Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 404 – Title to lands; gift or sale of lands by City of Dover
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(a) The title to the lands and premises acquired by purchase, gift or condemnation under this chapter shall be taken in the name of the State.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 404
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) In the case of lands and premises or easements owned by or held for the use of the City of Dover, the Council of such City may consent to the gift or sale thereof to the State, and a deed executed and acknowledged by the Mayor of the City and attested by the Clerk or Secretary of Council conveying to the State the lands and premises or the easements therein shall be deemed and held to vest in the State an absolute title in fee simple thereto.
45 Del. Laws, c. 294, § ?3; 46 Del. Laws, c. 191, § ?3; 29 Del. C. 1953, § ?3108;