15 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations

• Chapter Notes
• Section 9101 - Customary Parliamentary Law Applicable (Repealed)
  § 9101. Customary parliamentary law applicable (Repealed). 2013 Repeal. Section 9101 was repealed July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, effective in 60 days.
• Section 9102 - Funeral And Similar Benefits (Repealed)
  § 9102. Funeral and similar benefits (Repealed). 2013 Repeal. Section 9102 was repealed July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, effective in 60 days.
• Section 9103 - Nontransferable Membership Interests (Repealed)
  § 9103. Nontransferable membership interests (Repealed). 2013 Repeal. Section 9103 was repealed July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, effective in 60 days.
• Section 9111 - Short Title And Application Of Chapter
  (a) Short title.--This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Pennsylvania Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Law. (b) Transitional provisions concerning property.--...
• Section 9112 - Definitions
  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
• Section 9113 - Governing Law
  (a) Operations.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the law of this Commonwealth governs the operation in this Commonwealth of a nonprofit association formed or...
• Section 9114 - Entity Status
  (a) Legal entity.--A nonprofit association is a legal entity distinct from its members and managers. (b) Perpetual duration.--A nonprofit association has perpetual duration unless...
• Section 9115 - Ownership And Transfer Of Property
  (a) General rule.--A nonprofit association may acquire, hold or transfer, in its name, an interest in property. (b) Testamentary and fiduciary dispositions.--A nonprofit association...
• Section 9116 - Statement Of Authority As To Real Property
  (a) General rule.--An interest in real property held in the name of a nonprofit association may be transferred by a person authorized to do...
• Section 9117 - Liability
  (a) Scope.-- (1) A debt, obligation or other liability of a nonprofit association, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, is solely the debt,...
• Section 9118 - Assertion And Defense Of Claims
  (a) General rule.--A nonprofit association may sue or be sued in its own name. (b) Permissible claims.--A member or manager may assert a claim...
• Section 9119 - Effect Of Judgment Or Order
  A judgment or order against a nonprofit association is not by itself a judgment or order against a member or manager. (July 9, 2013,...
• Section 9120 - Appointment Of Agent To Receive Service Of Process
  (a) Statement.--A nonprofit association may deliver to the department for filing a statement appointing an agent to receive service of process. (b) Contents.--A statement...
• Section 9121 - Action Or Proceeding Not Abated By Change Of Members Or Managers
  An action or proceeding against a nonprofit association does not abate merely because of a change in its members or managers. (July 9, 2013,...
• Section 9122 - Member Not Agent
  A member is not an agent of the nonprofit association solely by reason of being a member. (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60...
• Section 9123 - Approval By Members
  (a) General rule.--Except as provided in the governing principles, a nonprofit association must have the approval of its members to: (1) admit, suspend, dismiss...
• Section 9124 - Action By Members
  (a) General rule.--Except as provided in the governing principles: (1) approval of a matter by the members requires the affirmative vote of at least...
• Section 9125 - Duties Of Member
  (a) No fiduciary duties generally.--A member does not have a fiduciary duty to a nonprofit association or to another member solely by being a...
• Section 9126 - Membership
  (a) Admission, suspension, dismissal and expulsion of member.-- (1) A person becomes a member and may be suspended, dismissed or expelled in accordance with...
• Section 9127 - Member's Interest Not Transferable
  (a) General rule.--Except as set forth in subsection (b) or the governing principles, a member's interest or any right under the governing principles is...
• Section 9128 - Selection And Management Rights Of Managers
  Except as provided in this chapter or the governing principles: (1) if there is no manager selected and serving, all members are managers; (2)...
• Section 9129 - Duties Of Managers
  (a) Duty of care.-- (1) A manager shall manage the nonprofit association: (i) in good faith; (ii) in a manner the manager reasonably believes...
• Section 9130 - Action By Managers
  (a) General rule.--Except as provided in the governing principles: (1) approval of a matter by the managers requires the affirmative vote of at least...
• Section 9131 - Right Of Member Or Manager To Information
  (a) Inspection.--On reasonable notice, a member or manager of a nonprofit association may inspect and copy, at a reasonable time and location specified by...
• Section 9132 - Distributions Prohibited; Compensation And Other Permitted Payments
  (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a nonprofit association may not pay dividends or make distributions to a member or manager. (b)...
• Section 9133 - Reimbursement, Indemnification And Advancement Of Expenses
  (a) Reimbursement.--Except as provided in the governing principles, a nonprofit association shall reimburse a member or manager for authorized expenses reasonably incurred in the...
• Section 9134 - Dissolution
  (a) General rule.--A nonprofit association may be dissolved as follows: (1) if the governing principles provide a time or method for dissolution, at that...
• Section 9135 - Winding Up
  Winding up of a nonprofit association must proceed in accordance with the following rules: (1) All known debts and liabilities shall be paid or...
• Section 9136 - Subordination Of Chapter To Canon Law
  If and to the extent canon law or similar principles applicable to a nonprofit association organized for religious purposes sets forth provisions relating to...

Last modified: October 8, 2016