5 CFR § 838.625 - Types of annuity.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s838.625"
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title: "5 CFR § 838.625 - Types of annuity."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "838.625"
section_name: "Types of annuity."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "838"
part_name: "COURT ORDERS AFFECTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 8347(a) and 8461(g). Subparts B, C, D, E, J, and K also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8345(j)(2) and 8467(b). Sections 838.221, 838.422, and 838.721 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8347(b)."
regulatory_source: "57 FR 33574, July 29, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
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# 838.625 Types of annuity.

(a) Terms that are synonymous with net annuity are—

(1) Disposable annuity; and

(2) Retirement check.

(b) Terms that are synonymous with self-only annuity are—

(1) Life rate annuity;

(2) Unreduced annuity; and

(3) Annuity without survivor benefit.

(c) All court orders that do not specify net annuity or self-only annuity apply to gross annuity.