Missouri Revised Statutes

Chapter 378
Fraternal Benefit Societies
Section 378.601

August 28, 2007


Fraternal benefit society, defined.

378.601. Any incorporated society, order or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including one exempted under the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 378.640* whether incorporated or not, 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 which provides benefits in accordance with this chapter, is hereby declared to be a fraternal benefit society.

(L. 1992 S.B. 831)

Effective 1-1-93

*Section "378.637" appears in original rolls.


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