Tier One/Tier Two purchases

Check out this video for an overview of purchases for Tier One/Tier Two members.

You must request a written benefit estimate to receive the estimated cost of what purchases (if any) are available to you. All eligible waiting time and forfeited service (refunded time) purchases are automatically included in the estimate. Note that PERS processes estimate requests in retirement date order, with the earliest retirement dates first.

General service time purchases

Military service time purchases

Education purchases

Police and firefighter purchases

Trustee-to-trustee transfer to PERS for purchases

Important information about overnighting purchase payments to PERS

Use PERS’ physical address when you or your financial institution want to send a purchase payment via overnight mail. Do not sent overnight packages to PERS’ post office box.

Physical address:

PERS
11410 SW 68th Parkway
Tigard, OR 97223

When mailing a package or overnighting anything to PERS, use FedEx or UPS (or other courier service) instead of the U.S. Postal Service.

Note that PERS does not receive packages on weekends or holidays.

Updating a purchase request

If you have requested a purchase and need to change your retirement date, read our Updating your purchase request webpage.