Sections
§ 2301 Salary 29
§ 2303 Assistant to the Secretary of State; appointment; duties 29
§ 2304 Keeper of Great Seal and records 29
§ 2305 Seal of office; documents authenticated by Great Seal as evidence 29
§ 2306 Use of Great Seal and Privy Seal; restrictions; reproduction of seals … 29
§ 2307 Preservation of legislative records 29
§ 2308 Commissions and other instruments under the Great Seal 29
§ 2309 Certification of records 29
§ 2310 Preparation, delivery and accounting of marriage licenses 29
§ 2311 Disposition of moneys received; Division of Corporations Corporate … 29
§ 2312 Record of newspaper publications 29
§ 2313 Books and accounts open to inspection of legislative committees 29
§ 2314 Printing and publication of laws; certification of costs 29
§ 2315 Fees 29
§ 2316 Collection of commission fees from gubernatorial appointees 29
§ 2317 Furnishing of copies of acts to state or county officers 29
§ 2318 Remote access to electronic files, authentications and apostilles 29

Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 29 > Chapter 23 - Secretary of State

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Grantee: includes every person to whom a freehold estate or interest is conveyed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Grantor: includes every person by whom a freehold estate or interest is conveyed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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
  • Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC