(1) For purposes of 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:
- (a) An individual retirement account under 26 U.S.C. § 408;
- (b) A Roth individual retirement account under 26 U.S.C. § 408A;
- (c) A deemed individual retirement account under 26 U.S.C. § 408(q);
- (d) An annuity or mutual fund custodial account under 26 U.S.C. § 403(b);
- (e) A pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or other retirement plan qualified under 26 U.S.C. § 401(a);
- (f) A plan under 26 U.S.C. § 457(b); and
- (g) A nonqualified deferred compensation plan under 26 U.S.C. § 409A.
(2) 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:
- (a) Select the form and timing of payments under a retirement plan and withdraw benefits from a plan;
- (b) Make a rollover, including a direct trustee-to-trustee rollover, of benefits from one retirement plan to another;
- (c) Establish a retirement plan in the principal's name;
- (d) Make contributions to a retirement plan;
- (e) Exercise investment powers available under a retirement plan; and
- (f) Borrow from, sell assets to, or purchase assets from a retirement plan.
Source: SL 2020, ch 214 , § 37.