Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 183 – Recording of documents
(a) A recorder who implements any of the functions described in this section shall do so in compliance with standards established by the electronic recording commission.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 183
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- 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
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) A recorder may receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents.
(c) A recorder may provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means.
(d) A recorder who accepts electronic documents for recording shall continue to accept paper documents and shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index.
(e) A recorder may convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form. The recorder may convert into electronic form information recorded before the recorder began to record electronic documents.
(f) Any fee or tax that a recorder is authorized to collect may be collected electronically.
(g) A recorder and other officials of a state or a political subdivision thereof, or of the United States, may agree on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees and taxes.