Answers.Body: <p>I wouldn't have thought that just a membership would be deceased. As for logic, I've always made the assumptions that it's a safeguard from 'accidentally' soliciting membership renewals. </p>
  
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Body: <p>Can anyone please explain why a membership state Deceased exists (along with the contact's state)? Is there a use case where the membership is Deceased, but the contact is not?</p>
  
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Title: Membership state deceased
ThreadText: # Membership state deceased
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-30)
  
  Can anyone please explain why a membership state Deceased exists (along with the contact's state)? Is there a use case where the membership is Deceased, but the contact is not?
  
  **Tags:** civimember
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-06-01. Score: 1
  
  I wouldn't have thought that just a membership would be deceased. As for logic, I've always made the assumptions that it's a safeguard from 'accidentally' soliciting membership renewals.
  
  
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