Public Utilities Code section 98196

All money received by any person as an annuity, pension, retirement, allowance, disability payment or death benefit, from the retirement system, and all contributions and interest thereon returned to any member of the retirement system, whether in the actual possession of such member or deposited, loaned, or invested by him, is exempt from execution or any other process except to the extent permitted by Section 704.110 of the Code of Civil Procedure and is unassignable.

Source: Section 98196, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PUC§ionNum=98196. (updated Jul. 1, 1983; accessed Sep. 28, 2026).

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Original Source: Section 98196, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PUC§ionNum=98196. (last accessed May 12, 2025).