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WV Code § 31E-4-404 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 4. Name|§31E-4-404. Registered Name

(a) A foreign corporation may register its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by section one thousand four hundred six, article fourteen of this chapter, if the name is distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State from the corporate names that are not available under subsection (b), section four hundred one of this article.(b) A foreign corporation registers its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by section one thousand four hundred six, article fourteen of this chapter, by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing an application:(1) Setting forth its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by section one thousand four hundred six, article fourteen of this chapter, the state or country and date of its incorporation, and a brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged; and(2) Accompanied by a certificate of existence, or a document of similar import, from the state or country of incorporation.(c) The name is registered for the applicant's exclusive use upon the effective date of the application.(d) A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may renew it for successive years by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a renewal application, which complies with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, between October 1, and December 31, of the preceding year. The renewal application when filed renews the registration for the following calendar year.(e) A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may qualify as a foreign corporation under the registered name or consent in writing to the use of that name by a corporation incorporated under this chapter or by another foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state. The registration terminates when the domestic corporation is incorporated or the foreign corporation qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign corporation under the registered name.
WV Code § 31E-5-501 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 5. Office and Agent|§31E-5-501. Registered Office and Registered Agent

Each corporation may continuously maintain in this state:(1) A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and(2) A registered agent, who may be:(A) An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office;(B) A domestic corporation or domestic business corporation whose business office is identical with the registered office;(C) A foreign corporation or foreign business corporation authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office; or(D) A foreign limited liability company or domestic limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office.
WV Code § 31E-5-502 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 5. Office and Agent|§31E-5-502. Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent

(a) A corporation may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of change that sets forth:(1) The name of the corporation;(2) The mailing address or description of physical location of its current registered office;(3) If the current registered office is to be changed, the street address or description of physical location of the new registered office;(4) The name of its current registered agent;(5) If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent and the new agent's written consent to the appointment either printed on the statement or attached to it; and(6) That after the change or changes are made, the mailing addresses of its registered office and the business office of its registered agent will be identical.(b) If a registered agent changes the mailing address of his or her business office, he or she may change the mailing address of the registered office of any corporation for which he or she is the registered agent by notifying the corporation in writing of the change and signing, either manually or in facsimile, and delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement that complies with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section and recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.
WV Code § 31E-5-503 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 5. Office and Agent|§31E-5-503. Resignation of Registered Agent

(a) A registered agent may resign his or her agency appointment by signing and delivering to the Secretary of State for filing the statement of resignation. The statement may include a statement that the registered office is also discontinued.(b) After filing the statement the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of the filed statement of resignation to the registered office if the registered office is not discontinued and the other copy to the corporation at its principal office.(c) The agency appointment is terminated, and the registered office is discontinued if provision for its discontinuation is made, on the thirty-first day after the date on which the statement was filed.
WV Code § 31E-6-601 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Members – Membership Rights and Liabilities|§31E-6-601. Classes of Members

A corporation may have one or more classes of members or may have no members. If the corporation has one or more classes of members, the designation of a class or classes is to be set forth in the articles of incorporation and the manner of election or appointment and the qualifications and rights of the members of each class is to be set forth in the articles of incorporation or bylaws. If the corporation has no members, or only members not entitled to vote, that is to be set forth in the articles of incorporation and the corporation is to operate under the management of its board of directors. A corporation may issue articles evidencing membership.
WV Code § 31E-6-602 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Members – Membership Rights and Liabilities|§31E-6-602. Rules for Membership

(a) Membership is to be governed by rules of admission, retention, withdrawal and expulsion as the bylaws prescribe, provided all bylaws are to be reasonable, germane to the purposes of the corporation, and equally enforced as to all members.(b) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, another entity, foreign or domestic, may become a member of a corporation. (c) Membership may be limited to persons who are members in good standing of another corporation, organization or association, if provided for in the articles of incorporation. If membership is limited, the articles of incorporation may provide that failure on the part of any member to keep in good standing with the other corporation, organization or association is sufficient cause for expulsion.(d) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, a member may not voluntarily or involuntarily transfer his or her membership or any rights arising from his or her membership.(e) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, membership is terminated by death, voluntary withdrawal or expulsion, and all rights and privileges of the member in the corporation and its property cease.
WV Code § 31E-6-603 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Members – Membership Rights and Liabilities|§31E-6-603. Imposition of Fines and Penalties; Levy of Dues and Assessments

