If you are currently a Plan D member but were a Plan E member at any previous time, your ability to purchase service credit is subject to certain conditions. Purchases of service credit will increase your total years of service credit but will not count toward meeting the minimum service credit requirement to retire.
As a former Plan E member, you may purchase any type of prior service if:
- You completed a transfer to Plan D from Plan E, or
- After a prior period of LACERA membership totaling less than 10 years (non-vested), you returned to County service and reentered LACERA as a Plan D member.
Types of service credit you may purchase, subject to eligibility:
- Temporary County service performed before you became a LACERA member
- Non-vested Plan E service if you worked less than 10 years as a Plan E member, then terminated County service
- Prior Plan A, B, C, or D service if you terminated County service, withdrew your retirement contributions, later returned to County service as a Plan E member, and subsequently became a Plan D member
- Non-County service: Employment, prior to the date you became eligible for LACERA membership, with any of the following agencies:
- U.S. government, including military service
- Any public entity located within the state of California