Sec. 12.
In all cases where property belonging to any church society incorporated under the provisions of this act has been abandoned or is no longer used for the purpose for which said property was acquired or for the benefit of said church society, and has not been conveyed by said society, under the provisions of this act, or said corporation has dissolved or become extinct, the title to said property belonging to said corporation shall pass to the annual conference within whose bounds said property is located. And such annual conference may by such officer or committee as said conference may designate, for that purpose apply to the circuit court for the county in which said property may be, for license to sell the same. And such license may be granted by said court, after such notice of said application as the court may direct, and thereupon said property may be sold and the proceeds of such sale applied or used as said annual conference may direct.
History: 1949, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Last modified: October 10, 2016