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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 36.02.08.07" title_num="36" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="08" heading="Requirements for Court Order.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Preparation of the Proposed Court Order. An assignee seeking assignment shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Prepare the proposed court order;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ensure that the court order contains the information required in the Assignment Law;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Submit the proposed court order to the Agency; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Follow the procedures set out in the Assignment Law.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Final Court Order.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Based upon the Agency’s lottery prize payment installment due dates, the assignor and assignee shall submit the final court order to the Agency:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>For lottery prize payments due in August, the court order shall be received by the Agency by June 1 of that year;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>For lottery prize payments due in November, the court order shall be received by the Agency by September 1 of that year;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>For lottery prize payments due in February, the court order shall be received by the Agency by December 1 of the preceding year; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>For lottery prize payments due in May, the court order shall be received by the Agency by March 1 of that year.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The court orders specified in §B(1) of this regulation shall be certified.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>