Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 79-11-401 (2026)
Application to religious corporations
✓ current as of July 2026
Except as may be otherwise provided in Sections 79-11-31, 79-11-33 and 79-11-403, Section 79-11-101 et seq. apply to religious corporations.
Laws, 1988, ch. 417, § 10, eff. 7/1/1988.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1994–2003 · leading case: Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church v. Wallace, 835 So. 2d 67 (Miss. 2003).
Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church v. Wallace, 835 So. 2d 67 (Miss. 2003). “Miss.Code Ann. § 79-11-401, dealing with applicability of the Nonprofit Corporation Act to religious corporations, does not except Miss.”
Hattiesburg Area Senior Serv., Inc. v. Lamar Cnty., 633 So. 2d 440 (Miss. 1994). “Miss. Code Ann. § 79-11-401 (Rev. 1989).”
Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church v. G. W. Wallace (Miss. 2002). “Miss. Code Ann. § 79-11-401 , dealing with applicability of the Nonprofit Corporation Act to religious corporations, does not except Miss.”
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