N.D. Cent. Code § 26.1-15.1-02: Fraternal benefit societies

Any incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge without capital stock, including one exempted under subdivision b of subsection 1 of section 26.1-15.1-37 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 a fraternal benefit society.