All of the following forms are located in ORBIT.
Each form contains guides which will explain the type of service purchase and what is required to receive credit for that service.
See Form 462 (Purchasing Retirement System Credit or Requesting Free Credit for Military Service).
See Form 463 (Purchasing Retirement Credit for a Period of Interrupted Service For Educational Purposes) and Form 463F (Requesting Continuation of Contributions and Credit for Planned Educational Leave).
See Form 455 (Purchasing Retirement System Credit for a Period of Out-of-State Employment).
See Form 461 (Purchasing Retirement System Credit for Withdrawn Service). Eligible LGERS or TSERS withdrawn service purchased in LGERS or TSERS counts as creditable service, not membership service. TSERS withdrawn service purchased in TSERS does not count toward the 5-year membership service requirement for eligibility for State Health Plan coverage as a TSERS retiree.
See Form 441 (Purchasing Retirement Credit for a Period of Workers’ Compensation).
See Form 443 (Purchasing Retirement Credit for State or Local Government Temporary Employment).
See Form 451 (Purchasing Retirement Credit for a Period of Part-Time State or Local Governmental Employment).
See Form 466 (Purchasing Retirement System Credit for Unreported Service Omitted Through Error).
See Form 467 (Purchasing Retirement System Credit For a Period of Federal Service).
See Form 479 (Purchasing Retirement System Credit for a Period of Federally-Funded Service).
See Form 430 (Purchasing Retirement Credit for a Period of Interrupted Service Related to Parental Leave).
See Form 452 (Purchasing Retirement Credit for a Period of Service with a Non-Participating Local Unit).
See Form 470 (Purchasing Retirement Credit for a Waiting Period Imposed by a Local Unit).
See Form 485 (Purchasing Retirement Credit for a Period of Interrupted Service Due to Extended Illness).
(No form necessary.)
See Form 481 (Purchasing Retirement Credit for a Period of Service Not Credited by the Former Law Enforcement Officers’ Retirement System).
See Form 432 (Purchasing Retirement Credit for a Period of Interrupted Service Due to Involuntary Furlough).
See Form 499 (Purchasing Retirement Credit for a Period of Service with a Non-Participating Charter School).
A member may purchase credit for periods of withdrawn University of North Carolina Optional Retirement Program service, provided he or she is not receiving, and is not entitled to receive, any retirement benefits resulting from this service.
To purchase this service, the member must have completed five years of service as a contributing member of TSERS since the Optional Retirement Program service. The member’s cost will be a lump sum payment equal to the full actuarial liabilities created from the additional credit purchased. See Form 478 (Purchasing Retirement System Credit for Withdrawn Optional Retirement Program Service).
See Form 398 (Using a Distribution of Tax-Sheltered Savings to Purchase Retirement Credit).
This page was last modified on 12/03/2024