<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 3-12C-1208 - Application for retirement benefit required--Picture identification required--Spouse signature not required.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40StatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 3-12C-1208 - Application for retirement benefit required--Picture identification required--Spouse signature not required."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 3-12C-1208 - Application for retirement benefit required--Picture identification required--Spouse signature not required."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/3-12C-1208"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=3-12C-1208" rel="noopener"><span class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40SENU">3-12C-1208</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40SENU">. </span><span class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40CL">Application for retirement benefit required--Picture identification required--Spouse signature not required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40Statute"><span class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40DefaultParagraphFont">No retirement benefit may be paid unless the system has received a completed application for a retirement benefit, including the benefit option elected. The application must be signed by the generational member, and the member shall provide a copy of the member's current driver license or other picture identification card issued by a government agency or tribe. If the member is married, the spouse must sign the application and provide a copy of the spouse's current driver license or other picture identification card issued by a government agency or tribe.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40Statute"><span class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40DefaultParagraphFont">A member who is married is not required to obtain the signature of the member's spouse if the member submits a completed form, in which the member certifies, under the penalty of perjury, that the member is unable to obtain the signature of the member's spouse because either:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40StatuteNumber1"><span class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The member does not know where the member's spouse is and has made a good faith effort to locate the spouse; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40StatuteNumber1"><span class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Exceptional circumstances make it inappropriate for the member to obtain the signature of the member's spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40DefaultParagraphFont">If the member is unable to obtain the signature of the member's spouse for either reason, the member must elect the sixty percent joint and survivor benefit pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=3-12C-1209" rel="noopener"><span class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40DefaultParagraphFont">3-12C-1209</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40DefaultParagraphFont"> and provide documentation to support the assertion of subdivision (1) or (2) of this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sd79026baf3984794b3ade0c5a9d8ef40SCL">SL 2016, ch 32, § 11; SDCL § 3-12-510; SL 2019, ch 22, § 1; SL 2021, ch 27, § 4; SL 2024, ch 22, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html>