C.R.S. Section 7-52-104
Succession to property upon death, resignation, or removal of person incorporated as corporation sole

In the event of the death or resignation of the archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding elder, or clergyman who has been incorporated as a corporation sole under sections 7-52-101 and 7-52-102, or such person’s removal from office by the person or body having the authority for such removal, the person’s successor in office as the corporation sole shall be vested with the title of all property held by the successor’s predecessor with the same power and authority over the property, subject to all the legal liabilities and obligations with reference to the property, upon the filing by the secretary of state, pursuant to part 3 of article 90 of this title, of a certificate of the successor’s commission or certified copy of the successor’s letter of election or appointment. In the interim between the appointment of a successor in office to the corporation sole, the person who is charged by the church or religious society pursuant to its constitution, canons, rites, regulations, or discipline to administer the church or religious society shall be vested with the title to any property held by the corporation sole with like powers and authority upon the filing by the secretary of state, pursuant to part 3 of article 90 of this title, of a certificate of the successor’s commission or certified copy of the successor’s letter of appointment as such administrator.

Source: Section 7-52-104 — Succession to property upon death, resignation, or removal of person incorporated as corporation sole, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-07.­pdf (accessed Dec. 24, 2024).

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