§ 26-1A-215 — Retirement Plans

Alabama § 26-1A-215

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 26: Infants and Incompetents
• Ch. 1A: Alabama Uniform Power of Attorney Act
• Art. 2: Authority

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(a) In this section, “retirement plan” means a plan or account created by an employer, the principal, or another individual to provide retirement benefits or deferred compensation of which the principal is a participant, beneficiary, or owner, including a plan or account under the following sections of the Internal Revenue Code:
(1) an individual retirement account under Internal Revenue Code Section 408, 26 U.S.C. Section 408, as amended;
(2) a Roth individual retirement account under Internal Revenue Code Section 408A, 26 U.S.C. Section 408A, as amended;
(3) a deemed individual retirement account under Internal Revenue Code Section 408(q), 26 U.S.C. Section 408(q), as amended;
(4) an annuity or mutual fund custodial account under Internal Revenue Code Section 403(b), 26 U.S.C. Section 403(b), as amended;
(5) a pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or other retirement plan qualified under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a), 26 U.S.C. Section 401(a), as amended;
(6) a plan under Internal Revenue Code Section 457(b), 26 U.S.C. Section 457(b), as amended; and
(7) a non-qualified deferred compensation plan under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A, 26 U.S.C. Section 409A, as amended.
(b) Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to retirement plans authorizes the agent to:
(1) select the form and timing of payments under a retirement plan and withdraw benefits from a plan;
(2) make a rollover, including a direct trustee-to-trustee rollover, of benefits from one retirement plan to another;
(3) establish a retirement plan in the principal’s name;
(4) make contributions to a retirement plan;
(5) exercise investment powers available under a retirement plan; and
(6) borrow from, sell assets to, or purchase assets from a retirement plan.

Legislative History

(Act 2011-683, p. 2015, §1.)