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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>362516</law_id><section_number>38.2-4105</section_number><catch_line>Qualifications for membership</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="88" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="43" identifier="41">Fraternal Benefit Societies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Membership</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">society</span> shall specify in its <span class="dictionary">laws</span> or <span class="dictionary">rules</span>: <a id="paragraph-1350207" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4105/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Eligibility standards for every class of membership, provided that if benefits are provided on the lives of children, the minimum age for adult membership shall be set at not less than age fifteen and not greater than age twenty-one; <a id="paragraph-1350208" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4105/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The process for admission to membership for each membership class; and <a id="paragraph-1350209" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4105/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The rights and <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> of each membership class, provided that only <span class="dictionary">benefit members</span> shall have the right to vote on the management of the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> affairs of the <span class="dictionary">society</span>. <a id="paragraph-1350210" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4105/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">society</span> may also admit social members who shall have no voice or vote in the management of the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> affairs of the <span class="dictionary">society</span>. <a id="paragraph-1350211" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4105/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Membership rights in the <span class="dictionary">society</span> are personal to the member and are not assignable. <a id="paragraph-1350212" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4105/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38-286, 38-293, 38.1-602, 38.1-609; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-638.29; 1964, c. 355; 1968, c. 654; 1972, cc. 530, 825; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
