| Members may be able to increase
their total service and retirement benefit.
Once they are vested, they are guaranteed a
lifetime retirement benefit upon meeting certain
age and service requirements. If a member has
any of the following types of prior service,
please have the member contact a MOSERS benefit
counselor as soon as possible.
- Active military service or active military
training (if honorably discharged)
- Circuit clerk service
- Juvenile court employee service (multicounty
circuit)
- Full-time service provided to the state
of Missouri under a contract
- MoDOT and Patrol Employees’ Retirement
System (MPERS)
- Lincoln University
- Public School Retirement System (PSRS)
- Local Government Employees’ Retirement
System (LAGERS)
- Full-time, nonfederal, public employment
in the state of Missouri
Encourage your members to inquire about prior
service credit as soon as possible! There may
be deadlines involved. Some service may be acquired
at no charge and some service must be purchased.
The longer the member waits to purchase service,
the more he/she will pay.
- Members in the MSEP 2000 cannot purchase
service until they are vested.
- If the service a member is considering
for purchase is NOT covered by social security,
the member should contact a Social Security
office to discuss what implications the purchase
would have on future social security benefits.
See the Acquiring
Service Credit brochure for additional
information.
The purchase or transfer of service
must be completed prior to the date the
member applies for retirement or the Cash
Out Option (if eligible).
Under Section 104.344, RSMo, active
employees may purchase up to four
years of full-time, nonfederal,
Missouri government employment at a reduced
rate. To be eligible, the member cannot
be vested in another retirement plan for
the same period of service.
MSEP 2000 Provision - Section 104.1090,
RSMo, allows active employees who have
been employed in a MOSERS covered position
for at least ten years
to receive credit for vested service from
another public retirement system in Missouri,
if there’s an agreement between
MOSERS and the other system. |
Application to Correct Service
Use this application to correct the
service credit records of an employee who did
not receive credit at the time of service. The
human resource personnel of the department or
agency that employed the member for the date(s)
in question must complete this application.
Before the service can be added to the member’s
record, the department or agency must agree
to pay MOSERS any necessary contributions for
the period of service. To qualify for service
credit, the employee must have been employed
in a position that normally required at least
1,000 hours of work per year (1500 hours if
prior to October 1984) and, therefore, was eligible
for benefits, or the employee must have been
misclassified at the time of hire.
Example of Application to Correct
Service form below:
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