Fraternal benefit society, defined.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 378.601
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378.601. Fraternal benefit society, defined. — 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 1-01-93 *Section "378.637" appears in original rolls.
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