{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/51.1-206.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/51.1-206.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/51.1-206.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/51.1-206.html"}],"law_id":56709,"edition_id":1,"section_id":56709,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-206","catch_line":"Service retirement allowance","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 51-135, 51-151; 1950, p. 885; 1954, c. 139; 1956, c. 562; 1966, c. 628; 1968, c. 647; 1970, c. 657; 1972, c. 568; 1973, cc. 290, 523; 1974, c. 353; 1976, cc. 525, 538; 1978, c. 841; 1981, c. 393; 1984, c. 430; 1986, c. 73; 1989, c. 484; 1990, c. 832; 1992, c. 815; 1993, cc. 408, 568; 1994, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 5; 1995, cc. 152, 692, 811; 1998, cc. 674, 676; 2000, c. 911; 2001, c. 804; 2004, c. 687; 2005, c. 146; 2007, c. 819.","full_text":"A\n\nA member shall receive an annual retirement allowance, payable for life, as follows:1\n\nNormal retirement. — The allowance shall equal the amount of creditable service multiplied by (i) 1.70 percent of his average final compensation for retirements prior to July 1, 2007, and (ii) 1.85 percent of his average final compensation for retirements on or after July 1, 2007.\n\t\t\t\tFor retirements between October 1, 1994, and December 31, 1998, any state police officer who is a member or beneficiary of a retirement system administered by the Board shall receive an additional retirement allowance equal to three percent of the service or disability retirement allowance payable under this section. Average final compensation attributable to service as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, or member of the General Assembly shall not be included in computing this additional retirement allowance.2\n\nEarly retirement. — The allowance shall be determined in the same manner as for normal retirement with creditable service and average final compensation being determined as of the date of actual retirement. If the member has less than 25 years of service at retirement, the amount of the retirement allowance shall be reduced on an actuarial equivalent basis for the period by which the actual retirement date precedes the earlier of (i) his normal retirement date or (ii) the first date on or after his fiftieth birthday on which he would have completed a total of 25 years of creditable service.B\n\nIn addition to the allowance payable under subsection A, a member shall receive annually from the date of his retirement until his retirement age, as such term is defined under the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 416 et seq., as now or hereafter amended), an allowance equal to $9,264. Beginning July 1, 2001, and biennially thereafter, such allowance shall be reviewed and adjusted by the Board to an amount recommended by the actuary of the Virginia Retirement System based upon increases in social security benefits in the interim.\n\t\t\tThis subsection shall not apply to the following: (i) any member who qualifies for retirement under subsection C of § 51.1-205 and is credited with less than 20 years’ service rendered in a hazardous position or (ii) any member employed initially on or after July 1, 1974, who is credited with less than 20 years’ service rendered in a hazardous position. However, any service rendered as an employee, as such term is defined in § 51.1-212, shall be deemed as service in a hazardous position for purposes of the additional retirement allowance herein.C\n\nIf a beneficiary of a service retirement allowance under this chapter is at any time in service as an employee in a position covered for retirement purposes under the provisions of this or any chapter other than Chapter 7 (§ 51.1-700 et seq.) of this title, his retirement allowance shall cease while so employed.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":207503,"text":"A member shall receive an annual retirement allowance, payable for life, as follows:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":207504,"text":"Normal retirement. — The allowance shall equal the amount of creditable service multiplied by (i) 1.70 percent of his average final compensation for retirements prior to July 1, 2007, and (ii) 1.85 percent of his average final compensation for retirements on or after July 1, 2007.\n\t\t\t\tFor retirements between October 1, 1994, and December 31, 1998, any state police officer who is a member or beneficiary of a retirement system administered by the Board shall receive an additional retirement allowance equal to three percent of the service or disability retirement allowance payable under this section. Average final compensation attributable to service as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, or member of the General Assembly shall not be included in computing this additional retirement allowance.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":207505,"text":"Early retirement. — The allowance shall be determined in the same manner as for normal retirement with creditable service and average final compensation being determined as of the date of actual retirement. If the member has less than 25 years of service at retirement, the amount of the retirement allowance shall be reduced on an actuarial equivalent basis for the period by which the actual retirement date precedes the earlier of (i) his normal retirement date or (ii) the first date on or after his fiftieth birthday on which he would have completed a total of 25 years of creditable service.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"B"},"3":{"id":207506,"text":"In addition to the allowance payable under subsection A, a member shall receive annually from the date of his retirement until his retirement age, as such term is defined under the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 416 et seq., as now or hereafter amended), an allowance equal to $9,264. Beginning July 1, 2001, and biennially thereafter, such allowance shall be reviewed and adjusted by the Board to an amount recommended by the actuary of the Virginia Retirement System based upon increases in social security benefits in the interim.\n\t\t\tThis subsection shall not apply to the following: (i) any member who qualifies for retirement under subsection C of § 51.1-205 and is credited with less than 20 years’ service rendered in a hazardous position or (ii) any member employed initially on or after July 1, 1974, who is credited with less than 20 years’ service rendered in a hazardous position. However, any service rendered as an employee, as such term is defined in § 51.1-212, shall be deemed as service in a hazardous position for purposes of the additional retirement allowance herein.