{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-252.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 252.007","heading":"CAPACITY TO ASSERT AND DEFEND; STANDING.","body":"(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.\n(b) A nonprofit association may assert a claim in its name on behalf of members of the nonprofit association if:\n(1) one or more of the nonprofit association's members have standing to assert a claim in their own right;\n(2) the interests the nonprofit association seeks to protect are germane to its purposes; and\n(3) neither the claim asserted nor the relief requested requires the participation of a member.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 6. ASSOCIATIONS","CHAPTER 252. UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.252.htm#252.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"7b5437e8795c49a73765787797d64fafa510c39bf18d9ec4b7d994e48a8558d7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-252.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-252.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}