New York § 274 - 274Incorporation
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 274 — 274Incorporation, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 274. 274Incorporation
§ 274. Incorporation. An unincorporated church of the Nazarene may become incorporated as a church, by executing, acknowledging and filing a certificate of incorporation, stating the corporate name by which such church shall be known, and the county, town, city or village where its principal place of worship is or is intended to be located. A certificate of incorporation of unincorporated churches of the Nazarene, shall be executed and acknowledged by the district superintendent of the district in which its principal place of worship is located, or in case of his absence or inability to act, by one of the general superintendents of the church of the Nazarene of the United States, and by the laymen, members of such church, who shall be selected as the first trustees thereof by said official. In filing the said certificate, said church shall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate.
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Section 274 ("274Incorporation") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. 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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