Minnesota § 356.408 - TERMINATION OF SURVIVOR DESIGNATION
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 356.408 — TERMINATION OF SURVIVOR DESIGNATION, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 356.408. TERMINATION OF SURVIVOR DESIGNATION
Subdivision 1.Authorization to terminate optional annuity form.
A public pension plan retired member receiving a joint and survivor retirement annuity or a person receiving a joint and survivor disability benefit from a plan listed in section 356.30, subdivision 3, and the designated survivor of that person may mutually agree to terminate the survivor designation by filing a termination statement on a form and in the manner specified by the chief administrative officer of the applicable public pension plan. Upon filing a valid termination statement accepted by the chief administrative officer, the rights of the designated survivor to receive a benefit upon death of the plan retired or disabled annuitant are terminated, and the retired or disabled annuitant must receive a normal single-life annuity.
Subd. 2.Revised annuity form.
The replacement single life annuity must be actuarially equivalent to the joint and survivor annuity as of the first day of the month following acceptance of the valid termination statement by the chief administrative officer and payment of this revised prospective annuity begins on that same date.
Subd. 3.Application.
This section does not apply if the designated survivor is the spouse or former spouse of the plan member.
Subd. 4.Termination statement form requirements.
The annuity form termination statements must be in written form and must be notarized. Before accepting any signed form or forms, the chief administrative officer of the applicable pension plan must offer counseling to the retired or disabled annuitant and the designated survivor regarding the implications of the annuity form waiver. The forms must indicate that this counseling has been offered and either has been completed or has been waived by the retired or disabled annuitant and the designated survivor.
Subd. 5.Prohibition against further annuity form revisions.
No retired or disabled annuitant who waives the annuity form under this section may further revise the annuity form at any later date.
History:
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 356.408 ("TERMINATION OF SURVIVOR DESIGNATION") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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