopal church; incorporation, procedure; body corporate.") is part of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the codified statutory law of Michigan. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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