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S_MA-P2-C008 · captured 2026-10-24

Trial-offer/negative-option rules apply only when the relevant contractual features exist; ordinary finite installments are not proved to be negative options by payment frequency alone.

Conditions and limits: High for definitions; second proposition is bounded application.

Recorded check: selected p256-257 and separate July2025 guidance support bounded application; exact cited guidance version held

S003 §38.03 definitions; §38.05 pp.255–257.

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S_MA-P2-C009 · captured 2026-10-24

§38.06 contains specified compliance equivalencies and §38.08 preserves federal preemption; these provisions do not amount to a general financial-services exemption.

Conditions and limits: High textual reading. Specific entity/activity conditions control.

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S003 §§38.06,38.08,p.257.

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