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With the passage of the CARES Act and the Small Business Administration’s guidance that churches and ministries are eligible to apply for Paycheck Protection Loans…

FORCE MAJEURE, COVID-19, AND REAL ESTATE CONTRACTS

Why are real estate contracts so long? The initial REALTOR® Residential Resale Real Estate Purchase Contact was about one page – today, it is ten…

Will Lobbying Activity Put Your Church’s Tax-Exempt Status at Risk?

Tax exemption is one of the keystones of church law, with its foundations in the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Yet federal tax law…

Short-Term Rentals in Arizona to Continue Without Added Regulation

In early 2020, Arizona lawmakers introduced some proposed bills to the state’s House of Representatives that were aimed at increasing the number of regulations that…

Church Director Liability Under Arizona’s Volunteer Protection Statute

When a church director (typically a director is someone responsible for governing the church, such as a board of elders or other church board) is…

Landlords and Tenants—Which Laws Apply in Arizona?

The relationships between landlords and their tenants span the gamut from close (even familial or living in the same space) to the dreaded (and illegal)…

Government help for religious and charitable organizations in the coronavirus pandemic

The federal government recently passed the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” or the “CARES” Act. This Act is the latest in a series…

Keeping Church Information Confidential

Any church has its secrets. I don’t mean the “skeletons in the closet” kind. But spiritual life can be a highly personal and even private…

Specific Performance of Real Estate Contracts in Arizona

Like any other contract, an agreement for a sale and purchase of real estate is an enforceable document, and a breach of its terms entitles…

Church Director Liability Under the Federal Volunteers Protection Act

Passed in 1997, the Federal Volunteers Protection Act (VPA) was crafted with the purpose of limiting the amount of legal and financial liability that volunteers…

“Lis Pendens”—Suits Pending in Property Law

As any property lawyer can tell you, property law is a complex area of law, whose rights and duties are often defined by interweaving and…

The Recent Repeal By Congress of The Church Parking Tax