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District of Columbia state laws pertaining to Church property
DC ST § 29-701
Formerly cited as DC ST 1981 § 29-901
TITLE 29. CORPORATIONS.
CHAPTER 7. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
§ 29-701. Acquisition of land restricted.
It shall be lawful for the members of any society or congregation in the District, formed for the purpose of religious worship, to receive by gift, devise, or purchase a quantity of land not exceeding an acre, and to erect thereon such houses and buildings and to make such other use of the land and such other improvements thereon as may be deemed necessary for the purposes named, and for the comfort and convenience of the society or congregation.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1282, ch. 854, § 587.)
1981 Ed., § 29-901.
1973 Ed., § 29-501.
Current through November 29, 2004
Copyright © 2004 By The District of Columbia All Rights Reserved
DC ST § 29-709
Formerly cited as DC ST 1981 § 29-909
§ 29-709. Trustees or directors--Powers to convey property.
The trustees or directors shall have power, under the direction of the society or congregation, or the authority by whom they were elected or appointed, to sell and execute deeds and conveyances of the property authorized to be held by the society or congregation; and such deeds or conveyances shall have the same effect as like deeds or conveyances made by natural persons; but no deed or conveyance shall be made so as to defeat or destroy the interest or effect of any grant, donation, or bequest and all grants, donations, and bequests shall be appropriated and used as directed by the person making the same.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1283, ch. 854, § 595; June 26, 1922, 42 Stat. 665, ch. 241.)
1981 Ed., § 29-909.
1973 Ed., § 29-509.
REFERENCES -- LIBRARY REFERENCES
DC CODE § 29-709
DC ST § 29-711
Formerly cited as DC ST 1981 § 29-911
§ 29-711. Dissolution; reversion of property to donors.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1283, ch. 854, § 597.)
1981 Ed., § 29-911.
1973 Ed., § 29-511.
ANNOTATIONS (Notes of Decisions Index )
DC CODE § 29-711
DC ST § 29-733
Formerly cited as DC ST 1981 § 29-915
SUBCHAPTER II. CONVEYANCES.
§ 29-733. Trustees--Suits for title, possession or enjoyment of property.
A majority of the acting trustees for any such congregation may sue and be sued in their own names, in relation to the title, possession, or enjoyment of such property, without abatement by the death of any of the trustees, or substitution of others; and the action or suit may be prosecuted to its final termination in the names of the trustees by or against whom the same was instituted, and all other proceedings had in relation thereto, in like manner as if such death or substitution had not occurred.
(R.S., D.C., § 455.)
1981 Ed., § 29-915.
1973 Ed., § 29-515.
DC CODE § 29-733