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Home→Agencies→Public Pensions→Iowa→When someone dies

State Public Pensions in Iowa: when someone dies

A 4-step process for Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) after a death in Iowa.

OverviewWhen someone dies

Public Pensions

Iowa

ipers.org→

Administering agency

Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS)

Phone1-800-622-3849
WebsiteVisit website →
Verified May 2026

Steps to take

  1. Notify IPERS of the member's death as soon as possible so payments are handled correctly.
  2. Confirm whether the member died before or after retirement and, for a retiree, the payment option that was elected.
  3. Confirm the most recent beneficiary designation on file with IPERS.
  4. File the death-benefit application with the documents IPERS requires, including a certified death certificate.

Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS)

Phone: 1-800-622-3849

Visit the agency website →

Frequently asked questions

Contact the Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) at 1-800-622-3849. IPERS covers most Iowa state and local government workers, teachers, and public safety members, and handles survivor and death-benefit claims.

It depends on the payment option the retiree elected at retirement. A joint-and-survivor option pays a contingent annuitant a lifetime monthly benefit, a single-life option pays no death benefit, and lump-sum or term-certain options pay remaining amounts to the beneficiary or estate.

No. The beneficiary must file an application with IPERS to receive a death benefit. Benefits are paid according to the most recent beneficiary designation on file with IPERS.

Public Pensions

Iowa

ipers.org→

Administering agency

Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS)

Phone1-800-622-3849
WebsiteVisit website →
Verified May 2026