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NJ Rev Stat § 16:13-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:13-6 - Access to corporate records

16:13-6. Access to corporate records  Every person of the congregation who regularly contributes to the support of the gospel in the congregation, shall have free access to all the papers, deeds, writings, minutes, documents and books, of or belonging to the corporation.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:13-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:13-7 - Corporate action by majority vote; right to vote

16:13-7. Corporate action by majority vote; right to vote  The proceedings, orders and acts of a majority of all the members of the corporation, but not of a less number, shall be valid and effectual. No member shall be allowed to vote on any matter which immediately affects himself, his private interest or emolument.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:13-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:13-8 - Renunciation of charter upon incorporation under this chapter

16:13-8. Renunciation of charter upon incorporation under this chapter  The trustees of any Reformed congregation, by whatever name incorporated, may renounce or forego the charter or act by which they were incorporated and their name, by writing under their hands and seals and recorded with the county clerk, if the ministers, elders and deacons, or elders and deacons of the congregation, as the case may require, incorporate themselves pursuant to this chapter. Upon such incorporation and recording of such writing, their former incorporation shall cease and be dissolved, and all the real and personal property shall vest in the corporation formed under this chapter, the trustees of which shall be the legal successors in office to those of the former corporation and liable to their debts.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:13-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:13-9 - Division of congregations and property

16:13-9. Division of congregations and property  Where two or more Reformed congregations, which have been united into one corporation, shall disunite by renouncing or foregoing their former incorporation, and each or any of them shall incorporate under this chapter, the real and personal property that belongs to each of such congregations, separately considered, shall be and remain in the possession of the corporation of that particular church to which such property rightfully belongs. All real and personal property acquired by the congregations during their union as a body politic, shall be divided between them in such manner as shall be agreed upon by the trustees of the corporation.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:13-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:13-10 - Renunciation of separate charters and joint incorporation

16:13-10. Renunciation of separate charters and joint incorporation  The trustees of any two or more Reformed congregations, by whatever name known in their charters or acts of incorporation, may form one joint corporation in the following manner: Such trustees shall renounce or forego their separate charters or acts of incorporation by mutual consent in writing, under their hands and seals, which writing shall signify their intention to become one joint corporation and shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk. Such trustees shall also form themselves into one corporation in accordance with this chapter. Upon recording such writing, and after such joint incorporation, the former separate corporations shall cease and be dissolved, and all real and personal property held by them separately, shall vest in the trustees of the joint corporation, which trustees shall be the legal successors in office of the former separate bodies, and be liable to their debts.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:13-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:13-11 - Chapter extended to True Reformed Dutch or Christian Reformed churches; incorporations validated

16:13-11. Chapter extended to True Reformed Dutch or Christian Reformed churches; incorporations validated  The provisions of this chapter and of former acts of the legislature relating to the incorporation of trustees of religious societies applying to Reformed or Reformed Dutch churches shall extend and apply to the religious societies or congregations of this state known as True Reformed Dutch churches or Christian Reformed churches, and all proceedings taken before March eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, by the True Reformed Dutch churches or Christian Reformed churches, to incorporate themselves and to exercise corporate powers, under and in accordance with said provisions are hereby validated and confirmed.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:13-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:13-12 - Rights and customs confirmed

16:13-12. Rights and customs confirmed  The rights and customs of the Reformed Church in America to conduct their affairs and to convey or mortgage their property by a majority vote of their consistory are hereby confirmed. Any law passed before March nineteenth, one thousand nine hundred, requiring the reference of such matters to a vote of the congregation shall not apply to the Reformed Church of America.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:13-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:13-13 - Sections inapplicable to Reformed churches

16:13-13. Sections inapplicable to Reformed churches  The provisions of sections 16:1-1, 16:1-2, 16:1-9, 16:1-13, 16:1-14, 16:1-15 and 16:1-16 of this title shall not be construed to extend to or affect the Reformed churches of this state.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:13-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:13-14 - Extinct church or religious society; vesting of property; reversionary interests

16:13-14. Extinct church or religious society; vesting of property; reversionary interests  All real and personal property belonging to or held in trust for any Reformed church in America or any Reformed religious society in America that has or shall become extinct shall vest in and become the property of the classis having ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the same, its successors and assigns. This section shall not affect the reversionary interest of any person in such property or any valid lien thereon.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:13-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:13-15 - Extinct church or religious society defined; dissolution; transfer of property

16:13-15. Extinct church or religious society defined; dissolution; transfer of property  Any Reformed church in America or Reformed religious society in America, in this State, which has ceased or failed to maintain religious worship or services, or to use its property for religious worship or services, according to the tenets, usages and customs of Reformed churches in America in this State, for two consecutive years, or whose membership has so diminished in numbers, or in financial strength as to render it impossible or impracticable for such church or society to maintain religious worship or services, or to protect its property from exposure, waste and dilapidation, or to fulfill the purpose for which it was incorporated, shall be deemed and taken to be extinct, and may be so declared and thereupon dissolved by a civil action brought in the Superior Court. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise. The property of such church or society, or property which may be held in trust for such church or society may be transferred to and the title and possession thereof vested in the particular classis having ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the same. Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 145, s. 11, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:13-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:13-16 - Action for dissolution

