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Ohio Rev Code § 1715.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.03 | Transfer of Cemetery Land to Cemetery Association.

Effective: October 7, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly|When a religious or benevolent society or association owning real estate used or occupied as a burial place, the title to which real estate is vested in such society or association, or the trustees thereof, desires to transfer such real estate to a cemetery association incorporated under any law of this state, the trustees or other officers entrusted with the management of the affairs of such society or association may file, in the court of common pleas of the county in which such real estate is situated, a petition stating how and by whom the title to such real estate is held and that such society or association desires to make such transfer, and asking for an order therefor.Notice of the filing of such petition shall be given by publication, in some newspaper published in and of general circulation in the county where it is filed, for four consecutive weeks, setting forth the object and prayer of the petition and that persons claiming an interest in the subject matter thereof may appear and file an answer thereto within six weeks from the first publication of such notice.At the expiration of such six weeks the case will stand for hearing, and if the court is satisfied that such transfer is desired by the members of such society or association, it may authorize the trustees or other officers thereof to make a deed therefor to such cemetery association. Such association shall assume all legal debts against the real estate so transferred.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.04 | Conveyance of Burying Ground to Township.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a public burying ground is located on or near a township line and is used by the people of two or more townships for burial purposes, and the title thereto is vested in a religious or benevolent society, such society or the trustees thereof, may convey such burying ground to the boards of township trustees of such townships and their successors in office, jointly; and such boards shall accept it, jointly take possession of it, and keep it in repair, as required as to public burial grounds in and belonging to the respective townships. Each such township shall bear an equal share of the expenses of such repair, and the board of township trustees of each such township shall levy, for such purpose, taxes amounting to not more in any one year than one fourth of one per cent.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.05 | Disposition of Unused Real Estate.

Effective: October 7, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly|When the title to real estate is vested in trustees for the use of churches or congregations of churches, and owing to its peculiar situation or to the nature of the trust or conditions upon which it is held, such real estate for twenty years has not been claimed by or appropriated to the use of churches or congregations as originally contemplated and such trustees are in doubt as to what disposition to make of it, or when any public church site and meetinghouse has been abandoned by the public as a place of worship and the trustees invested with the title to such property have sold it and are in doubt as to what disposition to make of the proceeds, such trustees may file a petition in the court of common pleas of the county where the property is situated, setting forth all the facts in the case and asking such court's direction as to the proper disposition of such property or proceeds.Notice of the filing of such petition must be given by publication, in some newspaper published in and of general circulation in the county where it is filed, for four consecutive weeks, setting forth the object and prayer of the petition and that a person, church, or congregation claiming an interest in the subject matter thereof may appear and file an answer thereto.On final hearing of the case the court shall make such order or decree as will best secure the rights of the churches, congregation, or persons having an interest in such property or proceeds and as will best promote the interests of religion, conforming as nearly as possible to the nature and terms of the original trust or purpose with which such property or proceeds were charged, and shall tax the costs of the proceeding as justice requires.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.06 | Trustees of Church Site May Convey It to Church.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When real estate has been purchased by or conveyed to trustees for the use of churches or congregations, as sites for meetinghouses, and such churches or congregations have erected houses of worship thereon, but no power is possessed by such trustees to convey such real estate to such churches or congregations, or to the trustees thereof, such trustees may convey such improved sites to the trustees of such churches or congregations.When an incorporated religious congregation, society, association, sect, or denomination uses or occupies for a place of worship, real estate which is held in trust for it or the members thereof, for a place of worship, and a judgment is recovered against it, the real estate together with such edifice and improvements thereon, by a civil action for that purpose, shall be subjected to the payment of such judgment and costs.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.07 | Ecclesiastical Society May Transfer Property to Church.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|An ecclesiastical society incorporated under the laws of this state connected with a church of Christ located in this state may, by a three-fourths vote of its adult members present and voting at a meeting announced and held for that purpose, assign and transfer to the church with which it is connected, if such church is incorporated under the laws of this state, all the property and trust funds of such society, to be held by such church under the trusts upon which it had been held by such society. Pursuant to such vote, the governing committee or trustees of the society may make all conveyances necessary to complete such assignment and transfer. The assignment and transfer shall not be effectual until a certificate of the fact of such assignment and transfer is filed in the office of the secretary of state and in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the property is located.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.08 | Consolidation of Churches Having Same Form of Faith.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When two or more religious societies, churches, or associations recognizing the same ecclesiastical jurisdiction, form of faith, government, order, and discipline, and incorporated in this state, desire to be consolidated or united as a single corporation, the elders, trustees, deacons, directors, or other known and legal representatives of such societies, churches, or associations may enter into an agreement for such union or consolidation and prescribe the terms thereof; the corporate name of such united society, church, or association; the time and place for the first meeting of the new corporation; and the number of members of each separate branch or organization to be chosen as directors, trustees, elders, or other officers for the new body. Such officers of the new body shall succeed to the rights, trusts, duties, and obligations of those officers who, in the separate organizations, held in trust the real and personal estate of such separate churches, societies, or associations, and shall hold such other estates as they deem necessary to complete the new corporation.No such agreement shall be valid until it has been submitted to a separate meeting of the members of each component organization, of which notice has been given according to the form and usage for calling meetings of such component organization, and ratified by a two-thirds vote of all present at such meeting in person or by proxy and entitled to vote according to the laws, regulations, or usages of such component organization.When the agreement has been ratified by each church, society, or association which is a party to the proposed united organization, the clerk or secretary of each meeting shall certify the record of its proceedings and deliver such record to the clerk or secretary of the first meeting of the united organization.If, at the first meeting of the united organization, the proceedings and acts of the several component organizations are submitted to and approved by it, and a board of trustees, directors, or other officers are chosen in accordance with the terms of the agreement for union or consolidation, the clerk or secretary of such meeting shall certify such agreement and file it in the office of the secretary of state, whereupon the several churches, societies, or associations which are parties thereto shall become one corporation.Such new corporation, with its officers and chosen representatives, shall succeed to and be invested with all the right, title, and interest in every species of property, and all the rights, privileges, and franchises, of each of the churches, societies, or associations which are parties to the agreement for union or consolidation, without any other act, conveyance, or transfer; and such new corporation shall be subject to all the liabilities and obligations of the component organizations.