Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 1908 – Term of leases
(a) Except in the case of Delaware’s Inland Bays, all shellfish leases shall begin on January 1 and end December 31 of the same year. In no case shall a shellfish lease be transferred or subleased, except to a person eligible according to this chapter.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 1908
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Upon Department approval, a lease will be drawn up and executed by the Secretary and the applicant. Said lease shall be recorded with the Department and shall grant the exclusive shellfishing rights of those shellfish grounds to the lessee.
7 Del. C. 1953, § ?1908; 51 Del. Laws, c. 151, § ?1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 640; 57 Del. Laws, c. 739, § ?93; 58 Del. Laws, c. 107, § ?1; 60 Del. Laws, c. 513, § ?2; 71 Del. Laws, c. 245, § ?1; 79 Del. Laws, c. 178, § ?2;