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§ 57-3. Appropriation of glebe lands and church property - A. The glebe lands and church property, or the proceeds...
§ 57-4. Donations to vestries for charitable purposes - Where, previous to January 30, 1806, any donation was made...
§ 57-5. R. E. Lee Camp; Pelham Chapel - The act entitled "An act to incorporate R. E. Lee...
§ 57-6. Lee Memorial Association - The act entitled "An act to incorporate the Lee Memorial...
§ 57-6.1. Validity of literary, educational, and charitable gifts, grants, devises, or bequests - Every gift, grant, devise, or bequest made on or after...
§ 57-7. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1993, c. 370.
§ 57-7.1. What transfers for religious purposes valid - Every conveyance or transfer of real or personal property, whether...
§ 57-8. Appointment of trustees to effect the purposes of conveyances, etc.; validation of certain appointments - The circuit court of the county or the circuit court...
§ 57-9. How property rights determined on division of church or society - A. If a division has heretofore occurred or shall hereafter...
§ 57-10. How trustees to hold personal property - When personal property shall be given or acquired for the...
§ 57-11. Suits by and against trustees - Such trustees, and such as are mentioned in §§ 57-21,...
§ 57-12. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 813.
§ 57-13. Suits by members against trustees to compel proper application of property - Any one or more members of any church diocese or...
§ 57-14. Suits by members to have land sold or mortgaged - Whenever the governing body of any church diocese or any...
§ 57-15. Proceedings by trustees or members for similar purposes, exception for certain transfers - A. The trustees of such a church diocese, congregation, or...
§ 57-15.1. Order may provide that fiscal officer may sign instrument without personal liability - Any order entered pursuant to §§ 57-14 and 57-15 may...
§ 57-16. Property held, etc., by ecclesiastical officers - A. How property acquired, held, transferred, etc. -- Whenever the...
§ 57-16.1. Property of unincorporated church held by corporation - Whenever the laws, rules, or ecclesiastic polity of an unincorporated...
§ 57-17. Conveyance of church land held in adverse possession - Whenever any church in the Commonwealth has been in the...
§ 57-18. Conveyance for charitable purpose to unincorporated bodies or societies - In any case where, since June 18, 1914, there has...
§ 57-19. Conveyances of land to benevolent and other associations to be subject to certain sections - When any conveyance of land has been or shall be...
§ 57-20. Quantity of land benevolent and other associations may hold - Except as otherwise provided in this section, the trustee for...
§ 57-21. May hold personal property through trustees - Any such association may acquire personal property for its use,...