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2020 West Virginia Code
Chapter 36. Estates and Property
Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act
§36-11-7. Capacity to Assert and Defend; Standing
Universal Citation: WV Code § 36-11-7 (2020)
(a) A nonprofit association, in its name, may institute, defend, intervene, or participate in a judicial, administrative or other governmental proceeding or in an arbitration, mediation or any other form of alternative dispute resolution.
(b) A nonprofit association may assert a claim in its name on behalf of its members if one or more members of the nonprofit association have standing to assert a claim in their own right, the interests the nonprofit association seeks to protect are germane to its purposes, and neither the claim asserted nor the relief requested requires the participation of a member.
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