West Virginia Statutes

§ 35-1-8 — Quantity of real estate trustee may take and hold

West Virginia·Ch. 35 PROPERTY OF RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS·Art. 1 RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS

The trustee or trustees of any individual church, parish, congregation or branch of any religious sect, society or denomination within this state may take and hold at any one time for each church, parish or congregation not to exceed ten acres of land in any incorporated city, town or village, and not to exceed sixty acres out of such city, town or village.

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Legislative History

2005 Reg. Sess., HB2911; 1995 Reg. Sess., HB2569

Nearby Sections

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§ 35-1-1

Validation of transfers for use or benefit of religious organizations

§ 35-1-10

Notice of conveyance or lien; proof thereof

§ 35-1-11

Proceedings to prevent conveyances or creation of liens

§ 35-1-12

Disposition of property of extinct or dissolved religious organization

§ 35-1-13

Validation of certain transactions

§ 35-1-2

Equitable title in contiguous congregations

§ 35-1-3

Property not to be taken from a religious organization

§ 35-1-4

Insufficient designations of beneficiaries or objects not to cause failure of trust; acquisition, conveyance, etc., of property

§ 35-1-5

Trustees for real and personal property -- How appointed and removed

§ 35-1-6

Same -- Recording order of appointment; recording fee

§ 35-1-7

Same -- May take and hold property

§ 35-1-8

Quantity of real estate trustee may take and hold

§ 35-1-9

Power of trustee to sell, convey and encumber property

§ 35-1A-1

Government limitations related to the exercise of religion

§ 35-1B-1

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