{"data":{"id":"us-vt/27-v.s.a.-861","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"27 V.S.A. § 861","heading":"Powers of trustees to hold realty","body":"The trustees of the several circuits and stations of the United Methodist Church and their successors in office shall have corporate powers, with perpetuity, for the purpose of taking and holding real or personal estate to support religious worship or for church sites, buildings, or parsonages and to maintain and support deaconesses’ homes and other religious work.","path":["Title 27: Property","Chapter 007: Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes","Subchapter 005: METHODIST CHURCH"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/27/007/00861","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:08Z","sha256":"26b5eed9d4d61d8b5e250d8b12ec0641a5d498936efe1bdec25dc628131bc285","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/27-v.s.a.-821-829","next":"us-vt/27-v.s.a.-862"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}