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NEW HAMPSHIRE

TITLE XXIX
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES
CHAPTER 306
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES GENERALLY
Section 306:4
306:4 Corporate Powers. - The trustees, deacons, church wardens or other similar officers of churches or religious societies, if citizens of the United States, shall be deemed bodies corporate for the purpose of taking and holding in succession grants and donations, whether of real or personal estate, made either to them and their successors, or to their respective churches, or to the poor of their churches.
Source. RS 144:8. CS 153:8. GS 139:6. GL 153:6. PS 152:4. PL 232:4. RL 281:4.

Section 306:7
306:7 Conveyances. - No conveyance of the lands of a church shall be effectual to pass the same if made by the trustees or deacons without the consent of the church, or a committee of the church appointed for that purpose, or if made by the church wardens without the consent of the vestry.
Source. RS 144:11. CS 153:11. GS 139:9. GL 153:9. PS 152:7. PL 232:7. RL 281:7.

CHAPTER 307
SALE, REPAIRS, ETC., OF MEETINGHOUSES
Sale
Section 307:2
307:2 By Corporation. - If a meetinghouse belongs to a corporation, the corporation may sell and convey it as other corporations may sell and convey real estate.
Source. 1858, 2107:1, 2. GS 140:5. GL 154:5. PS 153:2. PL 233:2. RL 282:2.
CHAPTER 308
DISSOLUTION
Voluntary Dissolution
Section 308:3
308:3 Transfer of Property. - A religious society may, by a 2/3 vote at a meeting legally called for that purpose, vote to convey and transfer all of its right, title, and interest in and to all of its property, real and personal, including property and funds held by it in trust, to either the local church organization, to the state organization of churches or, if there is no state organization, to any general organization of churches with which such society is affiliated.
Source. 1917, 42:3. PL 234:3. RL 283:3.

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