New York Religious Corporations Law Article 15 -

• 290 - Application of Article.
  1. This article applies to all churches, congregations, societies, parishes, committees and other local organizations governed by jurisdictions, bishoprics, dioceses, missions of any Orthodox Patriarchate,...
• 291 - Application for Incorporation.
  An unincorporated congregation, church, parish or society may apply to the appropriate hierarch, bishop or administrator for permission to incorporate under this article. When such...
• 292 - Notice of Meeting for Incorporation.
  Notice of a meeting for the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated parish, congregation, church, society or committee to which this article is applicable shall be...
• 293 - Provisions Governing Meetings for Incorporation and Resolutions to Be Adopted Thereat.
  1. At the meeting for incorporation, held in pursuance of such notice, qualified voters shall be those qualified under the by-laws of such unincorporated church,...
• 294 - Certificate of Incorporation.
  1. A certificate of incorporation for a church, society, or committee, to which this article is applicable shall be executed and acknowledged by the trustees...
• 295 - Government: Powers and Duties of Trustees.
  1. Every church, parish, congregation, society, or committee incorporated or re-incorporated, pursuant to this article, shall recognize and be and remain subject to the jurisdiction...
• 296 - Re-Incorporation of Existing Corporations.
  Any heretofore incorporated church, congregation, parish, society, or committee, to which this article is applicable, may re-incorporate under the provisions of this article by the...

Last modified: February 3, 2019