At any time before the expiration of 18 months after the qualification before any Register of Wills in this State of any executor of the will or administrator of the estate of any nondomiciliary decedent, such executor or administrator shall file with such Register proof that all death taxes, together with interest or penalties thereon, which are due to the domiciliary state of such decedent, or to any political subdivision thereof, have been paid or secured, or that no such taxes, interest or penalties are due, as the case may be, unless it appears that letters testamentary or of administration have been issued on the estate of such decedent in the domiciliary state. The proof may be in the form of a certificate issued by the official or body charged with the administration of the death tax laws of the domiciliary state.

42 Del. Laws, c. 138, § ?1; 12 Del. C. 1953, § ?2352; 59 Del. Laws, c. 384, § ?1;

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 2352

  • death taxes: include inheritance and estate taxes and any taxes levied against the estate of a decedent upon the occasion of the decedent's death. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 2351
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Domiciliary state: means the jurisdiction in which the decedent was domiciled at the time of the decedent's death. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 2351
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101