Colorado § 7-51-101 How organized

Colorado Statutes

§ 7-51-101 — How organized

Colorado § 7-51-101

Title 07Corporations

Art.Joint Stock Religious or Benevolent Associations

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 7-51-101 (2026).

Text

(1)Any joint stock company or association organized in this state for religious, educational, or benevolent purposes may be incorporated under this article by electing or appointing, according to its usages or customs at any meeting held for that purpose, two or more of its members as directors, trustees, wardens, or vestrymen, or other officers whose powers and duties are similar to those of trustees, who shall be agreeable to the usages and customs and rules and regulation of the congregation, church, or society, and may adopt a corporate name, and upon the filing of the affidavit as provided in section 7-51-102, it shall be a body politic and corporate by the name so adopted.

(2)The provisions of this article shall not apply to any joint stock religious, educational, or benev

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(1) Any joint stock company or association
organized in this state for religious, educational, or benevolent purposes may be
incorporated under this article by electing or appointing, according to its usages or
customs at any meeting held for that purpose, two or more of its members as
directors, trustees, wardens, or vestrymen, or other officers whose powers and
duties are similar to those of trustees, who shall be agreeable to the usages and
customs and rules and regulation of the congregation, church, or society, and may
adopt a corporate name, and upon the filing of the affidavit as provided in section 7-51-102, it shall be a body politic and corporate by the name so adopted.

(2) The provisions of this article shall not apply to any joint stock religious,
educational, or benevolent association formed after December 31, 1967, nor to any
joint stock religious, educational, or benevolent association formed prior to January
1, 1968, which is subject to the provisions of articles 121 to 137 of this title.

Legislative History

Source: L. 1879: p. 33, � 1. G.S. � 384. R.S. 08: � 1034. C.L. � 2400. CSA: C. 41, � 197. CRS 53: � 31-22-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 31-21-1. L. 67: p. 658, � 12. L. 68: p. 2, � 4. L. 97: (2) amended, p. 758, � 17, effective July 1, 1998.