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WV Code § 36-10-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 10. Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|§36-10-3. Registration in Beneficiary Form; Applicable Law

A security may be registered in beneficiary form if the form is authorized by this or a similar statute of the state of organization of the issuer or registering entity, the location of the registering entity's principal office, the office of its transfer agent or its office making the registration, or by this or a similar statute of the law of the state listed as the owner's address at the time of registration. A registration governed by the law of a jurisdiction in which this or similar legislation is not in force or was not in force when a registration in beneficiary form was made is nevertheless presumed to be valid and authorized as a matter of contract law.
WV Code § 36-10-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 10. Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|§36-10-4. Origination of Registration in Beneficiary Form

A security, whether evidenced by certificate or account, is registered in beneficiary form when the registration includes a designation of a beneficiary to take the ownership at the death of the owner or the deaths of all multiple owners.
WV Code § 36-10-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 10. Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|§36-10-5. Form of Registration in Beneficiary Form

Registration in beneficiary form may be shown by the words "transfer on death" or the abbreviation "TOD," or by the words "pay on death" or the abbreviation "POD," after the name of the registered owner and before the name of a beneficiary.
WV Code § 36-10-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 10. Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|§36-10-6. Effect of Registration in Beneficiary Form

The designation of a TOD beneficiary on a registration in beneficiary form has no effect on ownership until the owner's death. A registration of a security in beneficiary form may be canceled or changed at any time by the sole owner or all then surviving owners without the consent of the beneficiary.
WV Code § 36-10-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 10. Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|§36-10-7. Ownership of Death of Owner

On death of a sole owner or the last to die of all multiple owners, ownership of securities registered in beneficiary form passes to the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive all owners. On proof of death of all owners and compliance with any applicable requirements of the registering entity, a security registered in beneficiary form may be reregistered in the name of the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survived the death of all owners. Until division of the security after the death of all owners, multiple beneficiaries surviving the death of all owners hold their interests as tenants in common. If no beneficiary survives the death of all owners, the security belongs to the estate of the deceased sole owner or the estate of the last to die of all multiple owners.
WV Code § 36-10-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 10. Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|§36-10-8. Protection of Registering Entity

(a) A registering entity is not required to offer or to accept a request for security registration in beneficiary form. If a registration in beneficiary form is offered by a registering entity, the owner requesting registration in beneficiary form assents to the protections given to the registering entity by this article.(b) By accepting a request for registration of a security in beneficiary form, the registering entity agrees that the registration will be implemented on death of the deceased owner as provided in this article.(c) A registering entity is discharged from all claims to a security by the estate, creditors, heirs or devisees of a deceased owner if it registers a transfer of the security in accordance with section seven of this article and does so in good faith reliance (i) on the registration, (ii) on this article, and (iii) on information provided to it by affidavit of the personal representative of the deceased owner, or by the surviving beneficiary or by the surviving beneficiary's representatives, or other information available to the registering entity. The protections of this article do not extend to a reregistration or payment made after a registering entity has received written notice from any claimant to any interest in the security objecting to implementation of a registration in beneficiary form. No other notice or other information available to the registering entity affects its right to protection under this article.(d) The protection provided by this article to the registering entity of a security does not affect the rights of beneficiaries in disputes between themselves and other claimants to ownership of the security transferred or its value or proceeds.
WV Code § 36-10-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 10. Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|§36-10-9. Nontestamentary Transfer on Death

(a) A transfer on death resulting from a registration in beneficiary form is effective by reason of the contract regarding the registration between the owner and the registering entity and this article and is not testamentary.(b) This article does not limit the rights of creditors of security owners against beneficiaries and other transferees under other laws of this state.
WV Code § 36-10-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 10. Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|§36-10-10. Terms, Conditions and Forms for Registration

