Minnesota § 315.02 - CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION OF TRUSTEES
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 315.02 — CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION OF TRUSTEES, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 315.02. CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION OF TRUSTEES
When trustees have been chosen before February 1, 1877 by an assembly of a church or religious society, in accordance with its constitution, rules, or usages, and a certificate of the choice made by its presiding officer and secretary, or either of them, specifying the trustees' corporate name and recorded, with intent to make them a corporate body, they must in all legal proceedings be considered a religious corporation under this chapter from the time of the recording of the certificate. Their later acts as a corporation are valid under this chapter. Conveyances to them as a corporation are confirmed.
History:
(7973) RL s 3142; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 315.02 ("CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION OF TRUSTEES") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. 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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