(a) A corporation may impose fines or penalties on members if provided in bylaws duly adopted by a two-thirds vote of members entitled to vote and, if the fine or penalty applies to members not entitled to vote, by a two-thirds vote as a class of the members not otherwise entitled to vote. The fine or penalty may not exceed the higher of the: (1) Annual dues or assessment; or (2) initiation fee, if any.(b) A corporation may levy dues or assessments against members if provided in a bylaw provision duly adopted: (1) By the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of each class of members, voting as a class, to which the levy applies, even though a class of members is not otherwise entitled to vote; or (2) by the directors if the directors are authorized by a bylaw provision adopted by the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of each class of members, voting as a class, to which a levy may apply, even though a class of members is not otherwise entitled to vote.(c) For purposes of this section, the corporation's initial bylaws adopted by: (1) The incorporators; or (2) the board of directors is deemed to have been adopted by all the members entitled to vote thereon, if any.(d) Notwithstanding any limitation on the amount of a fine or penalty set forth in subsection (a) of this section, a corporation organized under this chapter, or any predecessor statutes, that is a trade association or other professional organization exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code may impose a fine on a member, not to exceed the amount set forth in the bylaws, for the violation of a code of ethics or other code of conduct upon majority vote of its board of directors in accordance with its bylaws, provided the articles of corporation or bylaws of the corporation contain a written provision whereby members agree to be bound by a code of ethics or code of conduct as a condition of membership.
WV Code § 31E-6-604 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Members – Membership Rights and Liabilities|§31E-6-604. Liability of Members

(a) A member of a corporation is not liable to the corporation or its creditors with respect to his or her membership except for the obligation to pay in full any fines or penalties duly imposed against him or her and any dues and assessments levied against him or her to which he or she has assented, or imposed or levied against him or her in accordance with the provisions of section six hundred three of this article.(b) Any member who receives any distribution of income or assets from a corporation in violation of this chapter or of the articles of incorporation, whether by dividend, in liquidation or otherwise, and who accepted or received the distribution knowing it to be improper, is liable for the amount so received: (1) To any creditors existing at the time of the distribution who obtain a judgment against the corporation on which execution is returned unsatisfied; and (2) to the corporation.
WV Code § 31E-7-701 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 7. Members – Meetings and Voting|§31E-7-701. Annual Meeting; Regular Meeting

§31E-7-701. Annual meeting; regular meeting.(a) A corporation that has members entitled to vote for the election of directors must hold a meeting of these members annually at a time stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws.(b) Annual meetings of members may be held in or out of this state at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. If no place is stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, annual meetings are to be held at the corporation's principal office.(c) A corporation that has members entitled to vote may hold regular meetings of these members in or out of this state at the places and times stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws.(d) The failure to hold an annual or regular meeting at the time stated in or fixed in accordance with a corporation's bylaws does not affect the validity of any corporate action.
WV Code § 31E-7-702 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 7. Members – Meetings and Voting|§31E-7-702. Special Meeting

(a) A corporation that has members entitled to vote must hold a special meeting of members entitled to vote at the meeting: (1) On call of its board of directors or the person or persons authorized to do so by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws; or (2) if the members holding at least five percent, or other number or proportion as is provided in the bylaws, of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting sign, date and deliver to the corporation one or more written demands for the meeting describing the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held. If a call for a special meeting is not issued within fifteen days after receipt of a members' request, members may call the meeting. (b) If not otherwise fixed under section seven hundred three or seven hundred seven of this article, the record date for determining members entitled to demand a special meeting is the date the first member signs the demand. (c) Special meetings of members may be held in or out of this state at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. If no place is stated or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, special meetings are to be held at the corporation's principal office. (d) Only business within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice required by subsection (c), section seven hundred five of this article may be conducted at a special meeting of members.
WV Code § 31E-7-703 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 7. Members – Meetings and Voting|§31E-7-703. Court-Ordered Meeting

(a) The circuit court may summarily order a meeting to be held:(1) On application of any member entitled to vote at an annual meeting if an annual meeting was not held within the earlier of six months after the end of the corporation's fiscal year or fifteen months after its last annual meeting; or(2) On application of a member who signed a demand for a special meeting valid under section seven hundred two of this article, if:(A) Notice of the special meeting was not given within thirty days after the date the demand was delivered to the corporation's secretary; or(B) The special meeting was not held in accordance with the notice.(b) The court may fix the time and place of the meeting; determine the members entitled to vote at the meeting; specify a record date for determining members entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting; prescribe the form and content of the meeting notice; fix the quorum required for specific matters to be considered at the meeting, or direct that the votes represented at the meeting constitute a quorum for action on those matters; and enter other orders necessary to accomplish the purpose or purposes of the meeting.
WV Code § 31E-7-704 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 7. Members – Meetings and Voting|§31E-7-704. Action Without Meeting; Validity of Actions at Meetings Not Properly Called

