West Virginia Code § 31B-5-504

Rights of creditor
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(a) On application by a judgment creditor of a member of a limited liability company or of a
member's transferee, a court having jurisdiction may charge the distributional interest of the
judgment debtor to satisfy the judgment. The court may appoint a receiver of the share of
the distributions due or to become due to the judgment debtor and make all other orders,
directions, accounts and inquiries the judgment debtor might have made or ewhich the
circumstances may require to give effect to the charging order.
(b) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor's distributional interest. The
court may order a foreclosure of a lien on a distributional interesut subject to the charging
order at any time. A purchaser at the foreclosure sale has the rights of a transferee.
(c) At any time before foreclosure, a distributional interest in a limited liability company
which is charged may be redeemed:
(1) By the judgment debtor; l
(2) With property other than the company's property, by one or more of the other members;
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(3) With the company's property, but only if permitted by the operating agreement.
(d) This chapter does not affect a member's right under exemption laws with respect to the
member's distributional interest in a limited liability company.
(e) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a member or
a transferee may sat isfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor's distributional interest in a
limited liability company.

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