Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-3038
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Retirement plans
Official statutory text
A. In this section, "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:
1. An individual retirement account under Internal Revenue Code
Section 408, 26 U.S.C., Section 408, as amended;
2. A Roth individual retirement account under Internal Revenue
Code Section 408A, 26 U.S.C., Section 408A, as amended;
3. A deemed individual retirement account under Internal
Revenue Code Section 408(q), 26 U.S.C., Section 408(q), as amended;
4. An annuity or mutual fund custodial account under Internal
Revenue Code Section 403(b), 26 U.S.C., Section 403(b), as amended;
5. A pension, profit sharing, stock bonus or other retirement
plan qualified under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a), 26
U.S.C., Section 401(a), as amended;
6. A plan under Internal Revenue Code Section 457(b), 26
U.S.C., Section 457(b), as amended; and
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7. A nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Internal
Revenue Code Section 409A, 26 U.S.C., Section 409A, as amended.
B. 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:
1. Select the form and timing of payments under a retirement
plan and withdraw benefits from a plan;
2. Make a rollover, including a direct trustee-to-trustee
rollover, of benefits from one retirement plan to another;
3. Establish a retirement plan in the principal's name;
4. Make contributions to a retirement plan;
5. Exercise investment powers available under a retirement
plan; and
6. Borrow from, sell assets to or purchase assets from a
retirement plan.
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:
1. An individual retirement account under Internal Revenue Code
Section 408, 26 U.S.C., Section 408, as amended;
2. A Roth individual retirement account under Internal Revenue
Code Section 408A, 26 U.S.C., Section 408A, as amended;
3. A deemed individual retirement account under Internal
Revenue Code Section 408(q), 26 U.S.C., Section 408(q), as amended;
4. An annuity or mutual fund custodial account under Internal
Revenue Code Section 403(b), 26 U.S.C., Section 403(b), as amended;
5. A pension, profit sharing, stock bonus or other retirement
plan qualified under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a), 26
U.S.C., Section 401(a), as amended;
6. A plan under Internal Revenue Code Section 457(b), 26
U.S.C., Section 457(b), as amended; and
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7. A nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Internal
Revenue Code Section 409A, 26 U.S.C., Section 409A, as amended.
B. 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:
1. Select the form and timing of payments under a retirement
plan and withdraw benefits from a plan;
2. Make a rollover, including a direct trustee-to-trustee
rollover, of benefits from one retirement plan to another;
3. Establish a retirement plan in the principal's name;
4. Make contributions to a retirement plan;
5. Exercise investment powers available under a retirement
plan; and
6. Borrow from, sell assets to or purchase assets from a
retirement plan.
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