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NC Gen Stat § 58-24-125 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 24 - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|§ 58-24-125 - Reports.

 58-24-125. Reports.Reports shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of this section.(a) Every society transacting business in this State shall annually, on or before the first day of March, unless for cause shown such time has been extended by the Commissioner, file with the Commissioner a true statement of its financial condition, transactions and affairs for the preceding calendar year and pay the fee specified in G.S. 58-6-5 for filing same. The statement shall be in general form and context as approved by the NAIC for fraternal benefit societies and as supplemented by additional information required by the Commissioner.(b) As part of the annual statement herein required, each society shall, on or before the first day of March, file with the Commissioner a valuation of its certificates in force on December 31st last preceding, provided the Commissioner may, in his or her discretion for cause shown, extend the time for filing such valuation for not more than two calendar months. Such valuation shall be done in accordance with the standards specified in G.S. 58-24-120. Such valuation and underlying data shall be certified by a qualified actuary or, at the expense of the society, verified by the actuary of the Department of the state of domicile of the society.(c) A society neglecting to file the annual statement in the form and within the time provided by this section shall forfeit one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each day during which such neglect continues, and, upon notice by the Commissioner to that effect, its authority to do business in this State shall cease while such default continues. (1987, c. 483, s. 2; 1991, c. 720, ss. 4, 19.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-24-130 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 24 - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|§ 58-24-130 - Perpetual license.

 58-24-130. Perpetual license.Subject to timely payment of the annual license continuation fee and subject to any other applicable provisions of the insurance laws of this State, a license, other than a preliminary license, to a fraternal benefit society under this Article shall continue in full force and effect. For each license the society shall pay the Commissioner the fee specified in G.S. 58-6-5. The society shall pay the Commissioner, as an annual license continuation fee and a condition of the continuation of the license, the fee specified in G.S. 58-6-7 on or before the first day of March on a form to be supplied by the Commissioner. A duly certified copy or duplicate of the license shall be prima facie evidence that the licensee is a fraternal benefit society within the meaning of Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter. (1987, c. 483, s. 2; 1991, c. 720, s. 4; 2003-212, s. 26(g).)
NC Gen Stat § 58-24-135 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 24 - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|§ 58-24-135 - Examination of societies; no adverse publications.

 58-24-135. Examination of societies; no adverse publications.(a) The Commissioner, or any person he or she may appoint, may examine any domestic, foreign or alien society transacting or applying for admission to transact business in this State in the same manner as authorized for examination of domestic, foreign or alien insurers. Requirements of notice and an opportunity to respond before findings are made public as provided in the laws regulating insurers shall also be applicable to the examination of societies.(b) Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 360, s. 2(i). (1987, c. 483, s. 2; 1991, c. 720, s. 4; 1995, c. 360, s. 2(i).)
NC Gen Stat § 58-24-140 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 24 - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|§ 58-24-140 - Foreign or alien society Admission.

 58-24-140. Foreign or alien society - Admission.No foreign or alien society shall transact business in this State without a license issued by the Commissioner. Any such society desiring admission to this State shall comply substantially with the requirements and limitations of this Article applicable to domestic societies. Any such society may be licensed to transact business in this State upon filing with the Commissioner:(a) A duly certified copy of its Articles of Incorporation;(b) A copy of its bylaws, certified by its secretary or corresponding officer;(c) A power of attorney to the Commissioner as prescribed in G.S. 58-24-170;(d) A statement of its business under oath of its president and secretary or corresponding officers in a form prescribed by the Commissioner, duly verified by an examination made by the supervising insurance official of its home state or other state, territory, province or country, satisfactory to the Commissioner of this State;(e) Certification from the proper official of its home state, territory, province or country that the society is legally incorporated and licensed to transact business therein;(f) Copies of its certificate forms; and(g) Such other information as the Commissioner may deem necessary;and upon a showing that its assets are invested in accordance with the provisions of Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter. (1987, c. 483, s. 2; 1991, c. 720, ss. 4, 20.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-24-150 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 24 - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|§ 58-24-150 - Suspension, revocation or refusal of license of foreign or alien society.

