2014 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 16 - CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS, RELIGIOUS
Section 16:20-3 - Procedure for becoming incorporated as a church
16:20-3. Procedure for becoming incorporated as a church
3. An unincorporated church in this State may become incorporated as a church by executing, acknowledging and filing a certificate of incorporation, stating the corporate name by which that church shall be known in the county and municipality where its principal place of worship is, or is intended to be located. A certificate of incorporation of an unincorporated church in this State shall be executed and acknowledged by the Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese in which its place of worship is located and by two or more persons who shall be appointed by the bishop from among the priests and deacons of that church. Upon filing that certificate of incorporation, that church shall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate.
L.1993,c.148,s.3.
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