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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65176</law_id><section_number>38.2-4134</section_number><catch_line>Penalties</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="6">Regulation</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who willfully makes a false or fraudulent statement in or relating to an application for membership or for the purpose of obtaining money from or a benefit in any <span class="dictionary">society</span> shall upon <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or be imprisoned not less than 30 days nor more than 1 year, or both. <a id="paragraph-237074" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4134/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who willfully makes a false or fraudulent statement in any report or declaration required or authorized by this chapter, or of any <span class="dictionary">material</span> <span class="dictionary">fact</span> or thing contained in a statement concerning the death or disability of an insured for the purpose of procuring payment of a benefit named in the <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>, shall be guilty of <span class="dictionary">perjury</span> and shall be subject to the penalties therefor prescribed by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-237075" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4134/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who solicits membership for, or in any manner assists in procuring membership in, any <span class="dictionary">society</span> not licensed to do business in this Commonwealth shall upon <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> be fined not less than $50 nor more than $200. <a id="paragraph-237076" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4134/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any other violation of this chapter shall be subject to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Penalties and restitution payments" href="/38.2-218/">38.2-218</a>. <a id="paragraph-237077" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4134/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38-263, 38.1-578; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-638.10; 1968, c. 654; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
