Revised Code of Washington Chapter 24.20 — Fraternal Societies

Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 24.20 · 5 active provisions

Wash. Rev. Code § 24.20.010

Incorporation—Articles

Any grand lodge, encampment, chapter or any subordinate lodge or body of Free and Accepted Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, or other fraternal society, desiring to incorporate, shall deliver articles of incorporation to the secretary of state for filing in accordance with Article 2 of chapt…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 24.20.020

Filing fee

The secretary of state shall file such articles of incorporation in the secretary of state's office and issue a certificate of incorporation to any such lodge or other society upon the payment of the filing fee established by the secretary of state under RCW 23.95.260.

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Wash. Rev. Code § 24.20.025

Fees for services by secretary of state

See RCW 43.07.120.

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Wash. Rev. Code § 24.20.030

Powers—Not subject to license fees

Such lodge or other society shall be a body politic and corporate with all the powers and incidents of a corporation upon its compliance with RCW 24.20.010 and 24.20.020: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That such fraternal corporation shall not be subject to any license fee or other corporate tax of commercial corporations.

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Wash. Rev. Code § 24.20.035

Indemnification of agents of any corporation authorized

See RCW 23B.17.030.

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