 58-24-150. Suspension, revocation or refusal of license of foreign or alien society.(a) When the Commissioner upon investigation finds that a foreign or alien society transacting or applying to transact business in this State:(1) Has exceeded its powers;(2) Has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this Article;(3) Is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith; or(4) Is conducting its business fraudulently or in a manner hazardous to its members or creditors or the public;the Commissioner shall notify the society of such deficiency or deficiencies and state in writing the reasons for his or her dissatisfaction. The Commissioner shall at once issue a written notice to the society requiring that the deficiency or deficiencies which exist are corrected. After such notice the society shall have a 30 day period in which to comply with the Commissioner's request for correction, and if the society fails to comply the Commissioner shall notify the society of such findings of noncompliance and require the society to show cause on a date named why its license should not be suspended, revoked or refused. If on such date the society does not present good and sufficient reason why its authority to do business in this State should not be suspended, revoked or refused, the Commissioner may suspend or refuse the license of the society to do business in this State until satisfactory evidence is furnished to the Commissioner that such suspension or refusal should be withdrawn or the Commissioner may revoke the authority of the society to do business in this State.  (b) Nothing contained in this section shall be taken or construed as preventing any such society from continuing in good faith all contracts made in this State during the time such society was legally authorized to transact business herein. (1987, c. 483, s. 2; 1991, c. 720, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-24-155 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 24 - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|§ 58-24-155 - Injunction.

 58-24-155. Injunction.No application or petition for injunction against any domestic, foreign or alien society, or lodge thereof, shall be recognized in any court of this State unless made by the Attorney General upon request of the Commissioner. (1987, c. 483, s. 2; 1991, c. 720, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-24-160 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 24 - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|§ 58-24-160 - Licensing of agents.

 58-24-160. Licensing of agents.(a) Agents of societies shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of the general insurance laws regulating the licensing, revocation, suspension or termination of license of resident and nonresident agents; provided that agents licensed pursuant to former G.S. 58-268 as of July 1, 1977, shall be exempt from examination.(b) No examination or license shall be required of any regular salaried officer, employee or member of a licensed society who devotes substantially all of his or her services to activities other than the solicitation of fraternal insurance contracts from the public, and who receives for the solicitation of such contracts no commission or other compensation directly dependent upon the amount of business obtained. (1987, c. 483, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-24-165 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 24 - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|§ 58-24-165 - Unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts and practices.

 58-24-165. Unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts and practices.Every society authorized to do business in this State shall be subject to the provisions of Article 63 of this Chapter relating to unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices; provided, however, that nothing in such provisions shall be construed as applying to or affecting the right of any society to determine its eligibility requirements for membership, or be construed as applying to or affecting the offering of benefits exclusively to members or persons eligible for membership in the society by a subsidiary corporation or affiliated organization of the society. (1987, c. 483, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-24-170 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 24 - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|§ 58-24-170 - Service of process.

 58-24-170. Service of process.(a) Every society authorized to do business in this State shall appoint in writing the Commissioner and each successor in office to be its true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful process in any action or proceeding against it shall be served, and shall agree in such writing that any lawful process against it which is served on said attorney shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the society, and that the authority shall continue in force so long as any liability remains outstanding in this State. Copies of such appointment, certified by said Commissioner, shall be deemed sufficient evidence thereof and shall be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the original thereof might be admitted. (b) Service shall only be made upon the Commissioner, or if absent, upon the person in charge of the Commissioner's office. It shall be made in duplicate and shall constitute sufficient service upon the society. When legal process against a society is served upon the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall forthwith forward one of the duplicate copies by certified or registered mail, prepaid, directed to the secretary or corresponding officer. No such service shall require a society to file its answer, pleading or defense in less than 30 days from the date of mailing the copy of the service to a society. Legal process shall not be served upon a society except in the manner herein provided. At the time of serving any process upon the Commissioner, the plaintiff or complainant in the action shall pay to the Commissioner a fee in the amount set in G.S. 58-16-30. (1987, c. 483, s. 2; 1989, c. 645, s. 4; 1991, c. 720, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-24-175 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 24 - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|§ 58-24-175 - Review.

