CalSTRS: Fax Number for the Service Retirement Application

What is CalSTRS' fax number for retirement applications?

CalSTRS names fax directly as an accepted submission method on the Service Retirement Application's own official instructions, alongside myCalSTRS, mail, hand delivery, and overnight delivery.

Where to fax

• Service Retirement Application (member): fax 916-414-5965 or 916-414-5964. Source: CalSTRS' own official Service Retirement Application instructions.
• Pension2 (403(b)/457(b)) plan and account maintenance forms (member, one form per fax): fax 888-814-5862. Source: CalSTRS' own member forms page.
• General member services (member): fax 916-414-5040. Source: CalSTRS' own contact page.

^{Fax numbers verified September 17, 2026.}

Which route should I use?

1. Submitting your completed Service Retirement Application: use 916-414-5965 or 916-414-5964.
2. A Pension2 plan or account maintenance form: use 888-814-5862, sending one form per fax transmission.
3. Any other member services question: use the general fax, 916-414-5040, or call CalSTRS directly.

Several other retirement and benefits administrators in our directory follow a similar pattern. Our directory also covers CalPERS' fax numbers, sending a fax to the Railroad Retirement Board, and Empower Retirement's fax numbers, each with its own scope and confirmed sources.