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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
When any individual church, board, or agency of any religious organization shall become inactive or extinct, by reason of there being no resident or active trustees representing it or otherwise, the court of common pleas of the county wherein said church, board, or agency is located may appoint, as trustees of said church, board, or agency, the trustees or body corporate of the superior judicatory with which such church had been connected, when the territory covered by the said superior judicatory is within the State, or the trustees of the State body or organization representative of the denomination of which said church was a member, or any other appropriate board or agency of such religious organization, if duly incorporated under the laws of any State of the United States, to take, to administer, hold, and dispose of the title to the property of said church.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 10 P.S. Charities and Welfare § 103. Trustees for property of inactive or extinct local church - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-10-ps-charities-and-welfare/pa-st-sect-10-103/
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