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Delaware DOJ, Debt Management Licensing Advisory for Business.attorneygeneral.delaware.gov ↗Delaware DOJ, Final Order, 102 Debt Management Services, 14 DE Reg. 318.archive.regulations.delaware.gov ↗Delaware DOJ, Debt Management Services Act.attorneygeneral.delaware.gov ↗Delaware DOJ, Licensed Providers, roster dated April 15, 2025.attorneygeneral.delaware.gov ↗Delaware Business First Steps, Debt Management Service.firststeps.delaware.gov ↗Delaware General Assembly, Title 6, Chapter 24A — Debt-Management Services.delcode.delaware.gov ↗

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Delaware: the debt research

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S_DE-P5-C001 · captured 2026-10-26

Section 2422A(a) and Rule 11.1 require deposit within two business days after receipt of plan money; neither makes payment finality an express deposit prerequisite. The nonfinal-payment exception is a creditor-disbursement exception under §2422A(c)(2)(A).

Conditions and limits: Statutory and rule text verified. Exact “receipt” for a particular payment rail remains unresolved. Delaware Code +1

Recorded check: checked against explicitly reused actual DE4 primary passages

S_DE-P4-S001, §§2422A(a), (c)(2)(A); S_DE-P4-S003, Rule 11.1

Source links: delcode.delaware.gov · archive.regulations.delaware.gov

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S_DE-P5-C002 · captured 2026-10-26

Rule 11.1 requires distribution within eight days but does not create an eight-day period beginning after deposit. No automatic two-business-day-plus-eight-day period is established. The exact eight-day trigger is held.

Conditions and limits: Text verified; no controlling judicial or formal agency interpretation of the anchor was established. No calendar computation performed. Delaware Code +3

Recorded check: checked against explicitly reused actual DE4 primary passages

S_DE-P4-S003, Rules 1.1, 11.1, 13.1; S_DE-P4-S001, §2402A(8)

Source links: delcode.delaware.gov · archive.regulations.delaware.gov

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S_DE-P5-C003 · captured 2026-10-26

The 30-day language in §2420A(a) is the period to exercise an extended cancellation right for a deficient agreement, not an express refund deadline. Cancellation requires an accounting; separate immediate or prompt return duties apply only if their own predicates are satisfied.

Conditions and limits: Text verified. No actual contract, waiver, cancellation notice, termination, plan failure, remittance, or fee is assessed. Delaware Code +3

Recorded check: checked against explicitly reused actual DE4 primary passages

S_DE-P4-S001, §§2419A(d), 2420A(a)–(c), 2422A(h), 2426A, 2427A(a)(1)

Source links: delcode.delaware.gov

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S_DE-P5-C004 · captured 2026-10-26

Federal fee earning requires a qualifying agreement executed by the customer, at least one customer payment under that agreement between the customer and creditor or debt collector, and the applicable enrolled-balance proportional or consistent-savings allocation predicate.

Conditions and limits: Federal text verified; actual TSR coverage and transaction facts remain held. eCFR

Recorded check: checked against explicitly reused actual DE4 primary passages

S_DE-P4-S008, §310.4(a)(5)(i)(A)–(C)

Source links: www.ecfr.gov

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S_DE-P5-C005 · captured 2026-10-26

A dedicated-account administrator may not give or accept money or other compensation in exchange for referrals of business involving the debt-relief service; the restriction is not confined to direct administrator-provider exchanges.

Conditions and limits: Federal text verified; actual affiliation, compensation, referral, and administrator facts remain held. eCFR

Recorded check: checked against explicitly reused actual DE4 primary passages

S_DE-P4-S008, §310.4(a)(5)(ii)(D)

Source links: www.ecfr.gov

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S_DEpass-01

SDE — Delaware provider market access and consumer fees

Inside: A. Substantive findings · Executive determination · 1. Statutory classification and territorial reach

6 tables19 claim records9 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-25

S_DEpass-02

SDE bounded qualification and roster-date correction

Inside: 1. Minimal replacement claim table · 2. Minimal source and version usage checks

3 tables4 claim records5 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-26

S_DEpass-03

SDE date-only provenance correction

Inside: Preserved holds

1 tables0 claim records0 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-26

S_DEpass-04

SDE Delaware consumer-money custody, trust-account, administrator, and return component

Inside: Executive disposition · 1. Custody classifications and administrator boundaries · S_DE-P4-C001 — Trust trigger and account definition

6 tables22 claim records11 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-26

S_DEpass-05

SDE bounded timing and predicate correction

Inside: 1. Exact replacement table · 2. Corrected substantive findings · A. Deposit and creditor-disbursement clocks

7 tables5 claim records3 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-26