In this article: (1) "Member" means a person who, under the rules or practices of a nonprofit association, may participate in the selection of persons authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association or in the development of policy of the nonprofit association.
(a) A nonprofit association shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a statement appointing an agent authorized to receive service of process. (b) A statement appointing an agent must set forth: (1) The name of the nonprofit association;
A claim for relief against a nonprofit association does not abate merely because of a change in its members or persons authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association.
For purposes of venue, a nonprofit association is a resident of a county in which it has an office or where it conducts its business or activities, or where any of its officers or managers reside.
In an action or proceeding against a nonprofit association a summons and complaint must be served on an agent authorized by appointment to receive service of process, an officer, managing or general agent or a person authorized to participate in the management of its affairs. If none of them can be served, service may be […]
This article shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this article among states enacting it.
This article may be cited as the Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act.
(a) If, before the effective date of this article, an estate or interest in real or personal property was purportedly transferred to a nonprofit association, on the effective date of this article the estate or interest vests in the nonprofit association unless the parties have treated the transfer as ineffective. (b) If, before the effective […]
This article does not affect an action or proceeding commenced or right accrued before this article takes effect.
Principles of law and equity supplement this article unless displaced by a particular provision of it.
Real and personal property in this state may be acquired, held, encumbered and transferred by a nonprofit association, whether or not the nonprofit association or a member has any other relationship to this state.
(a) A nonprofit association in its name may acquire, hold, encumber or transfer an estate or interest in real or personal property. (b) A nonprofit association may be a legatee, devisee or beneficiary of a trust or contract.
(a) A nonprofit association may execute and record a statement of authority to transfer an estate or interest in real property in the name of the nonprofit association. (b) An estate or interest in real property in the name of a nonprofit association may be transferred by a person so authorized in a statement of […]
(a) A 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. (b) A person may not be liable for a breach of a nonprofit association's contract merely because the person is a member, is authorized to participate in the […]
(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. (b) A nonprofit association may assert a claim in its name on behalf of its members if one or more members […]
A judgment or order against a nonprofit association is not by itself a judgment or order against a member.
If a nonprofit association has been inactive for three years or longer, a person in possession or control of personal property of the nonprofit association may transfer the property: (1) If a document of a nonprofit association specifies a person to whom transfer is to be made under these circumstances, to that person; or
