§ 3 Filing and recording certificates of incorporation of religious corporations
§ 4 Property of unincorporated society transferred by its incorporation
§ 4-A Age qualifications of voters
§ 5 General powers and duties of trustees of religious corporations
§ 5-A Investment of funds
§ 5-B Enacted without section heading
§ 6 Acquisition of property by religious corporations for branch institutions; establishment, maintenance and management thereof
§ 7 Acquisition of property by religious corporations for cemetery purposes; management thereof
§ 7-A Deeds for cemetery purposes; presumption
§ 8 Lot owners’ rights
§ 8-A Reacquisition of a lot, plot or part thereof by a cemetery
§ 9 Removal of human remains from one cemetery of a religious corporation to another cemetery owned by it
§ 10 Acquisition of property by two or more religious corporations for a common parsonage
§ 11 Correction and confirmation of conveyances to religious corporations
§ 12 Sale, mortgage and lease of real property of religious corporations
§ 13 Consolidation or merger of incorporated churches
§ 14 Judicial investigation of amount of property of religious corporations
§ 15 Corporations with governing authority over, or advisory relations with, churches or synods, or both
§ 15-A Consolidation of incorporated presbyteries
§ 15-B Consolidation or merger of incorporated Presbyterian and Lutheran synods
§ 16 Property of extinct churches
§ 17 Property of extinct Free Baptist churches
§ 17-A Property of extinct Seventh Day Baptist churches and Seventh Day Baptist religious societies
§ 17-B Property of extinct Presbyterian churches in connection with the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U
§ 17-C Property of Lutheran congregations
§ 18 Dissolution of religious corporations
§ 19 Corporations for organizing and maintaining mission churches and Sunday schools
§ 20 Corporations for acquiring parsonages for district superintendents and camp-meeting grounds
§ 21 Corporations for acquiring camp-meeting grounds for the Reformed Methodist denomination
§ 21-A Corporations for acquiring lands for parsonage or camp-meeting purposes for the Free Methodist denomination
§ 22 Establishing and maintaining a home for aged poor
§ 23 Powers of churches created by special laws
§ 24 Government of churches incorporated prior to January first, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight
§ 25 Pastoral relation
§ 26 Worship
§ 27 Reservation as to Baptist churches, churches of the United Church of Christ and Congregational Christian churches
§ 28 Electronic meetings

Terms Used In New York Laws > Religious Corporations > Article 2 - General Provisions

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.