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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77357</law_id><section_number>51.1-214</section_number><catch_line>Creditable service</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="2.1">Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Service qualifying for credit under the provisions of the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Retirement System</span> shall be included as creditable service for the purposes of this chapter, provided the requirements set forth in Chapter 1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Virginia Retirement System established" href="/51.1-124.1/">51.1-124.1</a> et seq.) of this title for crediting service have been complied with and any payment required is credited in the <span class="dictionary">member</span>&#x2019;s contribution account. <a id="paragraph-277445" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-214/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">member</span> ceases to be an <span class="dictionary">employee</span>, has not received a refund of the accumulated contributions credited to his <span class="dictionary">member</span>&#x2019;s contribution account, and accepts employment in a position covered by the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Retirement System</span>, the Judicial <span class="dictionary">Retirement System</span> or the State Police Officers&#x2019; <span class="dictionary">Retirement System</span>, he shall be entitled to credit for his previous creditable service under this chapter. His accumulated contributions shall be transferred and credited to his <span class="dictionary">member</span>&#x2019;s contribution account in the appropriate <span class="dictionary">retirement system</span>. Future retirement rights shall be as set forth under the provisions of the appropriate <span class="dictionary">retirement system</span>. <a id="paragraph-277446" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-214/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1999, c. 585; 2001, cc. 686, 697.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
