2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes Article 4 - Voluntary Organizations and Associations.

Article 4.

Voluntary Organizations and Associations.

§ 39‑24.� Authority to acquire and hold real estate.

Voluntary organizations and associations of individuals organized for charitable, fraternal, religious, social or patriotic purposes, when organized for the purposes which are not prohibited by law, are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire real estate and to hold the same in their common or corporate names and may sue and be sued in their common or corporate names concerning real estate so held: Provided, that voluntary organizations and associations of individuals, within the meaning of this Article, shall not include associations, partnerships or copartnerships which are organized to engage in any business, trade, or profession. (1939, c. 133, s. 1; 1951, c. 86; 1965, c. 809.)

 

§ 39‑25.� Title vested; conveyance; probate.

Where real estate has been or may be hereafter conveyed to such organizations or associations in their common or corporate name the said title shall vest in said organizations, and may be conveyed by said organization in its common name, when such conveyance is authorized by resolution of the body duly constituted and held, by a deed signed by its chairman or president, and its secretary or treasurer, or such officer as is the custodian of its common seal with its official seal affixed, the said conveyance to be proven and probated in the same manner as provided by law for deeds by corporations, and conveyances thus made by such organizations and associations shall convey good and fee simple title to said land. (1939, c. 133, s. 2.)

 

§ 39‑26.� Effect as to conveyances by trustees.

Nothing in this Article shall be deemed in any manner to change the law with reference to the holding and conveyance of land by the trustees of churches or other voluntary organizations where such land is conveyed to and held by such trustees. (1939, c. 133, s. 3.)

 

§ 39‑27.� Prior deeds validated.

All deeds heretofore executed in conformity with this Article are declared to be sufficient to pass title to real estate held by such organizations. (1939, c. 133, s. 4.)