Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 1906 – Failure to file inventory; civil and criminal penalties
(a) Any executor or administrator who fails to file the inventory, list and statement with the Register of Wills within 3 months after the granting of letters testamentary or of administration shall be subject, personally and individually, to a penalty of $1.00 per day for each day delinquent. This penalty shall not apply until 1 month after notice by the Register of Wills of such delinquency.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 1906
- Court: means the Court of Chancery. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Any executor or administrator who fails to file the inventory, list and statement as required by § 1905 of this title, after being ordered to do so by the Court of Chancery, shall be subject to penalty for contempt of Court.
Code 1852, § ?1812; 25 Del. Laws, c. 225, § ?3; 27 Del. Laws, c. 269, § ?1; Code 1915, §§ ?148, 3366; 37 Del. Laws, c. 8, § ?1; 40 Del. Laws, c. 10, § ?1; Code 1935, §§ ?139, 3831; 41 Del. Laws, c. 8, § ?9; 41 Del. Laws, c. 191, § ?3; 42 Del. Laws, c. 59, § ?1; 12 Del. C. 1953, § ?1906; 59 Del. Laws, c. 384, § ?1; 64 Del. Laws, c. 252, § ?4;