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805 ILCS 110/35 (2026)

Any church, congregation or society formed for the purposes of religious worship, may become incorporated in the manner following: By electing or appointing, according to its usages or customs, at any meeting held for that purpose, two or more of its members as trustees, wardens and vestrymen, (or such other officers whose powers and duties are similar to those of trustees, as shall be agreeable to the usages and customs, rules or regulations of such congregation, church or society), and may adopt a corporate name; and upon the filing of the affidavit, as hereinafter provided, it shall be and remain a body politic and corporate, by the name so adopted

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(805 ILCS 110/35) (from Ch. 32, par. 164)
    Sec. 35. Any church, congregation or society formed for the purposes of religious worship, may become incorporated in the manner following: By electing or appointing, according to its usages or customs, at any meeting held for that purpose, two or more of its members as trustees, wardens and vestrymen, (or such other officers whose powers and duties are similar to those of trustees, as shall be agreeable to the usages and customs, rules or regulations of such congregation, church or society), and may adopt a corporate name; and upon the filing of the affidavit, as hereinafter provided, it shall be and remain a body politic and corporate, by the name so adopted.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1995–2014 · leading case: The Diocese of Quincy v. The Episcopal Church, 2014 IL App (4th) 130901 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014).
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The Diocese of Quincy v. The Episcopal Church, 2014 IL App (4th) 130901 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “See 805 ILCS 110/35 (West 2012) (organizations formed for the purpose of religious worship may become incorporated under the Religious Corporation Act).”
Rizzuto v. Rematt, 653 N.E.2d 34 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995). “It was incorporated in Illinois in 1919 when its charter was filed pursuant to the Religious Corporation Act of Illinois (805 ILCS 110/35 (West 1992)). On May 2, 1919, the Church members, representatives and beneficiaries, and its trustee and Archbishop executed a trust…”
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