(a) The Secretary of State shall have a seal of office. All marriage licenses shall be under the Secretary’s seal, shall be signed by the Governor and countersigned by the Secretary. Copies of records and other papers of the Secretary’s office authenticated by this seal or by the Great Seal shall be evidence.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 2305

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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) The Secretary of State may from time to time replace the seal or seals of the Secretary’s office. When such replacement is made, the old seal or seals shall be destroyed in the Secretary’s presence.

Code 1852, § ?488; Code 1915, §§ ?226A, 427; 40 Del. Laws, c. 30, § ?1; Code 1935, § ?384; 29 Del. C. 1953, § ?2305; 50 Del. Laws, c. 341, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;