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KS Stat § 17-1732 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1732 Title to abandoned property of German Baptist Brethren church.

17-1732. Title to abandoned property of German Baptist Brethren church. The title to all abandoned property, both real, personal and mixed, belonging to or held in trust for or by any religious organization known as the German Baptist Brethren church, or the German Baptist church, that has or shall become extinct shall vest in and become the property of the Church of the Brethren, District of Kansas, and its successors and assigns: Provided, That this act shall not affect the reversionary interest of any person or persons, or corporation, now existing in any such property or any valid lien now existing thereon.History: L. 1968, ch. 345, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1733 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1733 Same; transfer when church extinct; determination.

17-1733. Same; transfer when church extinct; determination. Any German Baptist Brethren church or the German Baptist church in this state which (a) 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 said churches in this state for a period of two (2) consecutive years immediately prior thereto, (b) or whose members have so diminished in numbers or in financial strength as to render it impossible or impracticable for any such church or society to maintain religious worship or services, or to maintain its organization, (c) or to protect its property from exposure, waste and dilapidation, (d) or to fulfill the purposes for which it was organized, created or incorporated, shall be deemed and taken to be extinct and may by an order of the district court of the county in which such church or society has been theretofore situated to be so declared extinct and dissolved, and thereupon all the property of every kind of such church or society or property which may be held in trust for such church or society shall be transferred to, and the title and possession thereof vested absolutely in the said Church of the Brethren, District of Kansas.History: L. 1968, ch. 345, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1734 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1734 Same; procedure for transfer of property.

17-1734. Same; procedure for transfer of property. An application for such an order and disposition of property may be made by any member or officer of the Church of the Brethren, District of Kansas, or by proper officials of said church upon a verified petition setting forth the facts authorizing such order and disposition of property.Upon the presentation of such petition to the district court such court may proceed in a summary manner, after such notice as the court may prescribe, to inquire into the merits of such application; and if upon examination by the court it shall satisfactorily appear that the making of the order and disposition of the property applied for is necessary or proper, for any of the causes mentioned in K.S.A. 17-1733, such court shall make a final order, declaring such church or society extinct and dissolving the same, and transferring any property and the title and possession thereof which may belong to such church or society, or held in trust for such church or society, and vesting the same in the Church of the Brethren, District of Kansas; it being the intent and purpose of this act to preserve all property owned by or held in trust for any such extinct church or society for religious uses.History: L. 1968, ch. 345, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1735 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1735 Title to abandoned property of Church of the Nazarene.

17-1735. Title to abandoned property of Church of the Nazarene. The title to all abandoned property, both real, personal and mixed, belonging to or held in trust for any religious organization situated within the jurisdiction of the District Advisory Board of the Church of the Nazarene, Kansas District, and known as the Church of the Nazarene that has or shall become extinct shall vest in and become the property of the District Advisory Board of the Church of the Nazarene, Kansas District, and its successors and assigns: Provided, That this act shall not affect the reversionary interest of any person or persons, or corporation, now existing in any such property or any valid lien now existing thereon.History: L. 1971, ch. 74, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1736 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1736 Same; transfer when church extinct; determination.

17-1736. Same; transfer when church extinct; determination. Any Church of the Nazarene situated within the jurisdiction of the District Advisory Board of the Church of the Nazarene, Kansas District, in this state which, (a) 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 said churches in this state for a period of two (2) consecutive years immediately prior thereto, (b) or whose members have so diminished in numbers or in financial strength as to render it impossible or impracticable for any such church or society to maintain religious worship or services, or to maintain its organization, (c) or to protect its property from exposure, waste and dilapidation, (d) or to fulfill the purposes for which it was organized, created or incorporated, shall be deemed and taken to be extinct and may by an order of the district court of the county in which such church or society has been theretofore situated be declared extinct and dissolved, and thereupon all the property of every kind of such church or society or property which may be held in trust for such church or society shall be transferred to, and the title and possession thereof vested absolutely in the District Advisory Board of the Church of the Nazarene, Kansas District.History: L. 1971, ch. 74, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1737 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1737 Same; procedure for transfer of property.

