North Carolina § 55A-17-02 - Certain religious, etc., associations deemed incorporated.
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§ 55A-17-02. Certain religious, etc., associations deemed incorporated.
In all cases where a religious, educational, or charitable association has been formed prior to January 1, 1894, and has since that date been acting as a corporation, exercising the powers and performing the duties of religious, educational, or charitable corporations as prescribed by the laws of this State, then such association shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly and regularly organized and existing as a corporation under the laws of this State on January 1, 1894, and all of its acts as a corporation from and after said date, if otherwise valid, are hereby declared to be valid corporate acts. History (1955, c. 1230; 1993, c. 398, s. 1.) NORTH CAROLINA COMMENTARY This section brings forward former G.S. 55A-88.
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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