§ 4045.
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§ 4045. Retirement plans
(a)As used 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 § 408, 26 U.S.C. § 408, as amended;
(2)a Roth individual retirement account under Internal Revenue Code § 408A, 26 U.S.C. § 408A, as amended;
(3)a deemed individual retirement account under Internal Revenue Code § 408(q), 26 U.S.C. § 408(q), as amended;
(4)an annuity or mutual fund custodial account under Internal Revenue Code § 403(b), 26 U.S.C. § 403(b), as amended;
(5)a pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or other retirement plan qualified under Internal Revenue Code § 401(a), 26 U.S.C. § 401(a), as amended;
(6)a plan under Internal Revenue Code § 457(b), 26 U.S.C. § 457(b), as amended; and
(7)a nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Internal Revenue Code § 409A, 26 U.S.C. § 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. (Added 2023, No. 60, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)