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

2. B. Terms Defined.

   1. (1) “Assignee” means a person who:

      1. (a) Enters into a contract for voluntary assignment of a lottery prize payment;
      2. (b) Obtains a court order for voluntary assignment of the lottery prize winner’s lottery prize payment in whole or in part; and
      3. (c) Becomes a lottery prize winner.
   2. (2) “Assignee affidavit” means a sworn statement of an assignee.
   3. (3) “Assignment” means court-ordered payment of a lottery prize to an assignee or subsequent assignee and may include a divorce decree.
   4. (4) “Assignment Law” means State Government Article, §9-122(b), Annotated Code of Maryland, and this chapter.

   5. (5) “Assignor” means:

      1. (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
      2. (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. (6) “Assignor affidavit” means a sworn statement made under oath before a notary public by:

      1. (a) A lottery prize winner who seeks to assign the lottery prize payment; or
      2. (b) A person who was an assignee.
   7. (7) “Contract of assignment” means the written instrument that is used to execute an assignment of a lottery prize payment.
   8. (8) “Court” means the circuit court in the county where the Agency’s headquarters is located.
   9. (9) “Lottery prize payment” means a monetary prize that the Agency pays in installments over time that is an annuity.
   10. (10) “Lottery prize winner” means a person who wins a lottery prize payment.
   11. (11) “Petition" means a document filed in court requesting the assignment of a lottery prize payment.

Authority: Criminal Procedure Article, §11-618; Family Law Article, §10-113.1; State Finance and Procurement Article, §3-307;
State Government Article, §§9-109, 9-110, and 9-122, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: May 13, 2013 (40:9 Md. R. 790)

Chapter revised effective January 14, 2019 (46:1 Md. R. 13)

Regulation .01B amended effective June 23, 2025 (52:12 599)

Regulation .02 amended effective June 23, 2025 (52:12 599)

Regulation .03 amended effective June 23, 2025 (52:12 599)

Regulation .04 amended effective June 23, 2025 (52:12 599)

Regulation .05 amended effective June 23, 2025 (52:12 599)

Regulation .06 amended effective June 23, 2025 (52:12 599)

Regulation .07 amended effective June 23, 2025 (52:12 599)

Regulation .08 amended effective June 23, 2025 (52:12 599)

Regulation .09 repealed effective June 23, 2025 (52:12 599)