Virginia § 57-10 How trustees to hold personal property

Virginia Statutes

§ 57-10 — How trustees to hold personal property

Virginia § 57-10

Title 57RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE MATTERS; CEMETERIES

Ch. 2CHURCH PROPERTY; BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS AND OBJECTS

Art. 2PROPERTY HELD FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES

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Va. Code Ann. § 57-10 (2026).

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When personal property shall be given or acquired for the benefit of an unincorporated church or religious body, to be used for its religious purposes, the same shall stand vested in the trustees having the legal title to the land, to be held by them as the land is held, and upon the same trusts or, if the church has created a corporation pursuant to § 57-16.1, to be held by it as its land is held, and for the same purposes.

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When personal property shall be given or acquired for the benefit of an unincorporated church or religious body, to be used for its religious purposes, the same shall stand vested in the trustees having the legal title to the land, to be held by them as the land is held, and upon the same trusts or, if the church has created a corporation pursuant to § 57-16.1, to be held by it as its land is held, and for the same purposes.