{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-58-24-1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-24-1","heading":"Fraternal benefit societies.","body":"Any incorporated society, order or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including one exempted under the provisions of G.S. 58-24-185(a)(2) 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 Article, is hereby declared to be a fraternal benefit society. (1987, c. 483, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 58. Insurance.","Article 24. Fraternal Benefit Societies."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_58/GS_58-24-1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:06:53Z","sha256":"4996fdd37b82ad3cecc5c55c27d91bc7938bb8274de34cb490053cf3a48984fa","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-58-23-45","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-58-24-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}