2007 Minnesota Statutes

315.17 PARISH OF PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
    Subdivision 1. Formation of corporation. A parish of the Protestant Episcopal church
organized under and in conformity with the constitution and canons of any diocese in this state
may form a corporation, as follows. The parish shall prepare a certificate containing:
(1) the name and location of the parish;
(2) the name of the rector, if any, and of the church wardens, and the names and number of
the vestry members, which must be at least three, and not more than 12; and
(3) the date of the organization of the parish.
    Subd. 2. Certificate signed. The certificate must be signed and acknowledged by the rector,
if any, and by a majority of the wardens and vestry members.
    Subd. 3. Recording certificate; powers. Upon signing, acknowledging, and recording the
certificate with the county recorder of the county of its location, the parish becomes a corporation
by the name specified in its certificate. Through its officers, it may transact parish business,
including calling a rector and determining the rector's salary. In its corporate name, it may acquire
or receive, by purchase, gift, grant, devise, or bequest, any property, real, personal, or mixed, and
hold, sell, transfer, mortgage, convey, loan, let, or otherwise use the property for the use and
benefit of the parish if the use does not contravene the laws and usages of the Protestant Episcopal
church of the state. It may not divert a gift, grant, or bequest from the purpose specified in writing
by the donor, or devisor. It may not sell, convey, or mortgage its church or church site unless
first authorized so to do in a meeting of the parish called for that purpose, nor in contravention
of the canons of the diocese or of the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal church
of the United States.
History: (7977, 7978) RL s 3146, 3147; 1921 c 255 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1985 c 265 art
5 s 1; 2005 c 4 s 47