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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>362517</law_id><section_number>38.2-4106</section_number><catch_line>Location of office; meetings, communications to members; grievance procedures</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> The principal office of any domestic <span class="dictionary">society</span> shall be located in this Commonwealth. The meetings of its supreme governing body may be held in any <span class="dictionary">state</span>, district, province or territory wherein such <span class="dictionary">society</span> has at least one subordinate <span class="dictionary">lodge</span>, 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. <a id="paragraph-1350213" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4106/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> 1. A <span class="dictionary">society</span> may provide in its <span class="dictionary">laws</span> for an official publication in which any notice, report, or statement required by <span class="dictionary">law</span> 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 <span class="dictionary">society</span> 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. <a id="paragraph-1350214" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4106/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Not later than June 1 of each year, a synopsis of the <span class="dictionary">society</span>&#x2019;s annual statement providing an explanation of the <span class="dictionary">facts</span> concerning the condition of the <span class="dictionary">society</span> thereby disclosed shall either (i) be printed and mailed to each <span class="dictionary">benefit member</span> of the <span class="dictionary">society</span> or (ii) published in the <span class="dictionary">society</span>&#x2019;s official publication. <a id="paragraph-1350215" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4106/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">society</span> may provide in its <span class="dictionary">laws</span> or <span class="dictionary">rules</span> for grievance or complaint procedures for members. <a id="paragraph-1350216" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4106/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38-259, 38-318, 38.1-576, 38.1-626; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38.1-638.8, 38.1-638.47; 1968, c. 654; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
