{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-378.601","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 378.601","heading":"Fraternal benefit society, defined.","body":"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.","path":["Title XXIV - BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS","Chapter 378 - Fraternal Benefit Societies"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=378.601","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:27Z","sha256":"365184a959cc2354d00aad5546b2befb8e7526baed34d925c479cfce4d36063f","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-377.460","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-378.602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}