Mr Moss quit the force when an internal inquiry started into allegations that he had a long-running affair with a junior constable, Katie Scott.
He began working for the Real Estate Agents Authority in March and the following month was appointed its senior enforcement manager - a decision now the subject of a review by an independent lawyer.
But police human resources general manager Wayne Annan confirmed to the Dominion Post yesterday that, although Mr Moss "resigned" in September, he was paid until March.
The April edition of police newsletter Ten-One lists the names of 15 officers who had resigned. The name of Mr Moss does not appear in that list, but appears in a separate section headed "retirements" and states his retirement date as March 6.
Mr Annan said it "would not be an unreasonable assumption" that Mr Moss resigned in September last year but was paid out until March, when he retired.
As soon as Mr Moss' resignation was accepted, he was no longer a policeman, Mr Annan said.
Mr Moss' resignation ended an internal inquiry into his failure to disclose the affair to the panel that appointed him as police headquarters' head of professional standards.
A separate criminal investigation, into an allegation that he told Ms Scott to lie to a police investigation, found no case to answer.
Police Commissioner Howard Broad has ordered a criminal inquiry into another relationship Mr Moss had with a woman who works for a government agency with links to police.
Mr Moss has declined to speak to the newspaper but his lawyer said he had not breached his employment contract or committed any criminal offence and was confident his name will be cleared.
