If your funds are coming from a qualified employer plan, you'll need to rollover your funds— this must be initiated by you, by submitting your current custodian’s rollover paperwork to your current custodian. 

Nowadays you want to Make sure that these rollover, start with 30 or 60 days Due Diligence with 30 Days rollover. 

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You may avoid the taxes if you deposit the funds in an eligible retirement plan (which includes an IRA) within "3 years and a day" of the date of the COVID-19 distribution (note: compare to a 60-day rollover).

@Evan BonnellJust a couple additional comments to good post from @Natalie KolodijCan Waive withholding requirement (typically 20% when taken from employer plan)Need to confirm that plan allows for such distributions (employer does not have to allow it)Must take distribution by 12/31/2020May avoid the taxes if you deposit the funds in an eligible retirement plan (which includes an IRA) within "3 years and a day" of the date of the COVID-19 distribution (note: compare to a 60-day rollover).

As @Clinton Rux touched on, a 60 day rollover will permit you to withdraw money from your SDIRA to serve as a personal loan as long as it is redeposited into a qualified retirement account within 60 days of the withdraw.

@Joe CassandraIt’s a small subset of futures contracts that couldn’t roll over that this happened to.

I guess in the next war, famine, hurricane, financial crash, whatever crisis comes along 10 years from now people will just continue to roll over and give up the rights guaranteed to them by the founding documents of this country.

You may avoid the taxes if you deposit the funds in an eligible retirement plan (which includes an IRA) within "3 years and a day" of the date of the COVID-19 distribution (note: compare to a 60-day rollover). 

Be sure to check with your former employer to see if you are eligible to rollover your 401(k) to a self-directed IRA.