Kansas Statutes § 17-1716g Same; which churches deemed extinct; court order.

17-1716g. Same; which churches deemed extinct; court order. Any Church of Christ (not using instrumental music) in this state which has ceased or failed to maintain religious worship or services, or to use its property for religious worship or services according to the tenets, usages and customs of said churches in this state for a period of two (2) consecutive years immediately prior thereto, or whose members have so diminished in numbers or in financial strength as to render it impossible or impracticable for any such church to maintain religious worship or services, or to maintain its organization, or to protect its property from exposure, waste and dilapidation, or to fulfill the purposes for which it was organized, created or incorporated, shall be deemed and taken to be extinct and may by order of the district court of the county in which such church has been theretofore situated be so declared extinct and dissolved; and thereupon all the property of every kind of such church or property which may be held in trust for such church shall be transferred to, and the title and possession thereof by order of the court be vested in the nearest active Church of Christ (not using instrumental music) (geographically) located within the state of Kansas. History: L. 1970, ch. 86, § 5; July 1.