                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES (§ 38.2-4100)

Any society, order or supreme lodge without capital stock, including one
exempted under the provisions of subdivision 6 of subsection A of § 38.2-4135
of this chapter, conducted solely for the benefit of its members and their
beneficiaries and not for profit, operated on a lodge system with ritualistic
form of work, having a representative form of government, and providing benefits
in accordance with this chapter, is hereby declared to be a fraternal benefit
society.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 38-254, 38.1-569; 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-638.1; 1968, c.
654; 1986, c. 562.