 58-24-175. Review.All decisions and findings of the Commissioner made under the provisions of this Article shall be subject to review under G.S. 58-2-75. (1987, c. 483, s. 2; 1991, c. 720, ss. 4, 21.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-24-180 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 24 - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|§ 58-24-180 - Penalties.

 58-24-180. Penalties.(a) Any person, officer, member, or examining physician of any society authorized to do business under this Article who shall knowingly or willfully make any false or fraudulent statement or representation in or with reference to any application for membership, or for the purpose of obtaining money from or benefit in any society transacting business under this Article, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.(b) Any person who shall solicit membership for, or in any manner assist in procuring membership in any fraternal benefit society not licensed to do business in this State, or who shall solicit membership for, or in any manner assist in procuring membership in any such society not authorized as herein provided to do business as herein defined in this State, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished only by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).(c) Any society, or any officer, agent, or employee thereof, neglecting or refusing to comply with, or violating, any of the provisions of this Article, the penalty for which neglect, refusal, or violation is not specified in this section, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished only by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).(d) Any person violating the provisions of G.S. 58-24-65 shall be guilty of a Class I felony.(e) Any person who willfully makes any false statement under oath in any verified report or declaration that is required by law from fraternal benefit societies, is guilty of a Class I felony. (1987, c. 483, s. 2; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1054, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, ss. 451, 1273; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 767, s. 25.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-24-190 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 24 - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|§ 58-24-190 - Severability.

 58-24-190. Severability.If any provision of this Article or the application of such provision to any circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Article or the application of the provision to other circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. (1987, c. 483, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-25-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 25 - Fraternal Orders.|§ 58-25-1 - General insurance law not applicable.

 58-25-1. General insurance law not applicable.Nothing in the general insurance laws, except such as apply to fraternal orders shall be construed to extend to benevolent associations incorporated under the laws of this State that only levy an assessment on the members to create a fund to pay the family of a deceased member and make no profit therefrom, and do not solicit business through agents. (1987, c. 483, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-25-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 25 - Fraternal Orders.|§ 58-25-5 - Fraternal orders defined.

 58-25-5. Fraternal orders defined.Every incorporated association, order, or society doing business in this State on the lodge system, with ritualistic form of work and representative form of government, for the purpose of making provision for the payment of benefits of three hundred dollars ($300.00) or less in case of death, sickness, temporary or permanent physical disability, either as the result of disease, accident, or old age, formed and organized for the sole benefit of its members and their beneficiaries, and not for profit, is hereby declared to be a "fraternal order". Societies and orders which do not make insurance contracts or collect dues or assessments therefor, but simply pay burial or other benefits out of the treasury of their orders, and use their funds for the purpose of building homes or asylums for the purpose of caring for and educating orphan children and aged and infirm people in this State, shall not be considered as "fraternal orders"; and such order or association paying death or disability benefits may also create, maintain, apply, or disburse among its membership a reserve or emergency fund as may be provided in its constitution or bylaws; but no profit or gain may be added to the payments made by a member. (1987, c. 483, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-25-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 25 - Fraternal Orders.|§ 58-25-10 - Funds derived from assessments and dues.

 58-25-10. Funds derived from assessments and dues.The fund from which the payment of benefits, as provided for in G.S. 58-25-5, shall be made, and the fund from which the expenses of such association, order or society shall be defrayed, shall be derived from assessments or dues collected from its members. Such societies or associations shall be governed by the laws of the State governing fraternal orders or societies, and are exempt from the provisions of all general insurance laws of this State, and no law hereafter passed shall apply to such orders or societies unless fraternal orders or societies are designated therein. (1987, c. 483, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-25-15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 25 - Fraternal Orders.|§ 58-25-15 - Appointment of member as receiver or collector; appointee as agent for order or society; rights of members.

