                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INTEREST IN BENEFITS; ASSIGNABILITY; LIABILITY TO ATTACHMENT, ETC (§ 38.2-4021)

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 authorized by
§ 38.2-4019 to be named as a beneficiary except for the purpose of funding or
paying for a preneed funeral contract as defined in § 54.1-2800,
notwithstanding the provisions of § 38.2-4022, 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, garnishment or other process, or be
seized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable process or
operation of law to pay any debt or liability of a member or beneficiary, or any
other person who may have a right to the benefit, either before or after
payment.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 38-152; 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-563; 1983, c. 94; 1986, c.
562; 1987, c. 647; 1989, c. 684.