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.09 | Transfer of Property of Consolidating Organizations.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When two or more religious societies, denominations, or ecclesiastical corporations in this state unanimously form a union in this state, the trustees, deacons, directors, or other proper officers of the new society, denomination, or corporation, at the request of a majority of the members of any of the component societies, denominations, or corporations, may petition the court of common pleas, setting forth the fact of such union. Thereupon such court may order that such officers, at the time of the union, shall convey to the new organization the real estate owned by the parties to the union, as the court directs, and may order that, if any of such officers neglect to obey such order, the order itself shall serve as such conveyance. In no case shall such order be inconsistent with the original terms upon which real estate became vested in or entrusted to the parties to the union; and in all cases the grantors of the real estate to such parties, or the heirs of such grantors, shall be made parties to the petition. Such of said grantors or heirs as make no defense are not subject to costs.Notice of the pendency of such petition shall be given by publication, in a newspaper published in the county where the petition is filed, for four consecutive weeks, setting forth the object and prayer of the petition.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.10 | Consolidation of Self-Governing Churches in Same Locality.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any two or more churches, congregations, or religious societies, whether incorporated or unincorporated, which are self-governing organizations and situated in the same township or municipal corporation, may unite their memberships and properties and continue their identity and common usages or polity in a consolidated corporation formed by an agreement in writing made, acknowledged, and signed by their respective trustees and filed in the office of the secretary of state. Such agreement shall set forth the name of the consolidated corporation and the proceedings by which the constituent organizations authorized their trustees so to act, shall designate the time and place at which the united membership shall first meet, and shall provide for the adoption of regulations consistent with such common usages or polity and for the appointment of officers pursuant to such regulations. Upon the filing of such agreement the existence of each constituent organization is merged into that of the consolidated corporation, which shall thereafter be a single religious corporation not for profit, the members, officers, and conduct of which shall be as provided in such regulations. Such consolidated corporation shall from its inception be vested with all the rights and properties, and charged with all the obligations and duties, of such constituent organizations; and any right or interest in respect to any past or future devise, bequest, conditional gift, trust, or property or fund restricted to particular uses, when vested in or claimed by such consolidated corporation as a result of such merger, shall belong to it as a continuation without interruption of the existence and identity of the constituent organization originally named as taker or beneficiary.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.11 | Association for Holding Donations and Bequests.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|An association incorporated for the purpose of receiving and holding donations, bequests, and funds derived from other sources, and disbursing the interest and income arising therefrom as provided in this section, shall hold all such principal sums as a permanent fund. The interest arising from such fund, and the annual income arising from all property held by such association, shall be applied and distributed annually as follows:(A) To the payment of the necessary expenses of the association;(B) The balance to the board of stewards of the association, or to any officer designated by the conference, synod, assembly, or association within the territorial bounds of which the principal office of such association is located at the time of its organization, to be distributed by the board of stewards or such officer annually, to such persons as are designated by such conference, synod, presbytery, assembly, or association.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.13 | Real Estate of Church Liable for Certain Judgments.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Real estate held by or in trust for a religious society or congregation, as a place of worship or otherwise, is liable for and by civil action may be subjected to the payment of a judgment recovered against the trustees or a committee of such society or congregation, in their individual capacity or otherwise, for labor performed, materials furnished, or damages sustained, under any contract with them for the erection of a church edifice or other building or improvement made on such real estate.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.14 | Sale of Real Property of Extinct Corporation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a parish, congregation, or society becomes extinct by reason of the death or dispersion of its members, the court of common pleas of the county in which any real property of such extinct parish, congregation, or society is situated may, upon the petition of the board of trustees of the denomination to which the extinct parish, congregation, or society belonged, make an order for the sale of such real property, whether built upon or otherwise improved or not. The proceeds of the sale shall go to, and be for the benefit of, the denomination represented by such board, within the territorial limits represented by the body by which its members were appointed. The purchaser shall be vested with as complete a title to the property as the character of the original grant to such parish, congregation, or society will allow. This section does not limit or restrict the powers conferred upon such board by section 1715.12 of the Revised Code.When the petition is filed all persons who have a vested, contingent, or reversionary interest in such real estate shall be made parties thereto, and shall be notified of the filing and pendency thereof, in the manner provided by law in cases of the partition of real estate. The court may make such order as to costs as it deems just.All money derived from such sale shall be placed in the custody of the board of trustees of the presbytery, synod, conference, diocese, or other ecclesiastical body having jurisdiction in the territorial limits in which the property was located, and such board shall hold such money in trust for ten years, or for such period as is prescribed by the law of the denomination. If within that time another parish, congregation, or society of the same denomination is organized in the same locality, then the court which authorized the sale of the property, upon proper application and evidence, may authorize the turning over of the money to the board of trustees of the new organization. Otherwise it shall become a part of the funds of the presbytery, synod, conference, diocese, or other ecclesiastical body having such territorial jurisdiction.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.15 | Incorporation of Religious Printing and Publishing Houses.