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"C"},"4":{"id":207507,"text":"If a beneficiary of a service retirement allowance under this chapter is at any time in service as an employee in a position covered for retirement purposes under the provisions of this or any chapter other than Chapter 7 (§ 51.1-700 et seq.) of this title, his retirement allowance shall cease while so employed.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13260,"edition_id":1,"name":"State Police Officers' Retirement System","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12947,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:32","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:32","permalink":{"id":235905,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13260,"identifier":"2","token":"51.1\/2","url":"\/51.1\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12947,"edition_id":1,"name":"Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement","identifier":"51.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","permalink":{"id":235029,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12947,"identifier":"51.1","token":"51.1","url":"\/51.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":54259,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-200","catch_line":"State Police Officers' Retirement System continued; administration; application of provisions of Virginia Retirement System","url":"\/51.1-200\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-200","metadata":false},{"id":54544,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-201","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/51.1-201\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-201","metadata":false},{"id":74405,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-202","catch_line":"Membership in retirement system","url":"\/51.1-202\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-202","metadata":false},{"id":75132,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-203","catch_line":"Creditable service","url":"\/51.1-203\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-203","metadata":false},{"id":83295,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-204","catch_line":"Contributions by Commonwealth","url":"\/51.1-204\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-204","metadata":false},{"id":69138,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-205","catch_line":"Service retirement generally","url":"\/51.1-205\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-205","metadata":false},{"id":56709,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-206","catch_line":"Service retirement allowance","url":"\/51.1-206\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-206","metadata":false},{"id":56425,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-207","catch_line":"Death before retirement","url":"\/51.1-207\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-207","metadata":false},{"id":69861,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-208","catch_line":"Post-retirement supplements","url":"\/51.1-208\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-208","metadata":false},{"id":67495,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-209","catch_line":"Disability as the result of felonious misconduct of another","url":"\/51.1-209\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-209","metadata":false},{"id":63242,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-210","catch_line":"Disability benefit","url":"\/51.1-210\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-210","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":69138,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-205","catch_line":"Service retirement generally","url":"\/51.1-205\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-205","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":56425,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-207","catch_line":"Death before retirement","url":"\/51.1-207\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-207","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/51.1-206\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 24 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 139; in 1956, chapter 562; in 1966, chapter 628; in 1968, chapter 647; in 1970, chapter 657; in 1972, chapter 568; in 1973, chapters 290 and 523; in 1974, chapter 353; in 1976, chapters 525 and 538; in 1978, chapter 841; in 1981, chapter 393; in 1984, chapter 430; in 1986, chapter 73; in 1989, chapter 484; in 1990, chapter 832; in 1992, chapter 815; in 1993, chapters 408 and 568; in 1995, chapters 152<\/a>, 692<\/a>, and 811<\/a>; in 1998, chapters 674<\/a> and 676<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 911<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 804<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 687<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 146<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 819<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72480,"section_number":"51.1-130","catch_line":"Resolution of governing body; approval by Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-130\/"},{"id":60634,"section_number":"51.1-138","catch_line":"Benefits","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-138\/"},{"id":71831,"section_number":"51.1-165","catch_line":"Optional benefits","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-165\/"},{"id":82994,"section_number":"51.1-165.01","catch_line":"Partial lump-sum option for payment of retirement allowance","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-165.01\/"},{"id":56425,"section_number":"51.1-207","catch_line":"Death before retirement","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-207\/"},{"id":69861,"section_number":"51.1-208","catch_line":"Post-retirement supplements","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-208\/"},{"id":63242,"section_number":"51.1-210","catch_line":"Disability benefit","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-210\/"},{"id":81012,"section_number":"51.1-217","catch_line":"Service retirement allowance","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-217\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69138,"section_number":"51.1-205","catch_line":"Service retirement generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-205\/"},{"id":86530,"section_number":"51.1-212","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-212\/"},{"id":62567,"section_number":"51.1-700","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235931,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56709,"identifier":"51.1-206","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-206","url":"\/51.1-206\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-206\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-206","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service retirement allowance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-206","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A member<\/span> shall receive an annual retirement allowance, payable for life, as follows: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Normal retirement. — The allowance shall equal the amount of creditable service multiplied by (i) 1.70 percent of his average final compensation for retirements prior to July 1, 2007, and (ii) 1.85 percent of his average final compensation for retirements on or after July 1, 2007.