 (a) A registering entity offering to accept registrations in beneficiary form may establish the terms and conditions under which it will receive requests (i) for registrations in beneficiary form, and (ii) for implementation of registrations in beneficiary form, including requests for cancellation of previously registered TOD beneficiary designations and requests for reregistration to effect a change of beneficiary. The terms and conditions so established may provide for proving death, avoiding or resolving any problems concerning fractional shares, designating primary and contingent beneficiaries, and substituting a named beneficiary's descendants to take in the place of the named beneficiary in the event of the beneficiary's death. Substitution may be indicated by appending to the name of the primary beneficiary the letters LDPS, standing for "lineal descendants per stirpes." This designation substitutes a deceased beneficiary's descendants who survive the owner for a beneficiary who fails to so survive, the descendants to be identified and to share in accordance with the law of the beneficiary's domicile at the owner's death governing inheritance by descendants of an intestate. Other forms of identifying beneficiaries who are to take on one or more contingencies, and rules for providing proofs and assurances needed to satisfy reasonable concerns by registering entities regarding conditions and identities relevant to accurate implementation of registrations in beneficiary form, may be contained in a registering entity's terms and conditions.(b) The following are illustrations of registrations in beneficiary form which a registering entity may authorize: (1) Sole owner-sole beneficiary: John S Brown TOD (or POD) John S Brown Jr. (2) Multiple owners-sole beneficiary: John S Brown Mary B Brown JT TEN TOD John S Brown Jr. (3) Multiple owners-primary and secondary (substituted) beneficiaries: John S Brown Mary B Brown JT TEN TOD John S Brown Jr SUB BENE Peter Q Brown or John S Brown Mary B Brown JT TEN TOD John S Brown Jr LDPS.
WV Code § 36-10-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 10. Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|§36-10-11. Short Title; Rules of Construction

(a) This article shall be known as and may be cited as the Uniform TOD Security Registration Act.(b) This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policy and to make uniform the laws with respect to the subject of this article among states enacting it.(c) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this article the principles of law and equity supplement its provisions.
WV Code § 36-10-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 10. Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|§36-10-12. Application of Article

This article applies to registrations of securities in beneficiary form made before or after its initial enactment, by decedents dying on or after its initial enactment.
WV Code § 36-11-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-1. Definitions

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.(2) "Nonprofit association" means an unincorporated organization consisting of two or more members joined by mutual consent for a common, nonprofit purpose. However, joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or tenancy by the entireties does not by itself establish a nonprofit association, even if the coowners share use of the property for a nonprofit purpose.(3) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity.(4) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
WV Code § 36-11-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-2. Supplementary General Principles of Law and Equity

Principles of law and equity supplement this article unless displaced by a particular provision of it.
WV Code § 36-11-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-3. 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.
WV Code § 36-11-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-4. Real and Personal Property; Nonprofit Association as Legatee, Devisee or Beneficiary

(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.
WV Code § 36-11-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-5. 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 nonprofit association may be transferred by a person so authorized in a statement of authority recorded in the office in the county in which a transfer of the property would be recorded.(c) A statement of authority must set forth:(1) The name of the nonprofit association;(2) The address in this state, including the street address, if any, of the nonprofit association, or, if the nonprofit association does not have an address in this state, its address out of state;(3) The name or title of a person authorized to transfer an estate or interest in real property held in the name of the nonprofit association; and(4) The action, procedure or vote of the nonprofit association which authorizes the person to transfer the real property of the nonprofit association and which authorizes the person to execute the statement of authority.(d) A statement of authority must be executed in the same manner as a deed by a person who is not the person authorized to transfer the estate or interest.(e) A filing officer may collect a fee for recording a statement of authority in the amount authorized for recording a transfer of real property.(f) An amendment, including a cancellation, of a statement of authority must meet the requirements for execution and recording of an original statement. Unless canceled earlier, a recorded statement of authority or its most recent amendment is canceled by operation of law five years after the date of the most recent recording.(g) If the record title to real property is in the name of a nonprofit association and the statement of authority is recorded in the office of the county in which a transfer of real property would be recorded, the authority of the person named in a statement of authority is conclusive in favor of a person who gives value without notice that the person lacks authority.
WV Code § 36-11-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-6. Liability in Tort and Contract

