diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/CleanIncorrectCheckoutAcceptances.php b/app/Console/Commands/CleanIncorrectCheckoutAcceptances.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Console\Commands;
+
+use App\Models\CheckoutAcceptance;
+use App\Models\LicenseSeat;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+
+class CleanIncorrectCheckoutAcceptances extends Command
+{
+    /**
+     * The name and signature of the console command.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $signature = 'snipeit:clean-checkout-acceptances';
+
+    /**
+     * The console command description.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $description = "Delete checkout acceptances for checkouts to non-users";
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the console command.
+     */
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        $deletions = 0;
+        $skips = 0;
+
+        // This walks *every* checkoutacceptance. That's gnarly. But necessary
+        $this->withProgressBar(CheckoutAcceptance::all(), function ($checkoutAcceptance) use (&$deletions, &$skips) {
+            $item = $checkoutAcceptance->checkoutable;
+            $checkout_to_id = $checkoutAcceptance->assigned_to_id;
+            if(is_null($item)) {
+                $this->info("'Checkoutable' Item is null, going to next record");
+                return; //'false' allegedly breaks execution entirely, so 'true' maybe doesn't? hrm. just straight return maybe?
+            }
+            if(get_class($item) == LicenseSeat::class) {
+                $item = $item->license;
+            }
+            foreach($item->assetlog()->where('action_type','checkout')->get() as $assetlog) {
+                if ($assetlog->target_id == $checkout_to_id && $assetlog->target_type != User::class) {
+                    //We have a checkout-to an ID for a non-User, which matches to an ID in the checkout_acceptances table
+
+                    //now, let's compare the _times_ - are they close?
+                    //I'm picking `created_at` over `action_date` because I'm more interested in when the actionlogs
+                    //were _created_, not when they were alleged to have happened - those created_at times need to be within 'X' seconds of
+                    //each other (currently 5)
+                    if ($assetlog->created_at->diffInSeconds($checkoutAcceptance->created_at, true) <= 5) { //we're allowing for five _ish_ seconds of slop
+                        $deletions++;
+                        $checkoutAcceptance->forceDelete(); // HARD delete this record; it should have never been
+                        return;
+                    } else {
+                        //$this->info("The two records are too far apart");
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    //$this->info("No match! checkout to id: " . $checkout_to_id." target_id: ".$assetlog->target_id." target_type: ".$assetlog->target_type);
+                }
+            }
+            $skips++;
+        });
+        $this->error("Final deletion count: $deletions, and skip count: $skips");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/database/migrations/2025_07_16_142036_clean_checkout_acceptances.php b/database/migrations/2025_07_16_142036_clean_checkout_acceptances.php
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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        //
+        Artisan::call("snipeit:clean-checkout-acceptances");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        //
+    }
+};