N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 296: Re-incorporation of existing corporations

§ 296. Re-incorporation of existing corporations. Any heretofore

incorporated church, congregation, parish, society, or committee, to

which this article is applicable, may re-incorporate under the

provisions of this article by the same procedure hereinbefore set forth

for incorporation substituting, at appropriate places, the word

"re-incorporate" for "incorporate" and filing the certificate of

re-incorporation in the office of the county clerk in the county in

which its principal place of worship or office is located. Immediately

upon the filing of such certificate all the right, title, equity and

interest of such organization or corporation in any estate, real or

personal, together with all franchise and charter rights, shall be

vested in the corporation so created under this article, and the

original corporation shall be null and void.