Title 23A, Other Business Entities

[§429-13] Summons and complaint; service on whom. In an action or proceeding against a nonprofit association, a summons and complaint shall be served on the agent authorized by appointment to receive service of process, the officer, managing or general agent, or the person author…

[§429-2] Supplementary general principles of law and equity. Principles of law and equity supplement this chapter unless displaced by a particular provision of it. [L 1999, c 161, pt of §1]

[§429-3] Territorial application. 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. [L 1999, c 161, pt of §1]

[§429-4] Real and personal property; nonprofit association as legatee, devisee, or beneficiary. (a) A nonprofit association shall be a legal entity separate from its members for the purposes of acquiring, holding, encumbering, and transferring real and personal property. (b) A no…

§429-5 Statement of authority as to real property. (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 …

[§429-6] Liability in contract and tort. (a) A nonprofit association shall be 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 shall not be liable for a breach of a nonprofit …

[§429-7] Capacity to assert and defend; standing. (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 r…

[§429-8] Effect of judgment or order. A judgment or order against a nonprofit association shall not by itself be a judgment or order against a member or a person authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association. [L 1999, c 161, pt of §1]

[§429-9] Disposition of personal property of inactive nonprofit association. If a nonprofit association has been inactive for three years or longer, or a different period specified in a document of the nonprofit association, a person in possession or control of personal property …