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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 317; in 1983, chapter 94; in 1986, chapter 562; in 1987, chapter 647; in 1989, chapter 684.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70270,"section_number":"38.2-4019","catch_line":"Beneficiaries","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4019\/"},{"id":63812,"section_number":"38.2-4022","catch_line":"Certain contracts with undertakers, etc., forbidden","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4022\/"},{"id":76263,"section_number":"54.1-2800","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2800\/"}],"permalink":{"id":216483,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68230,"identifier":"38.2-4021","token":"38.2\/40\/38.2-4021","url":"\/38.2-4021\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4021\/","token":"38.2\/40\/38.2-4021","dublin_core":{"Title":"Interest in benefits; assignability; liability to attachment, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4021","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No beneficiary shall have or obtain any vested interest in a benefit until the benefit has become due and payable upon the death of the member. No certificate of membership in any burial society, nor any interest or rights in the certificate shall be assigned unless the assignment is to a person<\/span> authorized by \u00a7 38.2-4019<\/a> to be named as a beneficiary except for the purpose of funding or paying for a preneed funeral contract<\/span> as defined in \u00a7 54.1-2800<\/a>, notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 38.2-4022<\/a>, and so long as such assignment is revocable by the assignor. No money or other benefit provided by any burial society shall be liable to attachment<\/span>, garnishment<\/span> or other process, or be seized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable<\/span> process or operation of law<\/span> to pay any debt or liability of a member or beneficiary, or any other person<\/span> who may have a right to the benefit, either before or after payment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTEREST IN BENEFITS; ASSIGNABILITY; LIABILITY TO ATTACHMENT, ETC (\u00a7 38.2-4021)\n\nNo beneficiary shall have or obtain any vested interest in a benefit until the\nbenefit has become due and payable upon the death of the member. No certificate\nof membership in any burial society, nor any interest or rights in the\ncertificate shall be assigned unless the assignment is to a person authorized by\n\u00a7 38.2-4019 to be named as a beneficiary except for the purpose of funding or\npaying for a preneed funeral contract as defined in \u00a7 54.1-2800,\nnotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 38.2-4022, and so long as such assignment\nis revocable by the assignor. No money or other benefit provided by any burial\nsociety shall be liable to attachment, garnishment or other process, or be\nseized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable process or\noperation of law to pay any debt or liability of a member or beneficiary, or any\nother person who may have a right to the benefit, either before or after\npayment.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 38-152; 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-563; 1983, c. 94; 1986, c.\n562; 1987, c. 647; 1989, c. 684.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}