New York § 403 Certificate of incorporation

New York Statutes

§ 403 — Certificate of incorporation

New York § 403

Law RCOReligious Corporations

Art. 19Unitarian and Universalist Societies

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N.Y. Religious Corporations § 403 (2026).

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§ 403. Certificate of incorporation.

(a)If the meeting held pursuant\nto section four hundred two shall decide that the unincorporated society\nshall become incorporated, the presiding officer of such meeting and the\ntwo inspectors of election shall execute a certificate entitled\n"Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to article nineteen of the\nReligious Corporations Law." This certificate shall state:\n (1) the name of the proposed corporation,\n (2) a statement that it is a member of the Unitarian Universalist\nAssociation,\n (3) the number of trustees thereof or that the number of trustees\nshall not be less than a stated minimum nor more than a stated maximum,\n (4) the names and residences of the trustees until the first annual\nmeeting,\n (5) the terms of office for which

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§ 403. Certificate of incorporation. (a) If the meeting held pursuant\nto section four hundred two shall decide that the unincorporated society\nshall become incorporated, the presiding officer of such meeting and the\ntwo inspectors of election shall execute a certificate entitled\n"Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to article nineteen of the\nReligious Corporations Law." This certificate shall state:\n (1) the name of the proposed corporation,\n (2) a statement that it is a member of the Unitarian Universalist\nAssociation,\n (3) the number of trustees thereof or that the number of trustees\nshall not be less than a stated minimum nor more than a stated maximum,\n (4) the names and residences of the trustees until the first annual\nmeeting,\n (5) the terms of office for which the trustees were respectively\nelected,\n (6) the county, town, city or village in which the principal place of\nworship or office is or is intended to be located.\n (b) On the filing and recording of such certificate the persons\nqualified to vote at such meeting and those persons who shall thereafter\nfrom time to time be qualified voters at the corporate meetings thereof\nshall be a corporation by the name stated in such certificate and the\npersons therein stated to be elected trustees of such society shall be\nthe trustees thereof for the terms for which they were respectively\nelected and until their respective successors shall be elected.\n