2018 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 32C - North Carolina Uniform Power of Attorney Act
Article 2 - Authority.
§ 32C-2-215 - Retirement plans.

Universal Citation:
NC Gen Stat § 32C-2-215 (2018)
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32C-2-215. Retirement plans.

(a) In this section, the term "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 section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(2) A Roth individual retirement account under section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code.

(3) A deemed individual retirement account under section 408(q) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(4) An annuity or mutual fund custodial account under section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(5) A pension, profit sharing, stock bonus, or other retirement plan qualified under section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(6) A plan under sections 457(b) and (f) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(7) A nonqualified deferred compensation plan under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.

(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 do all of the following:

(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.

(6) Borrow from, sell assets to, or purchase assets from a retirement plan. (2017-153, s. 1.)


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