§429-7 Capacity to assert and defend; standing. (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. [L 1999, c 161, pt of §1]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 23A. Other Business Entities
429. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act
429-2 Supplementary general principles of law and equity.
429-3 Territorial application.
429-4 Real and personal property; nonprofit association as legatee, devisee, or beneficiary.
429-5 Statement of authority as to real property.
429-6 Liability in contract and tort.
429-7 Capacity to assert and defend; standing.
429-8 Effect of judgment or order.
429-9 Disposition of personal property of inactive nonprofit association.
429-10 Appointment of agent to receive service of process.