AK Pensions & Retirement Savings

State Description

AK

Elected public officers (only benefits building up)

AK

ERISA-qualified benefits deposited more than 120 days before filing bankruptcy

AK

Judicial employees (only benefits building up)

AK

Public employees (only benefits building up)

AK

Roth & traditional IRAs

AK

Teachers (only benefits building up)

AK

Other pensions, to extent wages exempt (only payments being received)

AL

IRAs, Roth IRAs, and other retirement accounts

AL

Judges (only payments being received)

AL

Law enforcement officers

AL

State employees

AL

Teachers

AL

Spendthrift trusts (with exceptions)

AR

Disabled firefighters

AR

Disabled police officers

AR

IRA deposits to $20,000 if deposited over 1 year before filing for bankruptcy

AR

Police officers

AR

School employees

AR

State police officers

AZ

Public Safety Personnel Retirement System benefits, contributions, interest & credits

AZ

Board of regents members, faculty and administrative officers under board's jurisdiction

AZ

District employees

AZ

ERISA-qualified benefits deposited over 120 days before filing

AZ

IRAs, Roth IRAs deposited over 120 days before filing

AZ

Firefighters

AZ

Police officers

AZ

Rangers

AZ

State employees retirement and disability

C2

ERISA-qualified benefits, IRAs & Roth IRAs needed for support

CA

County employees

CA

County firefighters

CA

County peace officers

CA

Private retirement benefits, including IRAs & Keoghs

CA

Public employees

CA

Public retirement benefits

CO

Teachers

CO

ERISA-qualified benefits, including IRAs and Roth IRAs

CO

Firefighters & police officers

CO

Public employees' pensions

CO

Public employees' pensions, deferred compensation & defined contribution plans

CO

Veteran's pension for veteran, spouse, or dependents if veteran served during war or armed conflict

CT

ERISA-qualified benefits, including IRAs and Keoghs, to extent wages exempt

CT

Medical savings account

CT

Municipal employees

CT

State employees

CT

Teachers

DC

ERISA-qualified benefits, IRAs, Keoghs, etc. to maximum deductible contribution

DC

Any stock bonus, annuity, pension, or profit-sharing plan

DC

Judges

DC

Public school teachers

DC

Police officers, fire fighters, and teachers retirement benefits

DE

IRAs, Roth IRAs 401(k)s and other retirement plans, including inherited retirement assets

DE

Kent County employees

DE

Police officers

DE

State employees

DE

Volunteer firefighters

FL

County officers, employees

FL

ERISA-qualified benefits, and all tax exempt retirement funds including IRAs, Roth IRAs

FL

Firefighters

FL

Police officers

FL

State officers, employees

FL

Teachers

GA

Employees of nonprofit corporations

GA

ERISA-qualified benefits & IRAs

GA

Public employees

GA

Payments from IRA necessary for support

GA

Other pensions needed for support

HI

IRAs, Roth IRAs, ERISA-qualified benefits deposited over 3 years before filing bankruptcy 401(a), 401(k), 403(a), 403(b), 408, 408A, 409 (as in effect prior to January 1, 1984), 414(d), or 414(e) of the Internal Revenue Code

HI

Firefighters

HI

Police officers

HI

Public officers & employees

IA

Federal government pension

IA

Firefighters

IA

Peace officers

IA

Police officers

IA

Public employees

IA

Other pensions, annuities, and contracts fully exempt; however, contributions made within 1 year prior to filing for bankruptcy not exempt to the extent they exceed normal and customary amounts

IA

Retirement plans, Keoghs, IRAs, Roth IRAs, ERISAqualified benefits

IA

Disabled firefighters, police officers (only payments being received)

ID

Firefighters

ID

Government & private pensions, retirement plans, IRAs, Keoghs, etc.

ID

Police officers

ID

Public employees

ID

ERISA-qualified benefits

IL

County employees

IL

Disabled firefighters; widows, & children of firefighters

IL

All tax-exempt retirement plans including IRAs, government and church plans

IL

Firefighters

IL

General assembly members 40-5/2-154

IL

House of correction employees

IL

Judges 40-5/18-161

IL

Municipal employees

IL

Park employees

IL

Police officers

IL

Public employees

IL

Public library employees

IL

Sanitation district employees

IL

State employees

IL

State university employees

IL

Teachers

IL

Civil service employees

IN

Police officers

IN

Public employees

IN

Public or private retirement benefits and contributions, IRAs, (Contributions other than Roth IRAs must be tax-deductable)

IN

Sheriffs

IN

State teachers

IN

Firefighters

KS

ERISA-qualified benefits, IRAs and Roth IRAs

KS

Federal government pension needed for support & paid within 3 months of filing for bankruptcy (only payments being received)

KS

Firefighters

KS

Judges

KS

Police officers

KS

Public employees

KS

State highway patrol officers

KS

State school employees

KS

Payment under a stock bonus, pension, profitsharing, annuity, or similar plan or contract on account of illness, disability, death, age, or length of service, to the extent reasonably necessary for support