 58-25-15. Appointment of member as receiver or collector; appointee as agent for order or society; rights of members.Assessments and dues referred to in G.S. 58-25-5 and G.S. 58-25-10 may be collected, receipted, and remitted by a member or officer of any local or subordinate lodge of any fraternal order or society when so appointed or designated by any grand, district, or subordinate lodge or officer, deputy, or representative of the same, there being no regular licensed agent or deputy of said grand lodge charged with said duties; but any person so collecting said dues or assessments shall be the agent or representative of such fraternal order or society, or any department thereof, and shall bind them by their acts in collecting and remitting said amounts so collected. Under no circumstances, regardless of any agreement, bylaws, contract, or notice, shall said officer or collector be the agent or representative of the individual member from whom any such collection is made; nor shall said member be responsible for the failure of such officer or collector to safely keep, handle, or remit said dues or assessments so collected, in accordance with the rules, regulations, or bylaws of said order or society; nor shall said member, regardless of any rules, regulations, or bylaws to the contrary, forfeit any rights under his certificate of membership in said fraternal order or society by reason of any default or misconduct of any said officer or member so acting. (1987, c. 483, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-25-20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 25 - Fraternal Orders.|§ 58-25-20 - Meetings of governing body; principal office.

 58-25-20. Meetings of governing body; principal office.Any such order or society incorporated and organized under the laws of this State may provide for the meeting of its supreme legislative or governing body in any other state, province, or territory wherein such order or society has subordinate lodges, and all business transacted at such meetings is as valid in all respects as if the meetings were held in this State; but the principal business office of such order or society shall always be kept in this State. (1987, c. 483, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-25-25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 25 - Fraternal Orders.|§ 58-25-25 - Conditions precedent to doing business.

 58-25-25. Conditions precedent to doing business.Any such fraternal order, society, or association as defined by this Article, chartered and organized in this State or organized and doing business under the laws of any other state, district, province, or territory, having the qualifications required of domestic societies of like character, upon satisfying the Commissioner that its business is proper and legitimate and so conducted, may be admitted to transact business in this State upon the same conditions as are prescribed by Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter for admitting and authorizing foreign insurance companies to do business in this State, except that such fraternal orders shall not be required to have the capital required of such insurance companies. Organizers or agents shall be licensed without requiring an examination; provided, organizers or agents who are engaged in or intend to engage in the sale of individual policies of life insurance shall take the examination required of life insurance agents. Those organizers or agents licensed for the sale of insurance pursuant to former G.S. 58-268 as of July 1, 1977, shall be exempt from examination. (1987, c. 483, s. 2; 1991, c. 720, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 58-25-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 58 - Insurance|Article 25 - Fraternal Orders.|§ 58-25-30 - Certain lodge systems exempt.

 58-25-30. Certain lodge systems exempt.The following beneficial orders or societies shall be exempt from the requirements of this Article, and shall not be required to pay any license tax or fees nor make any report to the Commissioner, unless the assessments collected for death benefits by the supreme lodge amount to at least three hundred dollars ($300.00) in one year: Beneficial fraternal orders, or societies incorporated under the laws of this State, which are conducted under the lodge system which have the supreme lodge or governing body located in this State, and which are so organized that the membership consists of members of subordinate lodges; that the subordinate lodges accept for membership only residents of the county in which such subordinate lodge is located; that each subordinate lodge issues certificates, makes assessments, and collects a fund to pay benefits to the widows and orphans of its own deceased members and their families, each lodge independently of the others, for itself and independently of the supreme lodge; that each lodge controls the fund for this purpose; that in addition to the benefits paid by each subordinate lodge to its own members, the supreme lodge provides for an additional benefit for such of the members of the subordinate lodges as are qualified, at the option of the subordinate lodge members; that such organization is not conducted for profit, has no capital stock, and has been in operation for 10 years in this State.The Commissioner may require the chief or presiding officer, or the secretary, to file annually an affidavit that such organization is entitled to this exemption. (1987, c. 483, s. 2; 1991, c. 720. s. 4.)