17-1737. Same; procedure for transfer of property. An application for such an order and disposition of property may be made by any member or officer of the District Advisory Board of the Church of the Nazarene, Kansas District, or by proper officials of said church upon a verified petition setting forth the facts authorizing such order and disposition of property.Upon the presentation of such petition to the district court such court may proceed in a summary manner, after such notice as the court may prescribe, to inquire into the merits of such application; and if upon examination by the court it shall satisfactorily appear that the making of the order and disposition of the property applied for is necessary or proper, for any of the causes mentioned, such court shall make a final order, declaring such church or society extinct and dissolving the same, and transferring any property and the title and possession thereof which may belong to such church or society, or held in trust for such church or society, and vesting the same in the District Advisory Board of the Church of the Nazarene, Kansas District; it being the intent and purpose of this act to preserve all property owned by or held in trust for any such extinct church or society for religious uses.History: L. 1971, ch. 74, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1737a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1737a Titles to abandoned property of the Swedish evangelical mission association.

17-1737a. Titles to abandoned property of the Swedish evangelical mission association. The title to all abandoned property, both real, personal and mixed, belonging to or held in trust for or by any religious organization known as the Swedish evangelical mission association, that has or shall become extinct shall vest in and become the property of the midwest regional conference of the evangelical covenant church of America, a corporation, and its successors and assigns. This act shall not affect the reversionary interest of any person or persons, or corporation, now existing in any such property or any valid lien now existing thereon.History: L. 1976, ch. 292, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1737b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1737b Same; transfer when association extinct, determination.

17-1737b. Same; transfer when association extinct, determination. Any Swedish evangelical mission association in this state which (a) 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 said churches in this state for a period of two (2) consecutive years immediately prior thereto, (b) or whose members have so diminished in numbers or in financial strength as to render it impossible or impracticable for any such church or society to maintain religious worship or services, or to maintain its organization, (c) or to protect its property from exposure, waste and dilapidation, (d) or to fulfill the purposes for which it was organized, created or incorporated, shall be deemed and taken to be extinct and may by an order of the district court of the county in which such church or society has been theretofore situated to be so declared extinct and dissolved, and thereupon all the property of every kind of such church or society or property which may be held in trust for such church or society shall be transferred to, and the title and possession thereof vested absolutely in the said midwest regional conference of the evangelical covenant church of America, a corporation.History: L. 1976, ch. 292, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1737c (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1737c Same; procedure for transfer of property.

17-1737c. Same; procedure for transfer of property. An application for such an order and disposition of property may be made by any member or officer of the midwest regional conference of the evangelical covenant church of America, a corporation, or by proper officials of said church upon a verified petition setting forth the facts authorizing such order and disposition of property.Upon the presentation of such petition to the district court such court may proceed in a summary manner, after such notice as the court may prescribe, to inquire into the merits of such application; and if upon examination by the court it shall satisfactorily appear that the making of the order and disposition of the property applied for is necessary or proper, for any of the causes mentioned in K.S.A. 17-1737b, such court shall make a final order, declaring such church or society extinct and dissolving the same, and transferring any property and the title and possession thereof which may belong to such church or society, or held in trust for such church or society, and vesting the same in the midwest regional conference of the evangelical covenant church of America, a corporation, it being the intent and purpose of this act to preserve all property owned by or held in trust for any such extinct church or society for religious uses.History: L. 1976, ch. 292, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1738 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1738 Merger or consolidation of charitable corporations or associations; effect on gift, devise or bequest to any of original corporations or associations.

