---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 8410"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "8410"
heading: "Eligibility for annuity"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/8410"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart G — Insurance and Annuities"
  - "Chapter 84 — Federal Employees’ Retirement System"
  - "Subchapter II — Basic Annuity"
---

# §8410. Eligibility for annuity


Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) or [Member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) must complete at least 5 years of civilian [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) creditable under [section 8411](/usc/5/8411.md) in order to be [eligible](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-3) for an annuity under this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 99–335, title I, § 101(a), June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 522.)