{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-31663.25","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 31663.25","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as provided in Section 31663.26, a safety member who has reached the applicable compulsory age of retirement, if any, or a safety member who has completed 10 years of continuous service and who has reached the age of 50, or a safety member who has completed 20 years of service regardless of age, may be retired upon filing with the board a written application setting forth the date upon which the member desires the member’s retirement to become effective. The effective retirement date shall not be either of the following:\n(1) Earlier than the date the application is filed with the board.\n(2) More than 60 days after the date of filing the application or more than a number of days that has been approved by the board.\n(b) This section shall not apply to a member who is subject to the provisions of the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 7522) of Chapter 21 of Division 7 of Title 1) for all or any portion of that member’s membership in the county retirement system.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES [23000. - 33205.]","DIVISION 4. EMPLOYEES [31000. - 33017.]","PART 3. RETIREMENT SYSTEMS [31200. - 33017.]","CHAPTER 3. County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 [31450. - 31898.]","ARTICLE 7.5. Retirement of Safety Members for Service [31662. - 31664.65.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"3925e62b60d1c367412641face00366b1b73908d93a8c237678e0a19bfa5f4aa","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-31663.15","next":"us-ca/gov-31663.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}