If you were not vested as of December 1, 2012, and are convicted of a state or federal felony directly related to your employment while in service under LGERS, you are prohibited from receiving any retirement benefit other than a return of your contributions plus interest.

If you were vested as of December 1, 2012, you are prohibited from receiving any retirement benefit for service rendered after December 1, 2012, other than a return of your contributions plus interest for the period of service after December 1, 2012.

Elected government officials who were not vested on July 1, 2007, will forfeit their right to a monthly benefit from LGERS if convicted of certain state or federal offenses related to their service as an elected official.  Elected officials who were vested on July 1, 2007, are not entitled to creditable service accrued in LGERS after July 1, 2007, if convicted of certain state and federal offenses related to their service as an elected official.

As of June 26, 2018, convictions on state charges of embezzlement were added to the list of offenses. Also, if any portion of a register of deeds’ Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System benefit is forfeited, then that member’s entire Registers of Deeds’ Supplemental Pension Fund benefit is also forfeited.