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Iowa Code § 97B.45 (2026)

Normal retirement date

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A member’s normal retirement date is any of the following, whichever is applicable to the member:

1. The first of the month in which a member attains the age of sixty-five years if the member has not completed twenty years of membership service.

2. The first of the month in which the member attains the age of sixty-two years if the member has completed twenty years of membership service.

3. The first of any month in which the member has completed twenty years of membership service if the member has attained the age of sixty-two years but is not yet sixty-five years of age.

4. The first of any month in which the member is at least fifty-five years of age and for\n\nTue Dec 09 22:29:18 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 97B (56, 1) §97B.45, IOWA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM (IPERS) 34\n\nwhich the sum of the number of years of membership service and prior service and the member’s age in years as of the member’s last birthday equals or exceeds eighty-eight. [C46, 50, §97.13, 97.39; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §97B.45] 86 Acts, ch 1243, §9; 88 Acts, ch 1242, §32; 94 Acts, ch 1183, §27; 98 Acts, ch 1183, §27, 77; 2001 Acts, ch 68, §21, 24; 2002 Acts, ch 1135, §17; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2004 Acts, ch 1103, §23 Referred to in §97B.18 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1962–1991 · leading case: Hawkins v. Preisser, 264 N.W.2d 726 (Iowa 1978).
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Hawkins v. Preisser, 264 N.W.2d 726 (Iowa 1978). · cites it 34× “This is an appeal by plaintiffs and intervenors, all employees of the Highway Division *727 of the Iowa Department of Transportation, from a ruling of the trial court that §§ 97B.45 and 97B.46, The Code, 1975, permitting each state agency to establish its own retirement policy,…”
Peters v. Iowa Emp. Sec. Comm'n, 248 N.W.2d 92 (Iowa 1976). · cites it 16× “The Commission in answer filed December 24 denied any illegal action on its part and asserted sections 97B.45 and 97B.46, The Code, were controlling as to Peters’ retirement.”
Stith v. Civil Serv. Com'n of Des Moines, 159 N.W.2d 806 (Iowa 1968). · cites it 8× “Section 97B.45 the retirement provision under the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System, commonly called I.”
DeShon v. Bettendorf Cmty. Sch. Dist., 284 N.W.2d 329 (Iowa 1979). · cites it 4× “, provides an orderly means of implementing its policy on mandatory retirement, claiming support for its policy from § 97B.45, The Code 1977 (the Iowa Public Employee’s Retirement System chapter), which states that a member’s normal retirement age shall be 65 years, and further…”
Smith v. Newell, 117 N.W.2d 883 (Iowa 1962). · cites it 4× “The Board used only Section 97B.45, and refused to give attention to Section 97B.”
Clyde Couch v. Michael Wilkinson, 939 F.2d 673 (8th Cir. 1991). “2d 92, 95-96 (Iowa 1976) (Iowa Code §§ 97B.45 and 97B.46 prevail over Iowa Code ch.”
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