Vermont § 864 - Property of extinct circuits or stations All property of any kind belonging to or held in trust by any circuit or station of the United Methodist Church within the bounds of the Troy Annual Conference of the

§ 864. Property of extinct circuits or stations All property of any kind belonging to or held in trust by any circuit or station of the United Methodist Church within the bounds of the Troy Annual Conference of the

• United Methodist church in the State of Vermont which by order of the Superior Court
  may be declared extinct or dissolved, shall be transferred to and the title and possession
  vested in the Troy Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, a corporation,
  under the following circumstances: (1) when such circuit or station has become or shall become extinct by the death or removal
  of all its members or otherwise; or (2) when the circuit or station has ceased or failed to maintain religious worship or
  services or to use its property for religious worship or services for the space of
  five years immediately prior thereto; or (3) when the membership of such circuit or station has so diminished in numbers or financial
  strength as to render it impossible or impracticable to maintain religious worship
  or services or to protect its property from exposure and waste or to fulfill the purpose
  for which such property was held. (Amended 1969, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 5, 1970; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2023, No. 6, § 349, eff. July 1, 2023.)