Updating Personal Information
Your Address
You may also update your address by
notifying PSERS in writing. Please include your name, the last four digits of your social security number, former address (or name), new address (or name), current telephone number, the effective date of the change, and your signature in the letter.
Address changes
should not be submitted any earlier than 90 days prior to the effective date of the change.
PSERS
5 N 5th Street
Harrisburg PA 17101-1905
Note: PSERS will also accept:
A different address submitted via a signed PSERS application as long as your date of birth on the form matches the information in your account.
Change of address information provided by the United States Postal Service (USPS) or the USPS National Change of Address (NCOA) database.
Address change from SERS if you are a multiple service member and from the Health Options Program third-party administrator if you are an annuitant
Your Name
If you are changing your name, PSERS may require additional verification, such as a copy of the court order granting the name change. This is especially true for any name change resulting from anything but a marriage.
Your Gender
Please contact PSERS to correct your gender.
Unacceptable Requests
PSERS
will not accept address or name changes:
- From an email
- By phone
- From anyone but you
If you have named a
Power-of-Attorney (POA) (PDF) and the POA was approved by PSERS, the POA may change your address on your behalf.