PURCHASING SERVICE CREDIT: FORMER PLAN E MEMBERS
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.

As a former Plan E member, you may purchase any type of prior service listed on this page, provided:

• You completed a transfer to Plan D from Plan E, or
• After a prior period of LACERA membership totaling less than ten 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 ten 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, by any of the following agencies:
  • U.S. government, including military service
  • State of California
  • Any public agency in California

Note: These 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.