(a) Any action which, under any provision of this chapter, may be taken at a meeting of members may be taken without a meeting if one or more members consents in writing, setting forth the action taken or to be taken, signed by all of the persons who would be entitled to vote upon the action at a meeting, or by their duly authorized attorneys which action for purposes of this subsection is to be referred to as "unanimous written consent". The secretary shall file the consent or consents, or certify the tabulation of the consents and file the articles, with the minutes of the meetings of the members. A unanimous written consent must have the same force and effect as a vote of the members at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as having the same force and effect as a vote of the members in any articles or document filed under this chapter.(b) Where directors or officers are to be elected by members or any other action is to be voted upon by members, the articles of incorporation or bylaws may provide that the elections may be conducted and the actions voted upon by mail or electronic means in a manner provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws. The vote of members, or of the members of any particular class, is to be determined from the total number of members who actually vote by mail, rather than from the total number of members entitled to vote, unless the articles of incorporation otherwise provide. A ballot signed under this section has the same force and effect as a vote of the member who signed it at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as having the same force and effect in any certificate or document filed under this chapter.(c) If not otherwise fixed under section seven hundred three or seven hundred seven of this article, the record date for determining members entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the first member signs the consent or ballot under subsection (a) or (b) of this section.(d) The absence from the minutes of any indication that a member objected to holding the meeting prima facie establishes that no objection was made.
WV Code § 31E-7-705 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 7. Members – Meetings and Voting|§31E-7-705. Notice of Meeting

(a) A corporation is to notify members entitled to vote of the date, time and place of each annual, regular and special meeting no fewer than ten nor more than sixty days before the meeting date. Unless this chapter, or the articles of incorporation require otherwise, the corporation is required to give notice only to members entitled to vote at the meeting.(b) Unless this chapter, the articles of incorporation or bylaws require otherwise, notice of an annual or regular meeting need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, except that, unless stated in a written notice of the meeting: (1) No bylaw may be brought up for adoption, amendment or repeal; and (2) no matter, other than the election of directors at an annual meeting, may be brought up which expressly requires the vote of members.(c) Notice of a special meeting of members must include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.(d) If not otherwise fixed under section seven hundred three or seven hundred seven of this article, the record date for determining members entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual, regular or special meeting is the day before the first notice is delivered to members.(e) Unless the bylaws require otherwise, if an annual, regular or special meeting of members is adjourned to a different date, time or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed under section seven hundred seven of this article, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given under this section to persons who are members entitled to vote as of the new record date.(f) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, any member may participate in a regular or special meeting by any means of communication by which all members participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A member participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
WV Code § 31E-7-706 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 7. Members – Meetings and Voting|§31E-7-706. Waiver of Notice

(a) A member may waive any notice required by this chapter, the articles of incorporation or bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver must be in writing, be signed by the member entitled to the notice and be delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. (b) A member's attendance at a meeting:(1) Waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the member at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and(2) Waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the member objects to considering the matter when it is presented.
WV Code § 31E-7-707 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 7. Members – Meetings and Voting|§31E-7-707. Record Date

(a) The bylaws may fix or provide the manner of fixing the record date for one or more classes of members in order to determine the members entitled to notice of a meeting of members, to demand a special meeting, to vote or to take any other action. If the bylaws do not fix or provide for fixing a record date, the board of directors of the corporation may fix a future date as the record date.(b) A record date fixed under this section may not be more than seventy days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of members.(c) A determination of members entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of members is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the board of directors fixes a new record date, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty days after the date fixed for the original meeting.(d) If a court orders a meeting adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty days after the date fixed for the original meeting, it may provide that the original record date continues in effect or it may fix a new record date.
WV Code § 31E-7-708 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31E. West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 7. Members – Meetings and Voting|§31E-7-708. Conduct of the Meeting

(a) At each meeting of members, a chair must preside. The chair is to be appointed as provided in the bylaws or, in the absence of a provision in the bylaws, by the board of directors.(b) The chairperson, unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, shall determine the order of business and has the authority to establish rules for the conduct of the meeting.(c) Any rules adopted for, and the conduct of, the meeting are to be fair to members.(d) The chair of the meeting shall announce at the meeting when the polls close for each matter voted upon. If no announcement is made, the polls are to be deemed to have closed upon the final adjournment of the meeting. After the polls close, no ballots, proxies or votes, nor any revocations or changes to a ballot, proxy or vote, may be accepted.(e) Any member may participate in any meeting of members by means of remote communication to the extent the board of directors authorizes such participation for members. Participation as a member by means of remote communication shall be subject to such guidelines and procedures as the board of directors adopts.(f) Members participating in a members meeting by means of remote communication shall be deemed present and may vote at such a meeting if the corporation has implemented reasonable measures to:(1) Verify that each person participating remotely as a member is a member or a members proxy; and(2) Provide such members a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the members, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meetings, in a manner substantially concurrent with such proceedings.(g) Unless expressly prohibited by the articles of incorporation or bylaws, the board of directors may determine that any meeting of members shall not be held at any place and shall instead be held solely by means of remote communication in conformity with subsection (f).(h) Amendments to this 31E-7-708 passed during the regular session of the 2021 Legislative Session shall be effective upon passage and shall apply to all such member meetings held on or after March 1, 2020.