Survivor Benefits Following Member’s Death
Should you die:
- Before retirement, the amounts in your employee, rollover, and employer accounts, to the extent
you are in these accounts, will be paid in a single lump sum to
your . If you have a spouse or someone who is constitutionally
required to be treated as a spouse, by law that person will be your
unless that person consents to the designation of a different beneficiary.
- After retiring but before PERS pays you all amounts in your IAP employee and vested employer accounts, PERS shall pay the remaining balance to your beneficiary or beneficiaries as a lump sum distribution.
If you die without a
designation of beneficiary on file, any death benefits that may be due
and payable, by law, will be paid in the following order of priority to the:
- Member's surviving spouse or other person who is constitutionally required to be treated in the same manner as a spouse.
- Member's surviving children, in equal shares.
- Member's estate.
Related topics:
Beneficiary
Designation
Taxes
on Death Benefits
Status of a PERS member who has been an active member of the system in each of five calendar years. in these accounts, will be paid in a single lump sum to
your designated beneficiary