Colorado § 10-14-201 - Qualifications for membership.
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§ 10-14-201. Qualifications for membership.
(1) A society shall specify in its governing documents or rules:
(a) Eligibility standards for each and every class of membership. If benefits are provided on the lives of children, the minimum age for adult membership shall be set at not less than fifteen years of age and not greater than twenty-one years of age.
(b) The process for admission to membership for each membership class; and
(c) The rights and privileges of each membership class. Only benefit members shall have the right to vote on the management of the insurance affairs of the society.
(2) A society may also admit social members who shall have no voice or vote in the management of the insurance affairs of the society.
(3) Membership rights in the society are personal to the member and are not assignable.
Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 588, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 10-14-108 as it existed prior to 1993.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 10-14-201 is similar to § 10-14-108 as it existed prior to the 1993 amendment to article 14, which resulted in the relocation of provisions, a relevant case decided under that provision has been included in the annotations to this section.
Person who misrepresents age is not aided by retroactive lowering of age limit. Retroactive amendment to the charter of a fraternal benefit society as to the age limit of members held not to apply to one who procured his alleged membership by misrepresenting his age. Wiltshire v. Modern Woodmen of Am., 76 Colo. 460, 232 P. 925 (1925).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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