Employees are fully vested after five years. However, employees who have an active contract (monies on deposit) in a qualified defined-benefit or defined-contribution retirement program of a college, university or higher education organization located in a state other than Arizona, or in a similar type of retirement plan in any country other than the United States, may be immediately vested in the ORP upon verification of eligibility.

It is the responsibility of the participant to provide the University with the necessary documentation for consideration of immediate vesting. If you are appointed to an ORP-eligible position for the first time after your initial employment date, without a break in continuous retirement eligible employment in the Arizona University System, and you previously participated in the ASRS plan, your credited years of service under the ASRS plan will be applied toward your vesting period in the ORP.