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Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.251 (2026)

Protestant Episcopal church; incorporation, procedure; body corporate.

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PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCHES


Act 40 of 1899


458.251 Protestant Episcopal church; incorporation, procedure; body corporate.

Sec. 1.

    It shall be lawful for any 6 or more persons, professing attachment to the Protestant Episcopal church, to execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, 1 or more duplicate articles of agreement, in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church according to the usages of the Protestant Episcopal church, by the name and style set forth in such articles; and upon the execution and acknowledgment and filing thereof, as herein provided, such church shall become a body politic and corporate, by the name set forth in said articles, in accordance with the constitution, canons, doctrine, discipline and worship of the Protestant Episcopal church.

History: 1899, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10928 ;-- CL 1929, 10936 ;-- CL 1948, 458.251

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1982–1982 · leading case: Bennison v. Sharp, 329 N.W.2d 466 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982).
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Bennison v. Sharp, 329 N.W.2d 466 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “Paul’s Episcopal Church is an ecclesiastical corporation organized in 1871 and incorporated in 1901 under 1899 PA 40 , MCL 458.251 et seq.; MSA 21.1851 et seq., an act providing for the incorporation of Protestant Episcopal Churches.”
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