                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LOCATION OF OFFICE; MEETINGS, COMMUNICATIONS TO MEMBERS; GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES
(§ 38.2-4106)

A. The principal office of any domestic society shall be located in this
Commonwealth. The meetings of its supreme governing body may be held in any
state, district, province or territory wherein such society has at least one
subordinate lodge, or in any other location determined by the supreme governing
body. All business transacted at such meetings shall be as valid in all respects
as if such meetings were held in this Commonwealth. The minutes of the
proceedings of the supreme governing body and of the board of directors shall be
in the English language.

B. 1. A society may provide in its laws for an official publication in which any
notice, report, or statement required by law to be given to members, including
notice of election, may be published. Such required reports, notices, and
statements shall be printed conspicuously in the publication. If the records of
a society show that two or more members have the same mailing address, an
official publication mailed to one member is deemed to be mailed to all members
at the same address unless a member requests a separate copy.

   2. Not later than June 1 of each year, a synopsis of the society&#8217;s
   annual statement providing an explanation of the facts concerning the
   condition of the society thereby disclosed shall either (i) be printed and
   mailed to each benefit member of the society or (ii) published in the
   society&#8217;s official publication.

C. A society may provide in its laws or rules for grievance or complaint
procedures for members.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 38-259, 38-318, 38.1-576, 38.1-626; 1952, c. 317, §§
38.1-638.8, 38.1-638.47; 1968, c. 654; 1986, c. 562.