17-1716h. Same; procedure for transfer.
17-1716h
17-1716h. Same; procedure for transfer.
An application for such an order and disposition of property may be made
by any member or officer of the nearest active Church of Christ (not
using instrumental music) (geographically) located in Kansas, or by any
member of the abandoned or extinct church upon a verified petition
setting forth the facts authorizing such order and disposition of
property.
Upon the presentation of such petition to the district court such
court may proceed in a summary manner, after such notice as the court
may prescribe, to inquire into the merits of such application; and if
upon examination by the court it shall satisfactorily appear that the
making of the order and disposition of the property applied for is
necessary or proper, for any of the causes mentioned in K.S.A. 17-1716g,
such court shall make a final order, declaring such church
extinct and dissolving the same, and transferring any property and the
title and possession thereof which may belong to such church, or held in
trust for such church, and vesting the same in the active Church of
Christ (not using instrumental music) located nearest geographically to
the abandoned or extinct church; it being the intent and purpose of this
act to preserve all property owned by or held in trust for any such
extinct church for religious uses.
History: L. 1970, ch. 86, § 6; July 1.