Ohio Code § 1715.40
Ohio Code § 1715.40. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 1715.40.
The board of trustees of a church organization or of a religious or charitable society
or association, or such organization or religious or charitable society or association
itself if incorporated, and all persons holding title to property in trust for it,
may, upon a two-thirds vote of the members of the organization present and voting
at a meeting called and held for that purpose, lease, transfer, convey, or encumber
such property to other boards of trustees of the same denomination, or to the board
of trustees of such organization, society, or association itself if incorporated in
this state; but such lease, transfer, conveyance, or encumbrance shall be made only
when the property transferred, leased, or encumbered, the proceeds thereof, or the
revenue arising from the use thereof is still to be used for the religious, missionary,
church, or specified charitable purposes for which such property is held at the time
of such lease, transfer, conveyance, or encumbrance.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1715.40
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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