New York § 455 - 455Disposition of property
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 455 — 455Disposition of property, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 455. 455Disposition of property
§ 455. Disposition of property. Whenever a Coptic Orthodox parish shall hereafter be duly divided by the Coptic Orthodox bishop of the diocese in which said parish is located into two parishes within such diocese, then the Coptic Orthodox bishop or his successor shall have the right and power, of himself independently of any action or consent on the part of the trustees of the original Coptic Orthodox Church corporation to transfer assets, with or without valuable consideration, from the original Coptic Orthodox corporation to the new or second Coptic Orthodox Church corporation. Said transfer shall be made by said bishop or his successor after having complied with the requirements of this chapter in the same manner as the trustees of any religious corporation are compelled to do before making a transfer of church property.
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Section 455 ("455Disposition of property") 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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