TIAA: Fax Number for Withdrawal Forms

What is TIAA's fax number?

TIAA confirms a single fax, 800-914-8922, directly on its own contact page, with an explicit list of what it accepts and what it doesn't, an unusually clear standard for this cluster.

Where to fax

• Eligible lump-sum and systematic cash withdrawal forms (account holder): fax 800-914-8922. Source: TIAA's own official contact/support page.
• Distribution requests greater than $50,000, transfer payout annuity, and minimum distribution: mail these requests, rather than fax, under TIAA's directory instructions.
• Beneficiary designation changes (account holder): not by fax. Source: TIAA.
• Name changes (account holder): not by fax. Source: TIAA.
• Rollover authorizations (account holder): not by fax. Source: TIAA.
• Voided checks (direct deposit setup) (account holder): not by fax. Source: TIAA.

^{Fax number verified October 20, 2026.}

Which route should I use?

1. For an eligible withdrawal not covered by the mailing exceptions above, send a completed form: fax 800-914-8922.
2. For payment to a bank account, your bank details must already be on file. If they are not, mail the forms; a check sent to your mailing address may still qualify for fax, subject to TIAA's address-change rules. See TIAA's withdrawal-form instructions.
3. Anything on TIAA's do-not-fax list, beneficiary designations, name changes, rollover authorizations, voided checks: use TIAA's online account or mail instead.
4. When in doubt, check TIAA's own contact page, it states the list plainly rather than leaving it ambiguous.

Several other retirement and benefits administrators in our directory follow a similar pattern. Our directory also covers MassMutual's fax number, sending a fax to CalPERS, and the CalSTRS fax page, each with its own scope and confirmed sources.