{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-27-25-1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-25-1","heading":"Fraternal benefit societies.","body":"Any incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including one exempted under the provisions of § 27-25-38(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 chapter, is declared to be a fraternal benefit society.","path":["Title 27 Insurance","Chapter 25 Rhode Island Fraternal Code"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE27/27-25/27-25-1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:57:36Z","sha256":"727c17c2cfd9cc792f73de8dd81d745fd96c0c56aa951733fed08a7941495996","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-27-24-1-27-24-45","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-27-25-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}