{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-13-20","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 36-13-20","heading":"Approval by members.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in the governing principles, a decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association shall have the approval of the majority of membership interests participating in a vote to:\n(1) Suspend, dismiss or expel a member;\n(2) Select or dismiss an administrator;\n(3) Adopt, amend, or repeal the governing principles;\n(4) Sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association's property;\n(5) Dissolve the decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association under §36-13-14 of this code;\n(6) Undertake any other act outside the ordinary course of the decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association's activities;\n(7) Determine the policy and purpose of the decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association.\n(b) A decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association shall have the approval of its members in accordance with its governing principles to perform any acts or exercise a right that the governing principles require to be approved by members.\n(c) Unless otherwise provided for in the governing principles, membership interest in a decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association shall be calculated in proportion to a member's voting rights within the nonprofit association.","path":["CHAPTER 36. ESTATES AND PROPERTY.","ARTICLE 13. DECENTRALIZED UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/36-13-20/","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":"13c9e9bcfc3217de53a270787faa6519e1dee350e618b27ecbfa24983f57319a","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-13-19","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-13-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}