KS

Elected & appointed officials in cities with populations between 120,000 & 200,000

KY

Police officers

KY

ERISA-qualified benefits, including IRAs, SEPs, and Keoghs deposited more than 120 days before filing

KY

State employees

KY

Teachers

KY

Urban county government employees

KY

Firefighters

LA

Orleans parish school employees retirement

LA

City of Alexandria employees retirement

LA

City of Monroe bus drivers pension

LA

City of Monroe electrical workers pension

LA

New Orleans sewage workers

LA

Court clerks

LA

District attorneys

LA

ERISA-qualified benefits, including IRAs and Keoghs, if contributions made over 1 year before filing for bankruptcy

LA

Firefighters

LA

Gift or bonus payments from employer to employee or heirs whenever paid

LA

Judges

LA

Louisiana University employees

LA

Municipal employees

LA

Parochial employees

LA

Police officers

LA

School employees

LA

Sheriffs

LA

State employees

LA

Teachers

LA

Voting registrars

LA

Assessors

MA

ERISA-qualified benefits, including IRAs. Exempt IRA contributions for previous 5 years limited to 7% of income.

MA

Private retirement benefits

MA

Public employees

MA

Savings bank employees

MA

Credit union employees

MD

State employees

MD

ERISA-qualified benefits, IRAs (limited to tax-deductable contributions for non-Roth IRAs)

ME

Judges

ME

Legislators

ME

State employees

ME

Payments from IRAs or other pensions or disability or survivor benefits needed for support of the debtor and dependents to $15,000

ME

ERISA-qualified benefits

MI

ERISA-qualified benefits, except contributions within last 120 days

MI

IRAs (conventiona, Roth, ed& Roth IRAs, except contributions within last 120 days; limited to tax-deductible contributions for non-Roth IRAs.

MI

Judges

MI

Legislators

MI

Probate judges

MI

Public school employees

MI

State employees

MI

Firefighters, police officers

MN

IRAs needed for support, up to $75,000 in present value

MN

Public employees

MN

State employees

MN

State troopers

MN

ERISA-qualified benefits or needed for support, up to $78,000 in present value

MO

Employees of cities with 100,000 or more people

MO

Retirement plan, profit-sharing plan, health savings plan, or similar plan, including an inherited account or plan, qualified under section 401(a), 403(a), 403 (b), 408, (IRA) 408A (Roth IRA), or 409 of the federal tax code, inlcuding an iherited account or plan

MO

Firefighters

MO

Highway & transportation employees

MO

Police department employees

MO

Public officers & employees

MO

State employees

MO

Teachers

MO

Employee benefit spendthrift trust

MS

Firefighters (includes death benefits)

MS

Highway patrol officers

MS

Law enforcement officers' death benefits

MS

Private retirement benefits to extent tax-deferred

MS

Police officers (includes death benefits)

MS

Public employees retirement & disability benefits

MS

State employees

MS

Teachers

MS

Volunteer firefighters' death benefits

MS

Qualified state health saving accounts

MS

Earned income tax credit to $5,000

MS

ERISA-qualified benefits, IRAs, Keoghs deposited over 1 yr. before filing bankruptcy

MT

Firefighters

MT

IRA contributions & earnings made before judgment filed

MT

Police officers

MT

Public employees

MT

Teachers

MT

University system employees

MT

IRAs, ERISA-qualified benefits deposited over 1 year before filing bankruptcy or up to 15% of debtor's gross annual income

NC

Firefighters & rescue squad workers

NC

Retirement benefits from other states to extent exempt in that state.

NC

IRAs , Roth IRAs, Inherited IRAs

NC

State law enforcement officers

NC

Legislators

NC

Municipal, city, & county employees

NC

Teachers & state employees

ND

ERISA-qualified retirement funds, IRAs, & Keoghs to $200,000 per plan; or $400,000 for all accounts; no limit if more needed for support

ND

Public employees pensions

ND

Public employees deferred compensation

ND

Disabled veterans' benefits, except military retirement pay

ND

Payments from an ERISA-qualified stock bonus, profit-sharing, annuity or similar plan, to extemt extent necessary for support.

NE

IRAs, Roth IRAs & ERISA-qualified benefits needed for support

NE

Military disability benefits to $2,000

NE

School employees

NE

State employees

NE

Deferred compensation of public employees

NE

County employees

NH

Firefighters

NH

Police officers

NH

Public employees

NH

Federally created pension (only benefits building up)

NJ

City boards of health employees

NJ

Civil defense workers App. A:9-57.6

NJ

County employees

NJ

ERISA-qualified benefits for city employees

NJ

Firefighters, police officers, traffic officers

NJ

IRAs

NJ

Judges

NJ

Municipal employees

NJ

Prison employees

NJ

Public employees

NJ

School district employees

NJ

State police

NJ

Street & water department employees

NJ

Teachers

NJ

Trust containing personal property created pursuant to federal tax law, including 401(k) plans and higher education (529) savings plans, IRAs, Roth IRAs Excluded from bankruptcy estate

