My LACERA is your personal online retirement account and message center, accessible 24/7. It is available to anyone with a LACERA benefits account—working members, retired members, deferred members, and survivors.
Watch our walkthrough video below to acquaint yourself with My LACERA’s features. Looking for help on a specific topic? Visit our Getting Started with My LACERA page to view videos separated by topic. Once you’ve finished the video, visit My LACERA to sign up or access your account.
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Whatever your career or life stage, My LACERA helps you stay connected with helpful information and account management features. On My LACERA, you can:
- See important announcements
- View your retirement plan data
- Update your personal information, including change of address
- Update your beneficiary information
- See your recent LACERA interactions
- Upload documents
- Send a secure email
- Sign up to receive paperless documents such as your annual benefit statement, automated deposit receipts, 1099-Rs, and Pathways or Spotlight newsletters
Depending on If you are an active member (currently working) or a retired, deferred, or survivor member, My LACERA has additional features you may need.
If you are an active member (currently working), you can also:
- View your annual benefit statement
- Use the retirement benefit calculator to create a personalized retirement benefit estimate
- Generate an amount in fund letter
- See your current contribution rate
- Purchase service credit, and more
If you are a retired member, you can also:
- View automated deposit receipts (ADRs) and 1099-Rs
- Sign up for direct deposit
- Change your federal and California tax withholding elections
- Generate a pension verification letter
Safe and Secure
My LACERA has security features to prevent fraud and protect your identity, including an extended validation security certificate and challenge questions.
Each time you use My LACERA, you should check your web browser’s address bar for a lock or other indication that your connection is secure, to ensure you are on the authentic My LACERA site and your transmissions are securely encrypted. If you cannot confirm you are on the secure My LACERA site, do not input your personal information, and close your browser.