{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-13-8","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 36-13-8","heading":"Capacity to assert and defend; standing.","body":"(a) A decentralized unincorporated 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 decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association may assert a claim on behalf of its members if:\n(1) One or more members of the nonprofit association 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.","path":["CHAPTER 36. ESTATES AND PROPERTY.","ARTICLE 13. DECENTRALIZED UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/36-13-8/","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":"6946cb0f7461008fbddbdf7eb544ce8a4da66acaeea9d3f576b323041c01e892","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-13-7","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-13-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}