{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-religious-corporations-law-163","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 163","heading":"Time, place and notice of corporate meetings","body":"§ 163. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings.  The annual\ncorporate meeting of every church incorporated under this article shall\nbe held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws, or if no time and\nplace be so fixed, then at a time and place to be first fixed by its\ntrustees, but to be changed only by a by-law adopted at an annual\nmeeting. A special corporate meeting of any such church may be called by\nthe board of trustees thereof, on its own motion, and shall be called on\nthe written request of at least ten qualified voters of such church. The\ntrustees shall cause notice of the time and place of its annual\ncorporate meeting, and of the names of any trustees whose successors are\nto be elected thereat, and if a special meeting, of the business to be\ntransacted thereat, to be publicly read by the minister of such church\nor any trustees thereof at a regular meeting of the church for public\nworship, on the two successive Sundays immediately preceding such\nmeeting.","path":["Religious Corporations Law","Article 8. Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/RCO/163","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"541c4f3acc5d930db8d8a8259f326c27831a3e4e56331bc893f065aed6c6ec92","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-religious-corporations-law-162","next":"us-ny/n.y.-religious-corporations-law-164"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}