{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-13-7","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 36-13-7","heading":"Liability in tort or contract.","body":"(a) A decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association is a legal entity separate from its members for the purposes of determining and enforcing rights, duties and liabilities in contract and tort.\n(b) A person is not liable for a breach of a decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association's contract merely because the person is a member, administrator, authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association or considered as a member by the nonprofit association.\n(c) A person is not liable for a tortious act or omission for which a decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association is liable merely because the person is a member or administrator of the nonprofit association, or is a person authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association or considered as a member by the nonprofit association.\n(d) A tortious act or omission of a member, administrator or other person for which a decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association is liable is not imputed to a person merely because the person is a member or administrator of the nonprofit association, or is a person authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association or considered as a member by the nonprofit association.\n(e) A member, administrator, person authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association, or person considered as a member by the nonprofit association may assert a claim against the decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association. A decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association may assert a claim against a member, administrator, person authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association or person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.","path":["CHAPTER 36. ESTATES AND PROPERTY.","ARTICLE 13. DECENTRALIZED UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/36-13-7/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:03Z","sha256":"c8602040dbf2cae70f24a568d8ceb858fc0d89e999510882d95b02f59d26d898","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-13-6","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-13-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}