17-1738. Merger or consolidation of charitable corporations or associations; effect on gift, devise or bequest to any of original corporations or associations. Whenever one or more charitable corporations or associations shall merge into another such corporation or association or whenever two or more charitable corporations or associations shall combine or consolidate operations under a new corporation or association formed to assume the combined or unified operation and management of said original corporations or associations, such change of identity and/or mode of operation shall not cause a lapse of any gift, devise or bequest made or given to said original corporation or association so merged or consolidated, and said original corporation or association shall be considered to continue in existence, whether or not it is still formally in existence and active, for the purpose of enabling said prior corporation or association to receive or take any gift, legacy or devise made for its benefit and intended for its use and purpose the same as though merger, consolidation or other change had not been effected. Immediately upon the receipt of any such gift, legacy or devise the proceeds thereof and the title to such property shall vest in the corporation or association which shall have assumed operating control or into which the original corporation or corporations or association or associations shall have been merged or consolidated.History: L. 1972, ch. 56, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1753 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1753 Title to property of Free Methodist Church of North America.

17-1753. Title to property of Free Methodist Church of North America. The title to all abandoned property, both real, personal and mixed, belonging to or held in trust for or by any religious organization known as the Free Methodist Church of North America that has or shall become extinct shall vest in and become the property of the Great Plains Annual Conference of the Free Methodist Church of North America, a corporation, and its successors and assigns. This act shall not affect the reversionary interest of any person or persons, or corporation, now existing in any such property or any valid lien now existing thereon.History: L. 1984, ch. 84, § 1; April 5.
KS Stat § 17-1754 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1754 Same; transfer when church extinct; determination.

17-1754. Same; transfer when church extinct; determination. Any Free Methodist Church of North America in this state: (a) 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 the churches in this state for a period of two consecutive years immediately prior thereto; or(b) whose members have so diminished in numbers or in financial strength as to render it impossible or impracticable for any such church or society to: (1) Maintain religious worship or services, or to maintain its organization;(2) protect its property from exposure, waste and dilapidation; or(3) fulfill the purposes for which it was organized, created or incorporated, shall be deemed and taken to be extinct and may by an order of the district court of the county in which such church or society has been theretofore situated to be so declared extinct and dissolved, and thereupon all the property of every kind of such church or society or property which may be held in trust for such church or society shall be transferred to, and the title and possession thereof vested absolutely in the Great Plains Annual Conference of the Free Methodist Church of North America, a corporation.History: L. 1984, ch. 84, § 2; April 5.
KS Stat § 17-1755 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1755 Same; procedure for transfer of property.

17-1755. Same; procedure for transfer of property. An application for such an order and disposition of property may be made by any member or officer of the Great Plains Annual Conference of the Free Methodist Church of North America, a corporation, or by proper officials of the church upon a verified petition setting forth the facts authorizing such order and disposition of property.Upon the presentation of such petition to the district court the court may proceed in a summary manner, after such notice as the court may prescribe, to inquire into the merits of such application; and if upon examination by the court it shall satisfactorily appear that the making of the order and disposition of the property applied for is necessary or proper, for any of the causes mentioned in K.S.A. 17-1754, such court shall make a final order, declaring such church or society extinct and dissolving the same, and transferring any property and the title and possession thereof which may belong to such church or society, or held in trust for such church or society, and vesting the same in the Great Plains Annual Conference of the Free Methodist Church of North America, a corporation, it being the intent and purpose of this act to preserve all property owned by or held in trust for any such extinct church or society for religious uses.History: L. 1984, ch. 84, § 3; April 5.
KS Stat § 17-1756 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1756 Title to property of Assembly of God Church.

17-1756. Title to property of Assembly of God Church. The title to all abandoned property, both real, personal and mixed, belonging to or held in trust for or by any Assembly of God Church or Assembly of God religious organization that has or shall become extinct shall vest in and become the property of the Kansas District Council Assemblies of God, Inc., a corporation, and its successors and assigns. This act shall not affect the reversionary interest of any person or persons, or corporation, now existing in any such property or any valid lien now existing thereon.History: L. 1985, ch. 85, § 1; April 11.
KS Stat § 17-1757 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1757 Same; transfer when church extinct; determination.

