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Quick answer: CalPERS’s fax for member forms is (800) 959-6545. It’s printed on forms such as the Member Change of Address (myCalPERS 2190), the Refund Direct Deposit Authorization (myCalPERS 1362) and the Active Employment Certification (myCalPERS 3003). Sign and date the form, put your CalPERS ID or Social Security number on it, and keep the fax confirmation page. For an address change, CalPERS recommends your myCalPERS account over the form, and if you’re still working, your employer updates your address with CalPERS instead.
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System prints the same fax number on its member forms, next to its postal address, P.O. Box 942715, Sacramento, CA 94229-2715. What matters is whether the form you’re holding can be faxed at all, and what CalPERS needs on it before it will act.
CalPERS forms that print the fax number
Checked on calpers.ca.gov on 16 October 2026. Revision dates are the ones printed on each form.
| What you’re sending | Fax | Source | Checked on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Member Change of Address (myCalPERS 2190, 4/2023) | (800) 959-6545 | Printed on the form | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Refund Direct Deposit Authorization (myCalPERS 1362, 12/2023) | (800) 959-6545 | Printed on the form | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Active Employment Certification (myCalPERS 3003, 02/2025) | (800) 959-6545, or email to MAMD_Refund_Unit_Requests |
Printed on the form | 16 Oct 2026 |
Before you fax a CalPERS form
- Still working? Don’t send the address form. The form itself says that if you’re currently employed, you contact your employer instead, and your personnel office updates CalPERS. Active members change their name through their employer too.
- Sign and date it. The address form says so in its first lines.
- Identify yourself on every page. The forms ask for your CalPERS ID or Social Security number next to your name.
- One direct deposit form per benefit. If you get more than one type of retirement benefit, each needs its own Refund Direct Deposit Authorization.
- Power of attorney first. If someone signs for you, CalPERS has to have approved the guardian, conservator or power of attorney papers before it acts on the form.
- No P.O. box for health coverage. If you have health coverage through CalPERS, the address on the change form can’t be a P.O. box.
CalPERS also warns that it may ask for extra validation before changing your details. That’s for the security of your account, so answer any follow-up quickly.
A new address can also mean a new health plan, because your CalPERS health plan has to cover your work or home ZIP code. Long-term care coverage is separate: update it with illumifin, which runs the CalPERS Long-Term Care Program, at (800) 982-1775.
When myCalPERS is the better route
For an address change, CalPERS recommends doing it in your myCalPERS account at my.calpers.ca.gov, because it’s processed faster than the paper form. Tax withholding changes can also be made there. Retirement applications can be completed in myCalPERS too, or on the hard-copy application from CalPERS’s Forms & Publications page.
If you’d rather talk to someone, CalPERS’s number is 888 CalPERS (888-225-7377), and its TTY line is (877) 249-7442.
Teaching in a California public school? Your pension is probably with CalSTRS, a separate system with its own fax numbers. See how to fax CalSTRS.
If you’re faxing the paper form
Municorn Fax sends the signed form to (800) 959-6545 and keeps the confirmation page with the date and time, so you can show when CalPERS received it. Add a front page with our cover sheet generator.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I email CalPERS instead of faxing?
For the Active Employment Certification, yes: the form gives an email address for CalPERS’s refund unit, shown in the table above. The address change and direct deposit forms list fax and post only.
Where do I post a CalPERS form?
To CalPERS, P.O. Box 942715, Sacramento, CA 94229-2715, the address printed on the forms.
What’s the fastest way to change my address with CalPERS?
Your myCalPERS account. CalPERS recommends it over the paper form for faster processing.
Is CalPERS the same as CalSTRS?
No. CalPERS covers California public employees; CalSTRS covers California public school teachers. They have different fax numbers.
Sources
- CalPERS Member Change of Address (myCalPERS 2190, 4/2023): fax, signing, P.O. box rule, power of attorney, myCalPERS. Checked 16 October 2026.
- CalPERS Refund Direct Deposit Authorization (myCalPERS 1362, 12/2023): fax, one form per benefit type. Checked 16 October 2026.
- CalPERS Active Employment Certification (myCalPERS 3003, 02/2025): fax and email. Checked 16 October 2026.
- CalPERS, name or address changes: active members go through their employer, health plan ZIP codes, long-term care. Checked 16 October 2026.
- CalPERS Circular Letter 200-054-17: retirement applications in myCalPERS or on paper. Checked 16 October 2026.
