Wyoming § 17-8-108 - Incorporation for establishing benevolent institutions and for holding real and personal property.
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§ 17-8-108. Incorporation for establishing benevolent institutions and for holding real and personal property.
If any presbytery, synod, conference, episcopate or other ecclesiastical body or association of Christians having jurisdiction over its members throughout the state, or a part thereof, extending over at least four (4) counties, and its authorities shall desire to establish missions, churches and other benevolent institutions and in this behalf to acquire property real and personal to aid in extending its spiritual jurisdiction and charities, and shall deem an incorporation necessary or convenient for the more effective accomplishment of its general objects, its authorities may cause such incorporation to be formed in the manner and with all the powers now provided by law for the incorporation of churches, congregations or societies and such other powers as are incident and necessary to the successful performance of any or all its objects.
Source: official Wyoming text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 17-8-108 ("Incorporation for establishing benevolent institutions and for holding real and personal property.") is part of the Wyoming Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of Wyoming. 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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