West Virginia Code 36-11-7 – Capacity to assert and defend; standing
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(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.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 36-11-7
- Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
(b) A nonprofit association may assert a claim in its name on behalf of its members if one or more members of the nonprofit association have standing to assert a claim in their own right, the interests the nonprofit association seeks to protect are germane to its purposes, and neither the claim asserted nor the relief requested requires the participation of a member.