Section 8-421 - Membership. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-421. Membership.
 

(a)  Admission of minors.-  

(1) A society may admit to membership an individual who: 

(i) is older than 141/2 years old; and 

(ii) gives the society evidence of insurability acceptable to the society. 

(2) A minor who is admitted to the society is: 

(i) bound by the terms of the application and certificate and by the laws and rules of the society; and 

(ii) entitled to the rights and privileges of membership as though the individual were an adult at the time of application. 

(b)  General and social members.- A society also may admit general or social members who do not have a voice or vote in the management of the society's insurance affairs. 

(c)  Liability.- The members of a grand, supreme, or subordinate lodge or branch of a society are not personally liable for payment of a benefit provided by the society. 

(d)  Rights and privileges.- A society shall specify in its laws or rules the rights and privileges of each membership class. 

(e)  Rights not assignable.- Membership rights in a society are personal to the member and not assignable. 
 

[CA § 6-413; 1995, ch. 36; 1997, ch. 183, § 1.]