Maine Statutes
§ 13 §2983 — Ministers and officers of religious societies; powers
The ministers of a parish or religious society and the deacons, elders, trustees, stewards and other presiding officers of a religious society or church having by its usages no settled minister may take, in succession, any estate granted to the minister and the minister's successors, or for the use of the ministry or poor of the church; and may prosecute and defend all civil actions respecting it; but they may not so take, while the clear annual income of prior grants is $3,000.
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Legislative History
RR 2025, c. 1, Pt. E, §39 (COR).
Nearby Sections
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§ 13 §290
Exceptions§ 13 §2901
Call and notice; clerk§ 13 §2902
Moderator§ 13 §2903
Request of members for meeting§ 13 §2904
Refusal of assessors§ 13 §2905
No meeting for 3 years§ 13 §2906
Qualification of voters§ 13 §291
Pending proceedings bar action§ 13 §2941
Authority to raise money§ 13 §2942
Assessment on pews§ 13 §2943
Payment of tax by sale of pews§ 13 §2981
Territorial parishes continued