New Jersey § 16:5-26 Disbanding or ceasing to function;  passage of title to synod or district

New Jersey Statutes

§ 16:5-26 — Disbanding or ceasing to function; passage of title to synod or district

New Jersey § 16:5-26

Title 16CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS, RELIGIOUS

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 16:5-26 (2026).

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In the event that any incorporated Lutheran Church or congregation disbands, or ceases to function or to conduct public worship or fails to elect a board of trustees for more than 2 years after such election should have been held pursuant to this act or to the by-laws of the corporation and the property of such church or congregation is not properly maintained, the title to all such property shall pass to and be vested in the synod or district or its successor with which the said church or congregation is affiliated at the time of such default, nonuser or abandonment, and thereupon the said synod or district shall have the unrestricted right to use or dispose of such property. L.1957, c. 82, p. 159, s.

14.Amended by L.1962, c. 53, s. 11.

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In the event that any incorporated Lutheran Church or congregation disbands, or ceases to function or to conduct public worship or fails to elect a board of trustees for more than 2 years after such election should have been held pursuant to this act or to the by-laws of the corporation and the property of such church or congregation is not properly maintained, the title to all such property shall pass to and be vested in the synod or district or its successor with which the said church or congregation is affiliated at the time of such default, nonuser or abandonment, and thereupon the said synod or district shall have the unrestricted right to use or dispose of such property. L.1957, c. 82, p. 159, s. 14. Amended by L.1962, c. 53, s. 11.