Chapter 3: Service Credit

PERS Service Credit

Summary

This section contains information about service credit for members of the Public Employees" Retirement System (PERS), including elected officials. This information applies to members working for such PERS-covered employers as state agencies, libraries, public utility districts and fire protection districts. This information does not apply to PERS members working for educational employers. For rules for those members, refer to the section called PERS Education Service Credit.

Rules governing service credit are contained in state retirement law. This handbook summarizes those rules in less legalistic terms. It is not a complete description of the law. If there are any conflicts between what is written here and state retirement law, the law will govern.