2015 Code of Alabama
Title 10A - ALABAMA BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT ENTITIES CODE.
Chapter 20 - SPECIAL PURPOSE ENTITIES.
Article 2 - Churches, Public Societies, and Graveyard Owners.
Section 10A-20-2.03 - Independence of church corporations in control of real property.
(a) Unless otherwise clearly stated in the deed or other instrument under which any church corporation organized under this article derives title or unless afterwards approved by a majority of the adult members of the congregation of the church at a meeting held after announcement from the pulpit of the church at least seven days from the date of the announcement, the church corporation, whether heretofore or hereafter organized and incorporated under this article, shall be, and shall remain, a distinct and independent church corporation free from the regulation and control of any higher church body, denomination, or other organization with which it is now, or hereafter, associated or affiliated insofar as the management, control, disposition, or alienation of its real property is concerned.
(b) The provisions of this section shall in nowise be construed as conferring on any church organized under this article greater power of control over its real property than it possessed prior to its passage nor shall this section be construed as diminishing in any respect the control or supervision of the real property of the church organized under this article exercised by any higher church body, denomination, or other organization prior to its passage.
(Acts 1953, No. 647, p. 906, §§1, 2; §10-4-22; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §326.)Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Alabama may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
