Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations
Chapter 315 — Religious Societies

Section 315.01 — Formation; Trustees. - Subdivision 1. Who may elect. The worshipers with an unincorporated...

Section 315.02 — Certificate Of Election Of Trustees. - When trustees have been chosen before February 1, 1877 by...

Section 315.03 — Certificate Recorded. - The certificate, together with the certificate of acknowledgment, and a...

Section 315.04 — Trustees, Powers. - The trustees may have a common seal and alter it...

Section 315.05 — Trustees, Management Powers. - The trustees may repair and alter churches, make rules and...

Section 315.06 — Trustees, Terms, Election; Quorum. - The term of office of the trustees is three years...

Section 315.07 — Voters, Qualifications. - No member of the church, congregation, or society may vote...

Section 315.08 — Definitions. - In this chapter "society" means the religious body constituted in...

Section 315.09 — General Powers Of Religious Corporations. - A corporation organized under this chapter may, in its corporate...

Section 315.10 — Powers Of Certain Corporations. - A religious corporation, parish or diocese formed under sections 315.15...

Section 315.11 — Limitation Of Right To Hold Property. - A religious corporation may not take or hold real or...

Section 315.12 — Sale Or Encumbrance Of Real Estate. - A religious corporation organized under this chapter, by and through...

Section 315.121 — Religious Corporations, Certain Conveyances Validated. - All conveyances executed by any religious corporation or society organized...

Section 315.13 — Existing Societies Confirmed; Reorganization. - Every church, congregation, or religious society incorporated before the effective...

Section 315.14 — Lands Held In Trust. - If lands, tenements, or hereditaments are conveyed by devise, grant,...

Section 315.15 — Parish Corporations, Organization. - The bishop of a religious denomination may join with the...

Section 315.16 — Diocesan Corporations; Formation; Powers. - Subdivision 1. Procedure for incorporating. The bishop of a diocese...

Section 315.17 — Parish Of Protestant Episcopal Church. - Subdivision 1. Formation of corporation. A parish of the Protestant...

Section 315.18 — Annual Meeting; Vestry, Election, Meetings. - The annual meeting of the corporation must be held at...

Section 315.19 — Articles Amended. - A parish of the Protestant Episcopal church, incorporated under the...

Section 315.20 — Cathedrals. - Subdivision 1. Formation. A cathedral for which a constitution and...

Section 315.21 — Incorporation. - Subdivision 1. Method. If a church or religious society does...

Section 315.22 — Existing Churches May Incorporate; Reincorporation; Property To Vest. - A church or society organized as such, and not incorporated,...

Section 315.23 — Incorporation Of Diocesan Council, Synod, Presbytery, Conference, Association, Consociation, Or Similar Organizations. - Subdivision 1. Method. A diocesan council, synod, presbytery, conference, association,...

Section 315.24 — Special Powers. - A corporation may receive in trust for a parish, mission,...

Section 315.25 — Annual Meeting, Notice Of, Place. - A corporation whose membership in part resides in other states...

Section 315.26 — Consolidation Of Parishes, Congregations, Or Churches. - A diocesan council, synod, presbytery, conference, association, consociation, or other...

Section 315.27 — Procedure For Incorporation. - Two or more societies of the classes named in section...

Section 315.28 — Privileges. - A corporation formed under sections 315.26 to 315.29 has the...

Section 315.29 — Right To Hold Property. - A corporation organized under sections 315.26 to 315.29 shall hold...

Section 315.30 — Amendment Of Certificate. - A religious corporation may change its certificate by a resolution...

Section 315.31 — Amendment Of Articles Of Incorporation. - A religious society, religious association, or religious corporation existing under...

Section 315.32 — Trustees, Powers; Certificate, Recording. - The board of trustees or other governing body of a...

Section 315.33 — Method Provided Is Additional. - Sections 315.31 to 315.33 do not change the right of...

Section 315.34 — Consolidation Of Religious Corporations. - Two or more incorporated churches, congregations, parishes, or religious societies,...

Section 315.35 — Resolution; Notice. - Before action is taken under section 315.34, a resolution authorizing...

Section 315.36 — Meetings; Notice; Organization; Powers. - After each society has adopted the resolution, notice must be...

Section 315.365 — Merger Of Religious Corporations. - Subdivision 1. Merger. If two or more dioceses, synods, parishes,...

Section 315.37 — When Society Ceases To Exist; Disposal Of Property. - When a religious society under the control or supervision of...

Section 315.38 — Dissolution, Application, Hearing. - Upon application to the district court of the county where...

Section 315.39 — Title To Real Property. - When it appears to a district court of this state...

Section 315.40 — Employee Benefits. - A religious society, religious association, or religious corporation may, when...

Section 315.41 — Camp Meeting Associations; Formation; Capital Stock. - Camp or grove meetings, Sunday school assemblies, or societies for...

Section 315.42 — Tax Exempt; No Streets Through Property. - Property necessarily used by such a corporation, and not leased...

Section 315.44 — Ymca, Ywca; Formation, Certificate. - Three or more persons may form a corporation known as...

Section 315.45 — Classification Of Members. - The directors may in their bylaws divide the members into...

Section 315.46 — Board Of Trustees May Manage Real Property. - An association may create a board of trustees to control...

Section 315.47 — Property Rights. - The board shall control the real property of the association...

Section 315.48 — Reincorporation. - A religious society now conducting its affairs as a Young...

Section 315.50 — Consolidation Of Church Conferences. - Subdivision 1. Church names. Upon the consolidation or merger of...

Section 315.51 — Jcc; Definition. - A "JCC" means a nonprofit religious organization under section 501(c)(3)...