A certificate of membership shall be invalid if:
1. The certificate holder was ill at the time the certificate was procured;
2. Any person concerned in the procurement of the certificate had reason to believe that the illness existed at that time;
3. The illness continued to the death of the certificate holder and was a contributing cause of death;
4. Health questions were not asked on the application for coverage; and
5. The certificate holder died within sixty days from the date the certificate was issued.
Code 1950, § 38-153; 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-562; 1986, c. 562.
Structure Code of Virginia
§ 38.2-4000. Societies to which chapter applies
§ 38.2-4001. Society may be incorporated
§ 38.2-4002. Continuation of existing societies
§ 38.2-4003. Licensing of additional societies prohibited
§ 38.2-4004. What laws applicable
§ 38.2-4005. License may be renewed annually
§ 38.2-4007. Adoption of bylaws
§ 38.2-4008. Fidelity bond required
§ 38.2-4009. Inspection of books and papers
§ 38.2-4010. Accumulation of reserve for an emergency fund
§ 38.2-4011. Maintenance of reserve for an emergency fund
§ 38.2-4012. Disposition of reserve for an emergency fund; discontinuance of business; receiver
§ 38.2-4013. Certificates of membership
§ 38.2-4014. Required grace period
§ 38.2-4015. Certificate to specify amount of payment and when to be paid
§ 38.2-4016. Payments become liens on society's property
§ 38.2-4017. Notice of assessment
§ 38.2-4018. Liability on officers and directors for failing to levy assessments
§ 38.2-4020. When certificate invalid
§ 38.2-4021. Interest in benefits; assignability; liability to attachment, etc.
§ 38.2-4022. Certain contracts with undertakers, etc., forbidden