Md. Code Regs. 36.02.08.01 - [Effective 6/23/2025] Definitions

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

(1) "Assignee" means a person who:

(a) Enters into a contract for voluntary assignment of a lottery prize payment

(b) Obtains a court order for voluntary assignment of the lottery prize winner's lottery prize payment in whole or in part; and

(c) Becomes a lottery prize winner.

(2) "Assignee affidavit" means a sworn statement of an assignee.

(3) "Assignment" means court-ordered payment of a lottery prize to an assignee or subsequent assignee and may include a divorce decree.

(4) "Assignment Law" means State Government Article, § 9-122(b), Annotated Code of Maryland, and this chapter.

(5) "Assignor" means:

(a) A lottery prize winner who makes the assignment of a lottery prize payment in whole or in part to an assignee or a subsequent assignee; or

(b) An assignee or subsequent assignee who seeks a court order to reassign the same or related lottery prize payment that was previously assigned by court order.

(6) "Assignor affidavit" means a sworn statement made under oath before a notary public by:

(a) A lottery prize winner who seeks to assign the lottery prize payment; or

(b) A person who was an assignee.

(7) "Contract of assignment" means the written instrument that is used to execute an assignment of a lottery prize payment.

(8) "Court" means the circuit court in the county where the Agency's headquarters is located.

(9) "Lottery prize payment" means a monetary prize that the Agency pays in installments over time that is an annuity.

(10) "Lottery prize winner" means a person who wins a lottery prize.

(11) "Petition" means a document filed in court requesting the assignment of a lottery prize payment.

Notes

Md. Code Regs. 36.02.08.01

Regulation .01 adopted effective 40:9 Md. R. 790, eff. 5/13/2013; amended effective 46:1 Md. R. 13, eff. 1/14/2019; amended effective 52:12 Md. R. 585-642, eff. 6/23/2025.