A certificate of membership shall be invalid if:

Terms Used In Virginia Code 38.2-4020

  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds type of organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Virginia Code 38.2-100

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.