10-11902. Requirements for formation A person vested with the legal title to property of a church or religious society in conformity with its constitution, canons, rites or regulations, and of a scientific research institution maintained solely for pure research and without expectation of pecuniary gain or profit, may make and subscribe to written articles of incorporation, acknowledge them as deeds are required to be acknowledged, file them in the office of the corporation commission and record a duplicate of the articles in the office of the county recorder of each county in which real property of the corporation is situated, together with an impression of the seal which it adopts.
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