{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-24-4-1105","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 24-4-1105","heading":"Deferred and early annuities","body":"(a) Any member or former member with sufficient years of actual service to qualify for a vested termination annuity who has not attained normal retirement age may retire with an early annuity provided in § 24-4-510(a) .\n\n(b) In the event a member with five (5) or more years of actual service in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System ceases employment as a covered member before reaching sixty-five (65) years of age or attaining twenty-eight (28) years of service and does not withdraw his or her accumulated employee contributions to the system, the member is entitled to receive an annuity upon attainment of sixty-five (65) years of age and submission of a retirement application to the system.\n\n(c) If a former member has applied for a refund of contributions but returns to employment with a participating public employer prior to the date the refunded contributions are received, the request is void and employment must be terminated again to request a refund of contributions.","path":["AR Code","Title 24","Chapter 4","Subchapter 11"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"e8d6c2f931762d630b646e071f8837b0cf8fb9d3976c4feee7918928678ad2a3","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-24-4-1104","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-24-4-1106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}