Georgia Code, Title 14, Chapter 5, Article 3 - Corporations Organized for Religious, Fraternal, or Educational Purposes

• § 14-5-40 - Applicability of Chapter 3 of Title
  Chapter 3 of this title shall be fully applicable to all nonprofit corporations organized for religious, fraternal, or educational purposes, including incorporated churches, religious...
• § 14-5-41 - Validity of Contracts and Deposits; Enforcement
  All contracts made with any nonprofit corporation referred to in Code Section 14-5-40, all deposits for its account, and all conveyances of title to...
• § 14-5-42 - Authority to Act As Trustee of Charitable Trust
  Nonprofit corporation(s) referred to in Code Section 14-5-40 created prior to April 1, 1969, or created thereafter pursuant to this article are authorized to...
• § 14-5-43 - Church Represented by Majority; Effect of Withdrawal of Part of Congregation
  The majority of those who adhere to its organization and doctrines represent a church. The withdrawal by one part of a congregation from the...
• § 14-5-44 - Church Edifice Liable to Sale for Debt
  In the absence of other property, where a church congregation has incurred a valid debt the church edifice and site are liable to sale...
• § 14-5-45 - Interference by Courts With Management of Church
  Courts are reluctant to interpose in questions affecting the management of the temporalities of a church; but, when property is devoted to a specific...
• § 14-5-46 - Conveyances to Churches or Religious Societies Confirmed
  All deeds of conveyance executed before April 1, 1969, or thereafter for any lots of land within this state to any person or persons,...
• § 14-5-47 - Authority of Churches or Religious Societies Over Trustees Holding Land for Their Use
  All trustees to whom conveyances are or shall be executed, for the purposes expressed in Code Section 14-5-46, shall be subject to the authority...
• § 14-5-48 - Vacancies in Administration of Land Trusts for Use of Churches and Religious Societies; Certificate of Appointment
  Every church or religious society is authorized to fill all vacancies which may arise in the administration of the trusts described in Code Section...
• § 14-5-49 - Applicability of Code Sections 14-5-46 Through 14-5-48 to Other Societies
  Code Sections 14-5-46 through 14-5-48 shall be so construed as to apply to all societies whether social, charitable, secret, or masonic or by whatever...
• § 14-5-50 - Corporate Rights Generally
  The societies referred to in Code Section 14-5-49 shall be bodies politic and corporate for the purposes of receiving in their distinct and proper...
• § 14-5-51 - Powers of Eleemosynary and Religious Corporations Extended
  Any eleemosynary or religious corporation created in this state prior to April 1, 1969, or thereafter chartered is by virtue of its existence authorized,...

Last modified: October 14, 2016