{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ins-10990","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"INS § 10990","heading":"","body":"Any incorporated society, order or supreme lodge, without capital stock, 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 makes provision for the payment of benefits in accordance with this chapter, is hereby declared to be a fraternal benefit society.\nWhen used in this chapter, the word “society,” unless otherwise indicated, shall mean fraternal benefit society.","path":["Insurance Code - INS","DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE [1880. - 12880.8.]","PART 2. LIFE AND DISABILITY INSURANCE [10110. - 11549.]","CHAPTER 10. Fraternal Benefit Societies [10970. - 11165.]","ARTICLE 2. Definitions [10990. - 10993.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"7a11644341d3c016c07a21fbbf981b214acda20aaec148932bf385dea647cc3d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ins-10976","next":"us-ca/ins-10991"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}