17-1757. Same; transfer when church extinct; determination. Any Assembly of God Church or religious organization in this state: (a) 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 the churches in this state for a period of two consecutive years immediately prior thereto; or(b) whose members have so diminished in numbers or in financial strength as to render it impossible or impracticable for any such church or organization to:(1) Maintain religious worship or services, or to maintain its organization;(2) protect its property from exposure, waste and dilapidation; or(3) fulfill the purposes for which it was organized, created or incorporated, shall be deemed and taken to be extinct and may by an order of the district court of the county in which such church or organization has been theretofore situated to be so declared extinct and dissolved, and thereupon all the property of every kind of such church or organization or property which may be held in trust for such church or organization shall be transferred to, and the title and possession thereof vested absolutely in the Kansas District Council Assemblies of God, Inc., a corporation.History: L. 1985, ch. 85, § 2; April 11.
KS Stat § 17-1758 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1758 Same; procedure for transfer of property.

17-1758. Same; procedure for transfer of property. An application for such an order and disposition of property may be made by any member or officer of the Kansas District Council Assemblies of God, Inc., a corporation, or by proper officials of the church upon a verified petition setting forth the facts authorizing such order and disposition of property.Upon the presentation of such petition to the district court, the court may proceed in a summary manner, after such notice as the court may prescribe, to inquire into the merits of such application; and if upon examination by the court it shall satisfactorily appear that the making of the order and disposition of the property applied for is necessary or proper, for any of the causes mentioned in K.S.A. 17-1757, such court shall make a final order, declaring such church or organization extinct and dissolving the same, and transferring any property and the title and possession thereof which may belong to such church or organization, or held in trust for such church or organization, and vesting the same in the Kansas District Council Assemblies of God, Inc., a corporation, it being the intent and purpose of this act to preserve all property owned by or held in trust for any such extinct church or organization for religious uses.History: L. 1985, ch. 85, § 3; April 11.
KS Stat § 17-1759 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1759 Solicitations by charitable organizations; title of act.

17-1759. Solicitations by charitable organizations; title of act. K.S.A. 17-1759 through 17-1776, and amendments thereto and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-1778, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the charitable organizations and solicitations act.History: L. 1988, ch. 96, § 1; L. 2021, ch. 110, § 11; May 27.
KS Stat § 17-1760 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 17 - Religious, Charitable And Other Organizations|17-1760 Same; definitions.

17-1760. Same; definitions. As used in this act:(a) "Charitable organization" means any person who engages in the activity of soliciting funds or donations for, or purported to be for, any fraternal, benevolent, social, educational, alumni, historical, humane, public health or other charitable purpose. Charitable organization does not include political parties, political candidates or committees formed in support of political candidates or political parties;(b) "charitable purpose" means any purpose which promotes, or purports to promote, directly or indirectly, the well-being of the public at large or any number of persons, or any humane purpose, whether such well-being is in general or limited to certain activities, endeavors or projects;(c) "person" means any individual, group, association, partnership, corporation, trust or any combination thereof;(d) "professional fund raiser" means any person, who is retained under contract or otherwise compensated by or on behalf of a charitable organization primarily for the purpose of soliciting funds. Professional fund raiser includes a person who plans, manages, advises, consults or prepares material for solicitations. Professional fund raiser shall not include any bona fide employee of a charitable organization who receives regular compensation and is not primarily employed for the purpose of soliciting funds, or an attorney, investment counselor, or banker who in the conduct of such profession advises a client to make a contribution;(e) "professional solicitor" means any person who is employed or retained for compensation by a professional fund raiser to solicit contributions for charitable purposes from persons in this state; and(f) "solicitation" means any request or appeal, either oral or written, or any endeavor to obtain, seek or plead for funds, property, financial assistance or other thing of value, including the promise or grant of any money or property of any kind or value for a charitable purpose, but excluding:(1) Direct grants or allocation of funds received or solicited from any affiliated fund-raising organization by a member agency; and(2) unsolicited contributions received from any individual donor, foundation, trust, governmental agency or other source, unless such contributions are received in conjunction with a solicitation drive.History: L. 1988, ch. 96, § 2; L. 1990, ch. 84, § 1; July 1.