Effective: October 4, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 495 - 121st General Assembly|When a conference, presbytery, assembly, association, or other general ecclesiastical body held in the United States, in conformity with the regulations prescribed by it, elects any number of persons, not fewer than three, as trustees or directors of a printing and publishing house, to hold such office until their successors are elected by that ecclesiastical body, and a certificate of the election of those persons, setting forth the name by which the printing and publishing corporation is to be known and signed by any authorized officer of that ecclesiastical body, together with the written acceptance of the office by the persons elected thereto, is filed in the office of the secretary of state, those trustees are a corporation under the name set forth in the certificate.A corporation established by special act of the legislature for printing and publishing under the ownership or direction of a religious sect, association, or denomination, and whose charter has expired, may be renewed by compliance on the part of that sect, association, or denomination with this section; and the title to all property belonging to the former corporation at the expiration of its charter becomes vested in the corporation so established.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.16 | Lands to Descend in Trust.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Lands and tenements, not exceeding twenty acres, that are conveyed by devise, purchase, or otherwise to trustees in trust for the use of a religious society for a meetinghouse, for a burying ground, or for a residence for their preacher, shall descend, with the improvements and appurtenances thereon, in perpetual succession, in trust to such trustees as are elected or appointed by such religious society, according to its customs and regulations.The trustees of any such religious society may defend and prosecute suits, and do all other acts for the protection, improvement, and preservation of the society's property, that individuals can do in relation to their individual property.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.17 | Legal Title to Lands.

Effective: February 21, 1967|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 107th General Assembly|Property conveyed in trust for the use of a religious society, church, or association, whether incorporated or not, shall be held by the trustees and their successors, appointed as provided in the instrument creating the trust, or in case no provision for successor trustees is made in such instrument, then by such successor trustees as are appointed by a competent court. No person shall be elected or appointed by such society, church, or association to act as trustee to the exclusion of any trustee appointed as provided in this section.Title to property conveyed after October 30, 1965 to and in the name of a religious society, church, or association; charitable or other eleemosynary organization; labor union, national, state, district, regional, or other unit; whether incorporated or not, may be held in the name of such group or organization. Any right, title, or interest in property in the name of any such group or organization on October 30, 1965 is hereby confirmed in that name as if the conveyance or grant thereof had been made after such date.
Ohio Rev Code § 1715.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1715 | Religious and Benevolent Organizations|Section 1715.18 | Incorporation of Cathedrals or Other Religious Societies.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a diocesan convention or other representative body of any religious denomination in this state desires the incorporation of a cathedral or other central or general religious society or church of its denomination, having, in addition to local religious, educational, or charitable functions, a general charge of such functions and of missionary function in the diocese or other ecclesiastical territory in this state represented by said body, and when at any regular meeting of such representative body it elects not less than five members of such denomination, at least one of whom is a resident freeholder in this state, to serve as members of the chapter or trustees of the society being incorporated until the election of their successors, and makes a statement giving the names of such members or trustees, the character of the endowment fund or other property, donations, or appropriations to be entrusted to their care and the uses to which such fund, property, donations, and appropriations are to be applied, the general rights, powers, and duties of such members or trustees, and the corporate name by which they are to be known, which statement is signed, certified, attested, acknowledged, filed, and recorded in the office of the secretary of state in the manner prescribed by section 1715.12 of the Revised Code for statements filed under such section, then the members or trustees so named thereupon, with their successors in office, under such corporate name, become a body corporate and politic for the purposes specified in such statement. A copy of such record, certified by the secretary of state, shall be evidence of the existence of such corporation.