(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 management of the affairs of the nonprofit association or is a person considered to be a member by the nonprofit association.(c) A person may not be liable for a tortious act or omission for which a nonprofit association is liable merely because the person is a member, is authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association or is a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.(d) A tortious act or omission of a member or other person for which a nonprofit association is liable may not be imputed to a person merely because the person is a member of the nonprofit association, is authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association or is a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.(e) A member of, or a person considered to be a member by, a nonprofit association may assert a claim against the nonprofit association. A nonprofit association may assert a claim against a member or a person considered to be a member by the nonprofit association.
WV Code § 36-11-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-7. 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 resolution.(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.
WV Code § 36-11-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-8. Effect of Judgment or Order

A judgment or order against a nonprofit association is not by itself a judgment or order against a member.
WV Code § 36-11-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-9. Disposition of Personal Property of Inactive Nonprofit Association

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(2) If no person is so specified, to a nonprofit association or nonprofit corporation pursuing broadly similar purposes, or to a government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality.
WV Code § 36-11-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-10. Appointment of Agent to Receive Service of Process

(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;(2) The address in this state, including the street address, if any, of the nonprofit association, or, if the nonprofit association does not have an address in this state, its address out of state; and(3) The name of the person in this state authorized to receive service of process and the person's address, including the street address, in this state.(c) A statement appointing an agent must be signed and acknowledged by a person authorized to manage the affairs of a nonprofit association. The statement must also be signed and acknowledged by the person appointed agent, who thereby accepts the appointment. The appointed agent may resign by filing a resignation in the office of the Secretary of State and giving notice to the nonprofit association.(d) A filing officer may collect a fee for filing a statement appointing an agent to receive service of process, an amendment, or a resignation in the amount charged for filing similar documents.(e) An amendment to a statement appointing an agent to receive service of process must meet the requirements for execution of an original statement.
WV Code § 36-11-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-11. Claim Not Abated by Change of Members or Officers

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.
WV Code § 36-11-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-12. Venue

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.
WV Code § 36-11-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-13. Summons and Complaint; Service on Whom

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 made on a member.
WV Code § 36-11-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-14. Uniformity of Application and Construction

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.
WV Code § 36-11-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-15. Short Title

This article may be cited as the Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act.
WV Code § 36-11-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-16. Transition Concerning Real and Personal Property

(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 date of this article, the transfer vested the estate or interest in another person to hold the estate or interest as a fiduciary for the benefit of the nonprofit association, its members, or both, on or after the effective date of this article the fiduciary may transfer the estate or interest to the nonprofit association in its name, or the nonprofit association, by appropriate proceedings, may require that the estate or interest be transferred to it in its name.
WV Code § 36-11-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 11. Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|§36-11-17. Savings Clause

This article does not affect an action or proceeding commenced or right accrued before this article takes effect.
WV Code § 36-12-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 12. Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act|§36-12-1. Short Title

This article may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act.
WV Code § 36-12-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 12. Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act|§36-12-2. Definitions

In this article:(1) "Beneficiary" means a person who receives property under a transfer on death deed.(2) "Contingent beneficiary" means a person designated in a transfer on death deed to receive property only if a different person fails to survive the transferor.(3) "Designated beneficiary" means a person designated to receive property in a transfer on death deed. The term includes contingent beneficiaries.(4) "Joint owner" means an individual who owns property concurrently with one or more other individuals with a right of survivorship.(5) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.(6) "Property" means an interest in real property located in this state which is transferable on the death of the owner.(7) "Transfer on death deed" means a deed authorized under this article.(8) "Transferor" means an individual who makes a transfer on death deed.
WV Code § 36-12-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 12. Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act|§36-12-3. Applicability

This article applies to a transfer on death deed made on or after the effective date of this article, by a transferor dying on or after the effective date of this article.
WV Code § 36-12-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 12. Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act|§36-12-4. Nonexclusivity

This article does not affect any method of transferring property otherwise permitted under the law of this state.
WV Code § 36-12-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 12. Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act|§36-12-5. Transfer on Death Deed Authorized

An individual may transfer property to one or more beneficiaries or contingent beneficiaries effective at the transferor's death by a transfer on death deed.
WV Code § 36-12-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 12. Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act|§36-12-6. Transfer on Death Deed Revocable

A transfer on death deed is revocable even if the deed or another instrument contains a contrary provision.