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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75723</law_id><section_number>38.2-4112</section_number><catch_line>Institutions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="41">Fraternal Benefit Societies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Governance</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">society</span> may create, maintain and operate, or may establish organizations to operate, not for profit institutions to further the purposes permitted by subdivision 2 of subsection A of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Purposes and powers" href="/38.2-4104/">38.2-4104</a>. Such institutions may furnish services free or at a reasonable charge. Any real or personal property owned, held or leased by the <span class="dictionary">society</span> for this purpose shall be reported in every annual statement. No <span class="dictionary">society</span> shall own or operate funeral homes or undertaking establishments.</p></section></text><history>1968, c. 654, &#xA7; 38.1-638.36; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
