Massachusetts § 5 Membership; rights and restrictions

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 5 — Membership; rights and restrictions

Massachusetts § 5

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XICERTAIN RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE MATTERS

Ch. 67PARISHES AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, § 5 (2026).

Text

Section 5. A person belonging to such society shall continue a member thereof until he files with the clerk a written declaration of the dissolution of his membership; but after filing such notice he shall not be liable for any grant or contract thereafter made on entered into by such society. No person shall be made a member of a religious society without his written consent.

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