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§ 35-2-8 — Quantity of real estate certain organizations may hold

West Virginia § 35-2-8
JurisdictionWest Virginia
Ch. 35PROPERTY OF RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
Art. 2EDUCATIONAL, FRATERNAL AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS

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W. Va. Code § 35-2-8 (2026).

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Except as may otherwise be allowed by law, the trustees of any society, order, lodge, association, union or brotherhood mentioned in this article may take and hold at any one time not exceeding two acres of land to be used as a place of meeting for such society, order, lodge, association, union or brotherhood, for the education and maintenance of children charitably provided for by them.

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Disposition of property of extinct or dissolved religious organization
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