South Carolina § 9-18-60 Maintenance by alternate payee of current residence address on file with retirement system; payment of benefits by system when alternate payee cannot be located.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 9-18-60 — Maintenance by alternate payee of current residence address on file with retirement system; payment of benefits by system when alternate payee cannot be located.

South Carolina § 9-18-60

Title 9RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

Ch. 18QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 9-18-60 (2026).

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(A)An alternate payee is responsible for maintaining a current residence address on file with the retirement system. The retirement system has no duty to locate any alternate payee other than by sending written notice to the last known address on file with the system.

(B)If the retirement system cannot locate an alternate payee when a benefit becomes payable, the retirement system shall hold the amount payable to the alternate payee and make payment without interest to the alternate payee if the payee is located within the following one hundred eighty days. If the alternate payee is not located within one hundred eighty days from the date the benefit became payable, the retirement system shall pay the amount held to the person who would have received the payment but for the qualified dom

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(A) An alternate payee is responsible for maintaining a current residence address on file with the retirement system. The retirement system has no duty to locate any alternate payee other than by sending written notice to the last known address on file with the system. (B) If the retirement system cannot locate an alternate payee when a benefit becomes payable, the retirement system shall hold the amount payable to the alternate payee and make payment without interest to the alternate payee if the payee is located within the following one hundred eighty days. If the alternate payee is not located within one hundred eighty days from the date the benefit became payable, the retirement system shall pay the amount held to the person who would have received the payment but for the qualified domestic relations order. If the alternate payee is subsequently located, the retirement system shall pay subsequent benefits in accordance with the qualified domestic relations order but the alternate payee's interest in any amount already paid is extinguished.