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N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 53: Copies of documents and statements to be filed

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  1. Civil Rights Law
  2. Article 5-A. Membership Corporations and Unincorporated Associations

§ 53. Copies of documents and statements to be filed. Every existing

membership corporation, and every existing unincorporated association

having a membership of twenty or more persons, which corporation or

association requires an oath as a prerequisite or condition of

membership, other than a labor union, a fraternity or sorority having

chapters composed only of students in or alumni of colleges and

universities in this and another state or states, or a chapter of such

fraternity or sorority, or a benevolent order mentioned in the

benevolent orders law, within thirty days after this article takes

effect, and every such corporation or association hereafter organized,

within ten days after the adoption thereof, shall file with the

secretary of state a sworn copy of its constitution, by-laws, rules,

regulations and oath of membership, together with a roster of its

membership and a list of its officers for the current year. Every such

corporation and association shall, in case its constitution, by-laws,

rules, regulations or oath of membership or any part thereof, be

revised, changed, or amended, within ten days after such revision or

amendment file with the secretary of state a sworn copy of such revised,

changed or amended constitution, by-law, rule, regulation or oath of

membership. Every such corporation or association shall within thirty

days after a change has been made in its officers file with the

secretary of state a sworn statement showing such change. Every such

corporation or association shall at intervals of six months file with

the secretary of state a sworn statement showing the names and addresses

of such additional members as have been received in such corporation or

association during such interval.

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