(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.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 36. Estates and Property
Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act
§36-11-2. Supplementary General Principles of Law and Equity
§36-11-3. Territorial Application
§36-11-4. Real and Personal Property; Nonprofit Association as Legatee, Devisee or Beneficiary
§36-11-5. Statement of Authority as to Real Property
§36-11-6. Liability in Tort and Contract
§36-11-7. Capacity to Assert and Defend; Standing
§36-11-8. Effect of Judgment or Order
§36-11-9. Disposition of Personal Property of Inactive Nonprofit Association
§36-11-10. Appointment of Agent to Receive Service of Process
§36-11-11. Claim Not Abated by Change of Members or Officers
§36-11-13. Summons and Complaint; Service on Whom
§36-11-14. Uniformity of Application and Construction