NJ

Alcohol beverage control officers

NM

Public school employees

NM

Pension or retirement benefits

NV

Public employees

NV

ERISA-qualified benefits, deferred compensation, SEP IRA, Roth IRA or IRAs, higher education (529) savings plans to $500,000

NY

ERISA-qualified benefits, IRAs, & Keoghs & income needed for support

NY

Public retirement benefits

NY

State employees

NY

Teachers

NY

Village police officers Unconsolidated

NY

Volunteer ambulance workers' benefits

NY

Volunteer firefighters' benefits

OH

Public safety officers' death benefit

OH

IRAs & Keoghs, 529 savings plans needed for support

OH

Public employees

OH

Public school employees

OH

State highway patrol employees

OH

Volunteer firefighters' dependents

OH

Firefighters, police officers

OH

ERISA-qualified benefits needed for support

OH

Teachers

OK

Disabled veterans

OK

ERISA-qualified benefits, IRAs, Roth IRAs, Education IRAs & Keoghs

OK

Firefighters

OK

Judges

OK

Law enforcement employees

OK

Police officers

OK

Public employees

OK

Tax exempt benefits

OK

Teachers

OK

County employees

OR

ERISA-qualified benefits, including IRAs and SEPs to $7,500

OR

Public officers, employees pension payments to to $7,500

PA

County employees

PA

Municipal employees

PA

Police officers

PA

Private retirement benefits (IRAs, etc.) to extent tax-deferred, if clause prohibits proceeds from being used to pay beneficiary's creditors; exemption limited to deposits of $15,000 per year made at least 1 year before filing (limit does not apply to rollovers from other exempt funds or accounts)

PA

Public school employees

PA

State employees

PA

City employees

RI

ERISA-qualified benefits

RI

Firefighters

RI

IRAs all types

RI

Police officers

RI

Private employees

RI

State & municipal employees

SC

Firefighters

SC

General assembly members

SC

IRAs and Roth IRAs

SC

Judges, solicitors

SC

Police officers

SC

Public employees

SC

ERISA-qualified benefits; your share of the pension plan fund

SD

City employees

SD

IRAs, Roth IRAs & ERISA-qualified benefits, limited to income & distribution to $1,000,000

SD

Public employees

TN

ERISA-qualified benefits, IRAs, & Roth IRAs

TN

Public employees

TN

State & local government employees

TN

Teachers

TN

Health & medical savings accounts

TX

County & district employees

TX

ERISA-qualified government or church benefits, including Keoghs and IRAs & Roth IRAs; (limited to tax-deductible contributions)

TX

Firefighters

TX

Judges

TX

Law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel survivors

TX

Municipal employees & elected officials, state employees

TX

Police officers

TX

Retirement benefits to extent tax-deferred

TX

Teachers

US

All types of retirement funds and accounts that tax-exempt under IRC section 401, 403, 408, 408A, 414, 457, or 501(a) ; IRAs & Roth IRAs limited to $1,512,350 (excluding rollover contributions); limitation can be overidden by judge.

UT

ERISA-qualified benefits, IRAs, Keoghs (benefits that have accrued & contributions that have been made at least 1 year prior to filing)

UT

Public employees

VA

City, town, & county employees

VA

All types of IRAs and ERISA-qualified benefits to 'same extent as permitted under federal bankruptcy law for such a plan"

VA

Judges

VA

State employees

VA

State police officers

VT

Municipal employees

VT

Self-directed accounts (IRAs, Keoghs); contributions must be made 1 year before filing

VT

State employees

VT

Teachers

VT

Other pensions

WA

City employees

WA

ERISA-qualified benefits, IRAs, & Keoghs

WA

Judges

WA

Law enforcement officials & firefighters

WA

Police officers

WA

Public & state employees

WA

State patrol officers

WA

Teachers

WA

Volunteer firefighters

WI

Certain municipal employees

WI

Firefighters, police officers who worked in city with population over 100,000

WI

Military pensions

WI

Private or public retirement or disability benefits, including IRAs and KEOGHs, 401(k), subject to many exceptions & limitations.

WI

Public employees

WV

ERISA-qualified benefits or profit sharing plan, needed for support

WV

Public employees

WV

Teachers

WV

All deposits in IRAs, SEPs and other individual retirement accounts

WY

Criminal investigators, highway officers

WY

Firefighters' death benefits

WY

Game & fish wardens

WY

Police officers

WY

Private or public retirement funds & accounts, including IRAs, Roth IRAs and SEP IRAs, and inherited accounts

WY

Public employees

ZN

Federal Civil Service employees

ZN

Foreign Service Employees

ZN

Military Medal of Honor roll pensions

ZN

Annuities paid to members of the Armed Services, based on retirement or retainer pay

ZN

Railroad workers

ZN

Social Security

ZN

U.S. Veterans' benefits

ZN

Benefits for surviving spouses of Lighthouse Service personnel

ZN

Death and disability benefits paid pursuant to the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act