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Iowa Code § 633B.215

Retirement plans

Known as the Iowa Uniform Power of Attorney Act

The act spans §§ 633B.101 to 633B.403 (45 sections).

2014 Acts, ch 1078, §40

1. 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 in which the principal is a participant, beneficiary, or owner, including but not limited to a plan or account under the following sections of the Internal Revenue Code:

a. An individual retirement account in accordance with section 408.

b. A Roth individual retirement account established under section 408A.

c. A deemed individual retirement account under section 408(q).

d. An annuity or mutual fund custodial account under section 403(b).

e. A pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or other retirement plan qualified under section 401(a).

f. An eligible deferred compensation plan under section 457(b).

g. A nonqualified deferred compensation plan under section 409A.

2. 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 do all of the following:

a. Select the form and timing of payments under a retirement plan and withdraw benefits from a plan.

b. Make a rollover, including a direct trustee-to-trustee rollover of benefits from one retirement plan to another.

c. Establish a retirement plan in the principal’s name.

d. Make contributions to a retirement plan.

e. Exercise investment powers available under a retirement plan.

f. Borrow from, sell assets to, or purchase assets from a retirement plan.

Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.