\n\t\t\t\tFor retirements between October 1, 1994, and December 31, 1998, any state police officer who is a member<\/span> or beneficiary of a retirement system<\/span> administered by the Board shall receive an additional retirement allowance equal to three percent of the service or disability retirement allowance payable under this section. Average final compensation attributable to service as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General<\/span>, or member<\/span> of the General Assembly shall not be included in computing this additional retirement allowance. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Early retirement. — The allowance shall be determined in the same manner as for normal retirement with creditable service and average final compensation being determined as of the date of actual retirement. If the member<\/span> has less than 25 years of service at retirement, the amount of the retirement allowance shall be reduced on an actuarial equivalent basis for the period by which the actual retirement date precedes the earlier of (i) his normal retirement date<\/span> or (ii) the first date on or after his fiftieth birthday on which he would have completed a total of 25 years of creditable service. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In addition to the allowance payable under subsection A, a member<\/span> shall receive annually from the date of his retirement until his retirement age, as such term is defined under the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 416 et seq., as now or hereafter amended), an allowance equal to $9,264. Beginning July 1, 2001, and biennially thereafter, such allowance shall be reviewed and adjusted by the Board to an amount recommended by the actuary of the Virginia Retirement System<\/span> based upon increases in social security benefits in the interim.\n\t\t\tThis subsection shall not apply to the following: (i) any member<\/span> who qualifies for retirement under subsection C of § 51.1-205<\/a> and is credited with less than 20 years’ service rendered in a hazardous position or (ii) any member<\/span> employed initially on or after July 1, 1974, who is credited with less than 20 years’ service rendered in a hazardous position. However, any service rendered as an employee<\/span>, as such term is defined in § 51.1-212<\/a>, shall be deemed as service in a hazardous position for purposes of the additional retirement allowance herein. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If a beneficiary of a service retirement allowance under this chapter is at any time in service as an employee<\/span> in a position covered for retirement purposes under the provisions of this or any chapter other than Chapter 7 (§ 51.1-700<\/a> et seq.) of this title, his retirement allowance shall cease while so employed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE (\u00a7 51.1-206)\n\nA. A member shall receive an annual retirement allowance, payable for life, as\nfollows:\n\n 1. Normal retirement. — The allowance shall equal the amount of\n creditable service multiplied by (i) 1.70 percent of his average final\n compensation for retirements prior to July 1, 2007, and (ii) 1.85 percent of\n his average final compensation for retirements on or after July 1, 2007.\n \t\t\t\tFor retirements between October 1, 1994, and December 31, 1998, any state\n police officer who is a member or beneficiary of a retirement system\n administered by the Board shall receive an additional retirement allowance\n equal to three percent of the service or disability retirement allowance\n payable under this section. Average final compensation attributable to service\n as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, or member of the General\n Assembly shall not be included in computing this additional retirement\n allowance.\n\n 2. Early retirement. — The allowance shall be determined in the same\n manner as for normal retirement with creditable service and average final\n compensation being determined as of the date of actual retirement. If the\n member has less than 25 years of service at retirement, the amount of the\n retirement allowance shall be reduced on an actuarial equivalent basis for the\n period by which the actual retirement date precedes the earlier of (i) his\n normal retirement date or (ii) the first date on or after his fiftieth\n birthday on which he would have completed a total of 25 years of creditable\n service.\n\nB. In addition to the allowance payable under subsection A, a member shall\nreceive annually from the date of his retirement until his retirement age, as\nsuch term is defined under the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 416 et\nseq., as now or hereafter amended), an allowance equal to $9,264. Beginning July\n1, 2001, and biennially thereafter, such allowance shall be reviewed and\nadjusted by the Board to an amount recommended by the actuary of the Virginia\nRetirement System based upon increases in social security benefits in the\ninterim.\n\t\t\tThis subsection shall not apply to the following: (i) any member who\nqualifies for retirement under subsection C of § 51.1-205 and is credited\nwith less than 20 years’ service rendered in a hazardous position or (ii)\nany member employed initially on or after July 1, 1974, who is credited with\nless than 20 years’ service rendered in a hazardous position. However, any\nservice rendered as an employee, as such term is defined in § 51.1-212,\nshall be deemed as service in a hazardous position for purposes of the\nadditional retirement allowance herein.\n\nC. If a beneficiary of a service retirement allowance under this chapter is at\nany time in service as an employee in a position covered for retirement purposes\nunder the provisions of this or any chapter other than Chapter 7 (§\n51.1-700 et seq.) of this title, his retirement allowance shall cease while so\nemployed.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 51-135, 51-151; 1950, p. 885; 1954, c. 139; 1956, c.\n562; 1966, c. 628; 1968, c. 647; 1970, c. 657; 1972, c. 568; 1973, cc. 290, 523;\n1974, c. 353; 1976, cc. 525, 538; 1978, c. 841; 1981, c. 393; 1984, c. 430;\n1986, c. 73; 1989, c. 484; 1990, c. 832; 1992, c. 815; 1993, cc. 408, 568; 1994,\n1st Sp. Sess., c. 5; 1995, cc. 152, 692, 811; 1998, cc. 674, 676; 2000, c. 911;\n2001, c. 804; 2004, c. 687; 2005, c. 146; 2007, c. 819.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}