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Can Any Superior Court Judge Access Your Church's Books?

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The California Corporations Code allows for the incorporation of a corporation sole by the bishop, chief priest, presiding elder, or other presiding officer of any religious denomination, society, or church, for the purpose...more

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Are Religious Corporations Constitutional?

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Like Gaul, the California Nonprofit Corporation Law has three major parts ("Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres').  These three parts govern the formation and operation of three different types of nonprofit corporations:...more

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How A Corporation Can Become Religious Without Converting

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Although I have yet to encounter the situation, California provides a mechanism for a corporation formed under the General Corporation Law to become a nonprofit religious corporation.  Since religion is involved, it may come...more

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A Corporation May Get Religion, But Not Easily

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Section 206 of the California Corporations Code provides that a corporation organized under the General Corporation Law may engage in any "business activity", subject to any limitation contained in its articles of...more

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