{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-13-15","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 36-13-15","heading":"Admission, suspension, dismissal or expulsion of members.","body":"(a) A person becomes a member in accordance with the governing principles of the decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association. If there are no applicable governing principles, a person shall be considered a member upon purchase or assumption of ownership of a membership interest and the person shall continue as a member absent the person's suspension, dismissal or expulsion pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, resignation pursuant to §36-13-26 of this code or the nonprofit association's dissolution and wind-up pursuant to §36-13-14 to §36-13-26 of this code.\n(b) Subject to the governing principles, a member may be suspended, dismissed or expelled from a decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association. If there are no applicable governing principles, a member may be suspended, dismissed or expelled by approval of its members in accordance with §36-13-20 of this code.\n(c) Unless otherwise provided for in the governing principles, suspension, dismissal or expulsion of a member does not relieve the member of any obligation incurred, or commitment made by the member, before the suspension, dismissal or expulsion.","path":["CHAPTER 36. ESTATES AND PROPERTY.","ARTICLE 13. DECENTRALIZED UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/36-13-15/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:04Z","sha256":"842f4e2783d15f167ff6e8979deae35edcf44e6cafaa26286263a31f5864f5ef","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-13-14","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-13-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}