15. Retirement plans. (a) For the purposes of this section, the term '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 the following plans or accounts: (1) An individual retirement account under 26 U.S.C. § 408; (2) A Roth individual retirement account under 26 U.S.C. § 408A; (3) A deemed individual retirement account under 26 U.S.C. § 408(q); (4) An annuity or mutual fund custodial account under 26 U.S.C. § 403(b); (5) A pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or other retirement plan qualified under 26 U.S.C. [§] 401(a); (6) A plan under 26 U.S.C. § 457(b); and (7) A nonqualified deferred compensation plan under 26 U.S.C. § 409A. (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 ent 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. (Feb. 23, 2023, D.C. Law 24-236, § 2(d), 69 DCR 14660.)
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