[IAI LETTERHEAD]
Christopher T. Benedict
(612) 376 - 2695
May 3, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission VIA EDGAR ELECTRONIC FILING
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
RE: IAI Retirement Funds, Inc.
File Nos. 33-69012 and 811-8032
DEAR SIR OR MADAM,
Pursuant to Rule 497(j), IAI Retirement Funds, Inc. certifies that:
1) the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information
that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would
not have differed from that contained in the most recent amendment
to the registration statement (Post-Effective Amendment #8 filed
April 30, 1999), and
2) the text of the most recent amendment to the registration
statement has been filed electronically.
SINCERELY,
/s/ Christopher T. Benedict
Christopher T. Benedict