{"data":{"id":"us-me/17-m.r.s.-702","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"17 M.R.S. §702","heading":"Budget planning, defined","body":"\"Budget planning\" means the making of a contract with a particular debtor, when the debtor agrees to pay a certain amount periodically to the person engaged in the budget planning, who shall distribute the same to a certain specified creditor or among certain specified creditors in accordance with a plan agreed upon by the debtor.","path":["TITLE 17: CRIMES","CHAPTER 29: BUDGET PLANNING BUSINESS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17/title17sec702.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:28Z","sha256":"014e97768a51779bdb7568686184671e58ccd9f308ed51480ccdca44027909cb","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/17-m.r.s.-701","next":"us-me/17-m.r.s.-703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}