---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1603.2"
title: "5"
number: "1603.2"
heading: "Basic vesting rules."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1603.2"
---

# §1603.2. Basic vesting rules.

- (a) **All amounts in a CSRS employee's individual account are immediately vested.**
- (b) Except as provided in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, all amounts in a FERS employee's or uniformed service member's individual account (including all first conversion contributions) are immediately vested.
- (c) Except as provided in [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section, upon separation from Government service without meeting the applicable service requirements of [§ 1603.3](/cfr/5/1603.3.md), a FERS employee's or a BRS uniformed service member's Agency Automatic (1%) Contributions and attributable earnings will be forfeited.
- (d) If a FERS employee or uniformed service member dies (or died) after January 7, 1988, without meeting the applicable service requirements set forth in [§ 1603.3](/cfr/5/1603.3.md), the Agency Automatic (1%) Contributions and attributable earnings in his or her individual account are deemed vested and shall not be forfeited. If a FERS employee died on or before January 7, 1988, without meeting those service requirements, his or her Agency Automatic (1%) Contributions and attributable earnings are forfeited to the Thrift Savings Plan.

## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 60104, Dec. 19, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8432(g), 8432b(h)(1), 8474(b)(5) and (c)(1).

### Source

Source: 52 FR 29835, Aug. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[82 FR 60104, Dec. 19, 2017]