Sections
§ 9601 Election; term of office 9
§ 9602 Compensation 9
§ 9603 Deputies and employees 9
§ 9605 Recordation of instruments 9
§ 9606 Recordation of instruments; duties 9
§ 9607 Collection of recording fees; certain taxes; Housing Development Fund … 9
§ 9608 Assignment record 9
§ 9609 Separate books for maps and plots 9
§ 9610 Recording of official obligations; notation of cancellation 9
§ 9611 Recordation of instruments containing certificate of notarial act 9
§ 9611 v2 Recordation of instruments containing certificate of notarial act 9
§ 9612 Recorded instrument or certified copy thereof as evidence 9
§ 9614 Report of real estate transfers to boards of assessment and taxing … 9
§ 9615 Delivery of records to Delaware Public Archives; photocopies; … 9
§ 9616 Neglect of duty; penalty 9
§ 9617 Fees in New Castle and Sussex Counties 9
§ 9619 Fees in Kent County 9
§ 9620 Neglect or refusal to pay fees; penalty 9
§ 9621 Indexing of records in the office of the Recorder of Sussex County 9
§ 9622 Department of finance construed 9
§ 9623 Required statement in deed conveying certain property in … 9
§ 9626 Transfer of assessment fees 9
§ 9627 Redaction of information 9
§ 9628 Redaction of unlawful restrictive covenant 9

Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 9 > Chapter 96 - Recorders

  • 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.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • 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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Grantee: includes every person to whom a freehold estate or interest is conveyed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • 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.
  • real property: is synonymous with the phrase "lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.