LawWiki
HomeCodesSearchGlossaryAPIAbout
LawWiki

Plain English summaries of California law with zero-hallucination AI. Every summary is verified against official source text.

Product

  • Search
  • Codes
  • About

Legal

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Disclaimer

© 2026 LawWiki. All rights reserved.

HomeGovernment CodeDiv. 5Pt. 3Ch. 11Art. 4§ 20998 Military Service Contribution Credit

§ 20998 Military Service Contribution Credit

Government Code·California
AI Summary·Official Text·Key Terms·Related Statutes·References
AI SummaryVerified

§ 20998 Military Service Contribution Credit

Key Takeaways

  • •If you leave your job for military service and your boss pays into your retirement while you're gone, you can still get that money even if you take out your own contributions later.
  • •If you come back to your job after the military and take out your retirement money, but then go back to work again without putting that money back, you still get credit for the time you were in the military.
  • •Your retirement contributions when you go back to work are based on your age minus the time you were in the military.

Example

John works for the state and then joins the military for 2 years. His boss keeps paying into John's retirement while he's gone. When John comes back, he takes out his own retirement money but doesn't put it back. Later, he goes back to work for the state again.

John still gets the retirement money his boss paid while he was in the military, and he gets credit for those 2 years like he never took his money out. His future retirement payments are based on his age now minus those 2 years in the military.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

Official Source
View on CA.gov

§ 20998 Military Service Contribution Credit

If a member for whose absence on military service employer’s contributions are paid or payable under Section 20997 withdraws or has withdrawn or is or has been paid his or her accumulated contributions after his or her return to state service from military service, and thereafter reenters or reentered state service without redepositing the amount of the accumulated contributions last withdrawn by or repaid to him or her, he or she is nevertheless entitled to be credited with the employer’s contributions for his or her absence on military service under Section 20997, and to receive credit for service for the period of his or her absence on military service, the same as if he or she had not withdrawn or been repaid his or her accumulated contributions. The future contribution rate of a member shall be based upon an age determined by deducting the period of his or her absence on military service so credited to him or her from his age at the time of his or her last re-entry into state service. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 22, 2026

Key Terms

military serviceaccumulated contributionsemployer’s contributionsSection 20997future contribution rate

Related Statutes

  • § 20991 Military Leave Contribution Credit
  • § 20993 Military Leave Employer Contributions
  • § 20994 Military Service Membership Rights
  • § 20995 Military Service Membership Rights
  • § 20997 Military Leave Employer Contributions

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Government Code. Section 20998.
View Official Source