16:13-16. Action for dissolution  Such an action may be brought by any member or officer of such classis having ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the same, when duly authorized by the classis. If necessary or proper so to do, for any of the causes mentioned in section 16:13-15 of this Title, the court shall declare such church or society extinct, dissolving the same and transferring to and vesting in the classis having such ecclesiastical jurisdiction, any property and the title and possession thereof, which may belong to the church or society, or which may be held in trust for it, in as full and ample a manner as the same shall theretofore have been vested in the consistory or persons or body holding the same in trust for such church, society and congregation. Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 146, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:13-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:13-17 - Management or sale of property by classis

16:13-17. Management or sale of property by classis  Such classis may manage, sell or otherwise freely dispose of such property and apply the proceeds of any sale, in such manner as to it may seem best for religious uses and purposes within the territory over which it has ecclesiastical jurisdiction. If such property is sold by the classis, the sale or conveyance shall be as good and effectual as though made by the consistory, persons or body formerly holding the same, and shall vest in the grantee all the right, title and interest in and to such property theretofore vested in the church and its trustees, or in the congregation connected therewith, or in the persons or body holding the same in trust for the church, society and congregation.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:14-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:14-1 - Reformed Episcopal Church; incorporation and powers

16:14-1. Reformed Episcopal Church; incorporation and powers  So much of Rev.1877, p. 962, s.s. 27 to 37 (C.S. p. 4318, s.s. 27 to 37), entitled "An act to incorporate trustees of religious societies," approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, as relates to the Reformed Episcopal Church, saved from repeal. [These sections provide for the incorporation, powers, offices and reincorporation of the Reformed Episcopal Church.]
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-1 - Incorporation

16:15-1. Incorporation  Any Roman Catholic church or congregation in this state may incorporate in the following manner: The Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese in which the church or congregation is located, the vicar-general of the diocese, or, during a vacancy in such offices, the administrator of the diocese for the time being, and the pastor of the church or congregation for the time being, or a majority of them, may elect two lay members of the church or congregation, and may with such laymen, sign a certificate setting forth the name by which they and their successors shall be known and distinguished as a corporation. They shall transmit the certificate to the clerk of the county in which the church or congregation is located, who shall forthwith file and record the same, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon the church or congregation shall be a corporation by such name or title.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-2 - Trustees; powers

16:15-2. Trustees; powers  The persons so signing the certificate shall be the trustees of the corporation, and they and their successors shall, by such name of incorporation, have all the powers enumerated in section 16:1-4 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-3 - Succession of trustees; tenure; vacancy

16:15-3. Succession of trustees; tenure; vacancy  The successor in office for the time being of such bishop, vicar-general and pastor, respectively, shall by virtue of his office be the trustee of such church or congregation in place of his predecessor. The lay members shall hold office for one year, and the office of any such layman shall become vacant by his removal out of the limits of such church or congregation. When the office of any such layman becomes vacant in any manner whatsoever the vacancy shall be filled by appointment in the manner provided for the selection of the original lay members of such board of trustees.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-4 - President

16:15-4. President  Such corporation may elect annually, or oftener if necessary or expedient, one of their own members to be president. The president shall keep the minutes and enter the orders, acts and proceedings of the corporation in a book to be kept for that purpose, shall have custody of the common seal and the papers, documents, deeds, writings and books of or relating to the corporation, and may convene the corporation as occasion may require.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-5 - Corporate action by majority of members; sanction of bishop

16:15-5. Corporate action by majority of members; sanction of bishop  The proceedings, orders and acts of a majority of all the members of such corporation, but not of a less number, upon receiving the sanction of the bishop, or in his absence, the vicar-general, or in case of a vacancy in that office, the administrator of the diocese for the time being, shall be valid and effectual.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-6 - Reincorporation after failure of succession; property

16:15-6. Reincorporation after failure of succession; property  If any corporation created under or by virtue of the provisions of this article shall be dissolved by failure to continue the succession of its trustees, it may be revived and the church or congregation reincorporated under this article, in the manner herein prescribed, at any time within six years from the date of such dissolution. Thereupon all the real and personal property belonging to the dissolved corporation at the time of its dissolution shall vest in the new corporation.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-7 - Reincorporation of religious associations

16:15-7. Reincorporation of religious associations  Any religious association incorporated under or by virtue of any law of this state may organize under this article. Upon filing a certificate according to section 16:15-1 of this title, together with a certificate signed by the trustees of the association, consenting to such organization, all the right, title and interest of the association in any real or personal property and all its franchises and chartered rights shall be vested in the corporation so created, subject to all legal liabilities of the association, and the original incorporation of the association shall be null and void.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-8 - Conduct of affairs; conveyances and mortgages without approval of congregation

16:15-8. Conduct of affairs; conveyances and mortgages without approval of congregation  The rights and customs of any Roman Catholic church corporation, incorporated under the provisions of this title, to conduct its affairs and convey or mortgage its property through a board of trustees shall not be affected by any statute passed prior to May tenth, one thousand nine hundred and seven, requiring the reference of such matters to a vote of the congregation, and any conveyance or mortgage made prior to May tenth, one thousand nine hundred and seven, by any such corporation is hereby confirmed and declared to be valid notwithstanding the same has not been submitted to a vote of the congregation.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-9 - Incorporation

