N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 431: Property of extinct Assemblies of God churches

§ 431. Property of extinct Assemblies of God churches. 1. All

property, both real and personal, belonging to or held in trust for any

Assemblies of God church, incorporated or reincorporated or supervisory

under this article, that has or shall become extinct, shall at the

option of the New York district of the Assemblies of God, vest in and

become the property of the New York district of the Assemblies of God

and its successors and assigns; provided that this section shall not

affect the reversionary interests of any person or corporation in such

property or any valid lien thereon.

2. An Assemblies of God church, incorporated or reincorporated under

this article, which fails to hold regular worship services, such

services being distinguished from committee or business meetings, for a

period of six months, may be declared by the New York district of the

Assemblies of God to be dissolved and extinct, said New York district of

the Assemblies of God being the immediate supervisory body over the

local church within this state.

3. Whenever the New York district of the Assemblies of God dissolves

or declares extinct a particular church under this section; upon

petition by the New York district of the Assemblies of God to the

supreme or county court and upon satisfactory proof of the facts leading

to such dissolution, the court shall have jurisdiction to grant an order

to the effect that all property of whatever kind which may have belonged

to or have been held by said church shall vest in the New York district

of the Assemblies of God in as full and ample a manner as the same shall

theretofore have been vested in the church so declared to be dissolved

and extinct. There shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the

county in which the church is located, a certified copy of the

resolution of the New York district of the Assemblies of God declaring

such church extinct and the court order transferring the title of the

church property; and the recording of such a resolution and court order

shall be proof of the vesting of title of the real property of such

church in the New York district of the Assemblies of God.