1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, no new corporation sole may be formed in this State on or after June 9, 2009. A corporation sole formed pursuant to this chapter before June 9, 2009, may continue in existence until the corporation is dissolved or its charter is revoked. A corporation sole that has its charter revoked pursuant to NRS 84.140 may be reinstated as provided in NRS 84.150.

2. Until July 1, 2011, an archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding elder, district superintendent, other presiding officer or member of the clergy of a church or religious society or denomination, who has been chosen, elected or appointed in conformity with the constitution, canons, rites, regulations or discipline of the church or religious society or denomination, and in whom is vested the legal title to property held for the purposes, use or benefit of the church or religious society or denomination, may form a new corporation sole if such person:

(a) Is affiliated with and subordinate to the authority of a superior corporation sole which is in good standing under the laws of this State; and

(b) Provides a statement, executed under penalty of perjury, by the presiding officer of the superior corporation sole attesting to the affiliation and stating the name of the superior corporation sole, the name and title of the presiding officer of the superior corporation sole and the nature of the affiliation between the superior corporation sole and the subordinate corporation sole.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 2834)