West Virginia Code § 31B-3-301

Agency of members and managers
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(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section:
(1) Each member is an agent of the limited liability company for the purpose of its business
and an act of a member, including the signing of an instrument in the company's name, for
apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the company's business or business of the kind
carried on by the company binds the company, unless the member had no authority to act for
the company in the particular matter and the person with whom the member was dealing
knew or had notice that the member lacked authority.
(2) An act of a member which is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course the
company's business or business of the kind carried on by the company binds the company
only if the act was authorized by the other members.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, in a manager-managed company:
(1) A member is not an agent of the company for the purpose of its business solely by reason
of being a member. Each manager is an agent of the company for the purpose of its business
and an act of a manager, including the sigining of an instrument in the company's name, for
apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the company's business or business of the kind
carried on by the company binds the company, unless the manager had no authority to act
for the company in the particular matter and the person with whom the manager was
dealing knew or had notice that the manager lacked authority.
(2) An act of a manager which is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course the
company's business or business of the kind carried on by the company binds the company
only if the act was au thorized under section 4-404.
(c) Unless the articles of organization limit their authority, any member of a member-
managed company or manager of a manager-managed company may sign and deliver any
instrument transferring or affecting the company's interest in real property. The instrument
is conclusive in favor of a person who gives value without knowledge of the lack of the
authority of the person signing and delivering the instrument.

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