{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-1650.31","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 1650.31","heading":"Age-based withdrawals.","body":"(a) A participant who has reached age 59 1/2 and who has not separated from Government service is eligible to withdraw all or a portion of his or her vested TSP account balance in a single payment. Unless the withdrawal request is for the entire vested account balance, the entire vested traditional balance, or the entire vested Roth balance, the amount of an age-based withdrawal request must be at least $1,000.\n(b) An age-based withdrawal is an eligible rollover distribution, so a participant may request that the TSP record keeper roll over all or a portion of the withdrawal to a traditional IRA, an eligible employer plan, or a Roth IRA in accordance with § 1650.25.\n(c) A participant is permitted four age-based withdrawals per calendar year for an account.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER VI—FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD","PART 1650—METHODS OF WITHDRAWING FUNDS FROM THE THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN","Subpart D—In-Service Withdrawals"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"10be291b0fdd9700aed9047f2ed887746efb06cb4dd8e7628a6092b3a81b8d49","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-1650.25","next":"us/5-cfr-1650.32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}