16:15-9. Incorporation  Any Roman Catholic diocese in this state may incorporate in the following manner: The Roman Catholic bishop of any such diocese, the vicar-general of such diocese, or during a vacancy in such offices, the administrator of the diocese for the time being, and the chancellor of such diocese, or a majority of them, may elect two priests from the Roman Catholic priesthood of the diocese, and may, with such two priests, execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation, setting forth the name by which they and their successors shall be known and distinguished as a corporation. They shall file and record the certificate in the office of the secretary of state and a copy thereof in the office of the clerk of the county in which such diocese has its principal office, for which services the secretary of state and the county clerk shall be entitled respectively to the fees provided in section 22:4-1 and section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon such diocese shall be a corporation by such name or title.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-10 - Trustees; tenure; vacancies; succession

16:15-10. Trustees; tenure; vacancies; succession  The bishop, vicar-general, or administrator, as the case may be, and the chancellor of such diocese, together with the two priests elected as aforesaid, shall be the first trustees of such corporation. Such two priests shall hold office for one year, and until their successors are appointed in the manner provided in section 16:15-9 of this title, but shall be trustees only while in good standing, according to the statutes of such diocese and the canons of the Roman Catholic Church, and approved by the bishop, or in his absence by the vicar-general or by such administrator. The office of either of such priests shall become vacant by his removal out of such diocese, or in the discretion and on the direction of the bishop. The successor in office for the time being of such bishop, vicar-general or administrator and such chancellor, respectively, shall, by virtue of his office, be a trustee of such corporation in place of his predecessor.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-11 - Powers of trustees

16:15-11. Powers of trustees  Such first trustees and their successors shall, by such name of incorporation, be able and capable unlimitedly to: Acquire, purchase, receive, erect, have, hold and use leases, legacies, devises, donations, moneys, goods and chattels of all kinds, church edifices, schoolhouses, college buildings, seminaries, parsonages, sisters' houses, hospitals, orphan asylums, reformatories and all other kinds of religious, ecclesiastical, educational and charitable institutions, and the lands whereon the same are, or may be erected, and cemeteries or burying places and any lands, tenements and hereditaments suitable for any or all of said purposes, in any place or places in any such diocese; and the same or any part thereof, to lease, sell, grant, assign, demise, alien and dispose of; Sue and be sued; Adopt and use a common seal, and alter the same; Have perpetual succession; Make by-laws and rules not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or of the United States, for the regulation and management of their affairs, properties and institutions; Appoint such officers, agents and employees as they may require for the properties, institutions and business of the corporation; Borrow money from time to time for the purposes of the corporation, and to give bonds and mortgages therefor on any part or parts of its properties; Aid and assist such of the parishes in said diocese, or any of the institutions in such parishes, as said corporation may deem fit; Aid and assist students pursuing their studies for the priesthood, and to aid and assist in the maintenance of the priesthood of such diocese, in accordance with the statutes of the diocese and the canons of the Roman Catholic Church; Have the general management, direction and control of all the civil and temporal affairs of such diocese; Exercise any corporate powers necessary and proper to the carrying out of the above-enumerated powers, and to the carrying out of the purposes of such corporation and its institutions. Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 146, s. 13, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-12 - President and treasurer

16:15-12. President and treasurer  The bishop of such diocese shall, by virtue of his office, be the president and treasurer of the corporation, unless the board of trustees otherwise order unanimously. He shall have custody of the common seal, papers, documents, deeds, writings and books of or relating to the corporation, and may convene the trustees as occasion may require.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-13 - Secretary

16:15-13. Secretary  The corporation may elect annually, or at such periods as it may deem fit, one of its trustees to be the secretary, who shall keep the minutes and enter the orders, acts and proceedings of the corporation in a book kept for that purpose.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-14 - Corporate action by majority of members; sanction of bishop

16:15-14. Corporate action by majority of members; sanction of bishop  The proceedings, orders, acts, contracts or obligations of a majority of all the members of the corporation, but not of a less number, upon receiving the written sanction of the bishop, or in his absence, the vicar-general, or in case of a vacancy in their office, such administrator, shall be valid and effectual.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-15 - Dissolution not caused by failure of succession of trustees

16:15-15. Dissolution not caused by failure of succession of trustees  Any corporation created under this article shall not be dissolved by failure to continue the succession of trustees thereof at any time specified for the election of any such trustees.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:15-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:15-16 - Reincorporation under this article

16:15-16. Reincorporation under this article  Any diocesan or other religious organization incorporated under and by virtue of any law of this state, may organize under this article. Upon filing a certificate according to section 16:15-9 of this title, together with a certificate signed by the trustees of such existing association consenting to such organization, all the right, title and interest of such association in any real or personal property, and all its franchises and charter rights, shall be vested in such corporation, subject to all legal disabilities of such association, and the original incorporation of the association shall then be null and void.