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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86067</law_id><section_number>51.1-128</section_number><catch_line>Cessation of membership</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>51.1-142.2</reference><reference>51.1-156</reference><reference>51.1-161</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="51.1">Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Virginia Retirement System</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Membership in Retirement System</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Membership in the <span class="dictionary">retirement system</span> shall cease (i) upon the withdrawal of the <span class="dictionary">member</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">accumulated contributions</span> except as provided in subsection C of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Service retirement" href="/51.1-153/">51.1-153</a>, (ii) upon retirement, (iii) upon death, or (iv) as provided by <span class="dictionary">Board</span> policy for dormant accounts.
		An <span class="dictionary">employee</span> shall lose all rights to any benefits under this chapter arising from <span class="dictionary">service</span> rendered prior to the date of cessation of membership.</p></section></text><history>1952, c. 157, &#xA7;&#xA7; 51-111.29, 51-111.43; 1954, c. 643; 1960, c. 604; 1966, c. 174; 1978, c. 841; 1984, c. 430; 1990, c. 832; 1992, c. 811.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
