Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 9114 – Bonds of coroner, recorder, clerk of the peace and register of wills
(a) Every coroner, recorder and clerk of the peace, elected or appointed for any county shall, at the next term of the Superior Court in that county, after his or her election or appointment, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, become bound to the State with sufficient surety by a joint and several obligation in the penalty of $3,000 with condition “that if the above named .?.?.?.?.?. who has been duly elected (or appointed) to be .?.?.?.?.?. shall and do well and diligently execute his or her office of .?.?.?.?.?. as aforesaid and duly and faithfully fulfill and perform all the trusts and duties to the said office appertaining, and truly and without delay deliver to his or her successor in office, the seal and all the books, records and papers belonging to said office safe and undefaced, and if the said .?.?.?. shall truly and without delay pay over to the Receiver of Taxes and County Treasurer or Department of Finance all the fees which it shall be his or her duty to collect and which are to be paid to the Receiver of Taxes and County Treasurer or Department of Finance, then this obligation shall be void and of no effect, or else shall remain in full force and virtue”; except that in the condition of a coroner’s obligation, the clause beginning with the words “and truly” and ending with the word “undefaced” shall be omitted.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 9114
- Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- 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 Register of Wills of New Castle County shall be required to give bond for the sum of $10,000; the Register of Wills of Kent County shall be required to give bond for $5,000; and the Register of Wills of Sussex County shall be required to give bond for $5,000. The bonds shall be in the form provided in subsection (a) of this section and shall be approved by the Resident Judge of the respective counties and the bond shall be executed in each case by the Register of Wills before entering upon the discharge of his or her office.
(c) The acknowledgment and approval of all the obligations specified in this section shall be certified by the Judges of the Superior Court then present.
(d) The obligation of the recorder shall be recorded in the Judgment Docket of the Superior Court, and shall be filed there. The other obligations required by this section shall be forthwith delivered to the recorder to be recorded and filed in his or her office.
Code 1852, §§ ?441-443; 14 Del. Laws, c. 42; 16 Del. Laws, c. 24; 23 Del. Laws, c. 60, § ?3; Code 1915, § ?379; 30 Del. Laws, c. 43; Code 1935, § ?348; 41 Del. Laws, c. 74; 9 Del. C. 1953, § ?9114; 51 Del. Laws, c. 120; 55 Del. Laws, c. 85, § ?26E; 66 Del. Laws, c. 185, § ?2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;