Alaska Statutes Title 10, Chapter 10.40 - Religious Corporations

• Sec. 10.40.010 Authorized Purposes.
  A corporation may be formed for acquiring, holding, or disposing of church or religious society property, for the benefit of religion, for works of...
• Sec. 10.40.015 Distinguishable Name.
  A corporate name must be distinguishable on the records of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development from the name of another organized...
• Sec. 10.40.020 Execution of Articles of Incorporation.
  An archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding elder, or clergyman, of a church or religious society,...
• Sec. 10.40.030 Filing and Recording of Articles of Incorporation.
  One copy of the articles shall be filed with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; one copy shall be filed in the...
• Sec. 10.40.040 Contents of Articles of Incorporation.
  The articles of incorporation must specify(1) the name of the corporation;(2) the purpose of the corporation;(3) the estimated value of its property at the...
• Sec. 10.40.050 Amendment of Articles and Change of Seal.
  A corporation formed under this chapter may alter or amend its articles of incorporation and change its seal. The amendment and change of seal...
• Sec. 10.40.060 Corporate Existence.
  Upon the filing of the articles of incorporation for record the person subscribing the articles and a successor in office by the name or...
• Sec. 10.40.070 Corporate Powers.
  A corporation organized under this chapter may(1) acquire by donation, gift, bequest, devise, or purchase, and hold and maintain real and personal property, and...
• Sec. 10.40.080 Requirements for Instruments.
  All deeds and other instruments of writing shall be made in the name of the corporation and signed by the person representing the corporation...
• Sec. 10.40.090 Filing Impression of Seal.
  An impression of the corporate seal shall be filed with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
• Sec. 10.40.100 Articles As Evidence of Corporate Existence.
  The articles of incorporation or a certified copy of those filed with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development are evidence of the...
• Sec. 10.40.105 Biennial Report.
  A corporation formed under this chapter shall file a biennial report with the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development setting out the real...
• Sec. 10.40.110 Succession to Property Upon Death, Resignation, or Removal of Person Incorporated As Corporation Sole.
  In the event of the death or resignation of the archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding...
• Sec. 10.40.120 Succession to Property on Death, Resignation, or Removal of Person Not Incorporated As Corporation Sole.
  Upon the death, resignation, or removal of an archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding elder, or...
• Sec. 10.40.125 Other Transactions.
  A corporation formed under this chapter may enter into mergers, interest exchanges, conversions, and domestications under AS 10.55 (Alaska Entity Transactions Act).
• Sec. 10.40.130 Service of Process.
  (a) A corporation organized under this chapter shall continuously maintain on file with the department the name and address of a person designated to...
• Sec. 10.40.140 Fees and Penalties.
  (a) Any document required to be filed with the commissioner under this chapter shall be accompanied by a fee to be established by the...
• Sec. 10.40.145 Cancellation of Filings.
  The provisions in AS 10.06 (Alaska Corporations Code) relating to the cancellation of certain corporate filings apply to religious corporations.
• Sec. 10.40.150 Involuntary Dissolution.
  (a) The commissioner, upon 60 days notice to the corporation, may involuntarily dissolve a corporation formed under this chapter, for(1) failure to file within...

Last modified: November 15, 2016