How to Join State Employees Credit Union North Carolina Membership (SECU)

SECU or State Employees Credit Union membership eligibility in North Carolina includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Employees of the state of North Carolina
• Federal employees assigned to North Carolina state agencies (for example, a federal US Department of Agriculture employee assigned to work at the North Carolina Department of Agriculture)
• Employees of public boards of education
• Members of the North Carolina National Guard
• County employees of Social Services, Health, Mental Health, and Civil Defense
• Employees of associations formed for the benefit of the state of North Carolina employees (e.g., State Employees’ Association of North Carolina)
• Employees of agencies or departments whose employees are subject to the State Personnel Act
• Individuals retired from the above employment or service as pensioners and/or annuitants from the above employment or service. This includes former ” vested ” employees who have not withdrawn or terminated future eligibility to be a pensioner and/or annuitant.
• Un-remarried spouses of persons who died while in the field of membership
• Immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) of a current member
• Individuals sharing a single economic unit with a current member

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