§ 24605 Replacement Warrant Issuance

Education Code·California

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•If you lose your retirement check or it doesn't go into your bank account, you can ask for a new one.
•You don't have to pay extra or sign anything special to get the new check.
•If there's a problem because of the lost check, the money comes from the same retirement fund.

Example

Your retirement check gets lost in the mail.

You can tell the retirement office, and they will send you a new check without making you pay or sign extra papers. If something goes wrong, like someone else cashing the lost check, the retirement fund covers the cost.

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§ 24605 Replacement Warrant Issuance

Upon receipt of proof satisfactory to the board, that a warrant drawn in payment of a retirement allowance or in payment of any other account due from the plan under this part, has been lost or that payment transmitted electronically cannot be credited to an account, the Controller upon the request of the board shall issue a replacement warrant in payment of the same amount, without requiring a bond from the payee, and any loss incurred in connection therewith shall be charged against the fund from which the payment was derived. (Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 207. Effective January 1, 1999.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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retirement allowance replacement warrant fund

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Education Code. Section 24605.

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