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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="6-406" title_number="6" title_name="Personal Jurisdiction, Venue, Process and Practice" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Practice in General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An unincorporated association, joint stock company, or other group which has a recognized group name may sue or be sued in the group name on any cause of action affecting the common property, rights, and liabilities of the group.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An action under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has the same force and effect with respect to the common property, rights, and liabilities of the group as if all members of the group were joined; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Does not abate because of any change of membership in the group or its dissolution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
