16:5-26 - Disbanding or ceasing to function; passage of title to synod or district - New Jersey Statutes

16:5-26.  Disbanding or ceasing to function;  passage of title to synod or district
    In the event that any incorporated Lutheran Church or congregation disbands,  or ceases to function or to conduct public worship or fails to elect a board of  trustees for more than 2 years after such election should have been held  pursuant to this act or to the by-laws of the corporation and the property of  such church or congregation is not properly maintained, the title to all such  property shall pass to and be vested in the synod or district or its successor  with which the said church or congregation is affiliated at the time of such  default, nonuser or abandonment, and thereupon the said synod or district shall  have the unrestricted right to use or dispose of such property.

     L.1957, c. 82, p. 159, s. 14.  Amended by L.1962, c. 53, s. 11.