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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 25.04.01.04" title_num="25" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="01" heading="Who May Submit a Claim.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A claim may be submitted to the Treasurer, as the fiduciary of the Trust, by an account holder, or by the authorized legal representative of the account holder, with respect to a prepaid contract that was open and existing on or after November 1, 2021, as determined by the Treasurer in the Treasurer’s sole discretion.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A claim may also be submitted to the Treasurer, as the fiduciary of the Trust, by a qualified beneficiary or by the authorized legal representative of the qualified beneficiary, but only with respect to a distribution that was made to the qualified beneficiary or to an eligible institution of higher education on the qualified beneficiary’s behalf and only with respect to a prepaid contract that was open and existing on or after November 1, 2021, as determined by the Treasurer in the Treasurer’s sole discretion.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A claim submitted by a legal representative shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be presented in the name of the claimant; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be signed by the legal representative.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A Claim Administrator may require that any claim submitted by a legal representative be supplemented by evidence that the legal representative is authorized to submit a claim on behalf of the claimant.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>