The trustee or trustees of any individual church, parish, congregation or branch of any religious sect, society or denomination within this state may take and hold at any one time for each church, parish or congregation not to exceed ten acres of land in any incorporated city, town or village, and not to exceed sixty acres out of such city, town or village.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 35. Property of Religious, Educational and Charitable Organizations
Article 1. Religious Organizations
§35-1-1. Validation of Transfers for Use or Benefit of Religious Organizations
§35-1-2. Equitable Title in Contiguous Congregations
§35-1-3. Property Not to Be Taken From a Religious Organization
§35-1-5. Trustees for Real and Personal Property -- How Appointed and Removed
§35-1-6. Same -- Recording Order of Appointment; Recording Fee
§35-1-7. Same -- May Take and Hold Property
§35-1-8. Quantity of Real Estate Trustee May Take and Hold
§35-1-9. Power of Trustee to Sell, Convey and Encumber Property
§35-1-10. Notice of Conveyance or Lien; Proof Thereof
§35-1-11. Proceedings to Prevent Conveyances or Creation of Liens
§35-1-12. Disposition of Property of Extinct or Dissolved Religious Organization