{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-33-23-15","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 33-23-15","heading":"Payment of benefits other than insurance benefits.","body":"(a) A society may pay benefits, other than insurance benefits to its members from any special account or fund maintained for such purpose; provided that if such benefits are of such a nature that they could constitute benefits within the classes of insurance set forth in section seventeen of this article, a society making such payments may not:\n(1) Make any separate charge therefor;\n(2) Issue any certificate, policy or other document promising such payments;\n(3) Provide in its Constitution, laws or any other document that such payments may be received by the member as a matter of right; or\n(4) Advertise such payments as insurance or as payments to which the member has any right.\n(b) The society shall maintain a separate accounting of all disbursements made under this section and report them in its annual statement.","path":["CHAPTER 33. INSURANCE.","ARTICLE 23. FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/33-23-15/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:28:39Z","sha256":"bbae9242a1e66d6dd184d5d64b0c56ca1ba5d6d2931ea47b70437106d2b1e934","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-33-23-14","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-33-23-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}