{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-500.8164","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8164","heading":"Definition of fraternal benefit society.","body":"Sec. 8164.\n\nAn incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including 1 exempted under the provisions of section 8199(1)(b) 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 that provides benefits in accordance with this chapter, is a fraternal benefit society.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 500","Act Act-218-of-1956"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-500-8164","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"2dd7a4c4b36b1905da3c3f7e1394358d5559767e6c8970544e623f99c87426c1","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-500.8163","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-500.8165"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}