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10 DE Code § 4324. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 43. Evidence and Witnesses|Subchapter II. Reporters’ Privilege|§ 4324. Determination of privilege claim.

§ 4324. Determination of privilege claim. A person who invokes the privilege provided by this subchapter may not be required to testify in any proceeding except by court order. If a person invokes the privilege in any proceeding other than a court proceeding, the body or party seeking to have the person testify may apply to the Superior Court for an order requiring the claimant of the privilege to testify. If the Court determines that the claimant does not qualify for the privilege under the provisions of this subchapter, it shall order the claimant to testify. 10 Del. C. 1953, §  4324;  59 Del. Laws, c. 163, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 4325. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 43. Evidence and Witnesses|Subchapter II. Reporters’ Privilege|§ 4325. Waiver.

§ 4325. Waiver. If a reporter waives the privilege provided by this subchapter with respect to certain facts, he or she may be cross-examined on the testimony or other evidence he or she gives concerning those facts but not on other facts with respect to which the reporter claims the privilege. A reporter does not waive or forfeit the privilege by disclosing all or any part of the information protected by the privilege to any other person. 10 Del. C. 1953, §  4325;  59 Del. Laws, c. 163, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 4326. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 43. Evidence and Witnesses|Subchapter II. Reporters’ Privilege|§ 4326. Short title.

§ 4326. Short title. This subchapter may be cited as the “Reporters' Privilege Act.” 10 Del. C. 1953, §  4326;  59 Del. Laws, c. 163, §  1;
10 DE Code § 4330. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 43. Evidence and Witnesses|Subchapter III. Chain of Custody|§ 4330. Chemical test report.

§ 4330. Chemical test report. For the purpose of establishing that physical evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding constitutes a particular controlled substance defined under Chapter 47 of Title 16, a report signed by the forensic toxicologist or forensic chemist who performed the test or tests as to its nature is prima facie evidence that the material delivered was properly tested under procedures approved by the Division of Forensic Science, that those procedures are legally reliable, that the material was delivered by the officer or person stated in the report and that the material was or contained the substance therein stated, without the necessity of the forensic toxicologist or forensic chemist personally appearing in court, provided the report identifies the forensic toxicologist or forensic chemist as an individual certified by the Division of Forensic Science, the Delaware State Police or any county or municipal police department employing analysts of controlled substances, as qualified under standards approved by the Division of Forensic Science to analyze those substances, states that the forensic toxicologist or forensic chemist made an analysis of the material under the procedures approved by the Division of Forensic Science and also states that the substance, in the forensic toxicologist's or forensic chemist's opinion, is or contains the particular controlled substance specified. Nothing in this section precludes the right of any party to introduce any evidence supporting or contradicting the evidence contained in or the presumption raised by the report. 69 Del. Laws, c. 237, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 265, §  9;
10 DE Code § 4331. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 43. Evidence and Witnesses|Subchapter III. Chain of Custody|§ 4331. Chain of physical custody or control.

§ 4331. Chain of physical custody or control. In the context of controlled dangerous substances:  (1) “Chain of custody” means:  a. The seizing officer; b. The packaging officer, if the packaging officer is not also the seizing officer; and c. The forensic toxicologist or forensic chemist or other person who actually touched the substance and not merely the outer sealed package in which the substance was placed by the law-enforcement agency before or during the analysis of the substance. (2) “Chain of custody” does not include a person who handled the substance in any form after analysis of the substance. (3) a. For the purpose of establishing, in a criminal or civil proceeding, the chain of physical custody or control of evidence consisting of or containing a substance tested or analyzed to determine whether it is a controlled substance defined under Chapter 47 of Title 16, a statement signed by each successive person in the chain of custody that the person delivered it to the other person indicated on or about the date stated is prima facie evidence that the person had custody and made the delivery as stated, without the necessity of a personal appearance in court by the person signing the statement. b. The statement shall contain a sufficient description of the material or its container so as to distinguish it as the particular item in question and shall state that the material was delivered in essentially the same condition as received. c. The statement may be placed on the same document as the report provided for in § 4330 of this title. d. Nothing in this section precludes the right of any party to introduce any evidence supporting or contradicting the evidence contained in or the presumption raised by the statement.69 Del. Laws, c. 237, §  1;
10 DE Code § 4332. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 43. Evidence and Witnesses|Subchapter III. Chain of Custody|§ 4332. Presence of forensic toxicologist or forensic chemist at criminal proceeding; availability of chemical report to defense counsel.

§ 4332. Presence of forensic toxicologist or forensic chemist at criminal proceeding; availability of chemical report to defense counsel. (a) In general. — (1) In a criminal proceeding, the prosecution shall, upon written demand of a defendant filed in the proceedings at least 5 days prior to the trial, require the presence of the forensic toxicologist or forensic chemist, or any person in the chain of custody as a prosecution witness. (2) The provisions of §§ 4330 and 4331 of this title concerning prima facie evidence do not apply to the testimony of that witness. (3) The provisions of §§ 4330 and 4331 of this title are applicable in a criminal proceeding only when a copy of the report or statement to be introduced is mailed, delivered or made available to counsel for the defendant or to the defendant personally when the defendant is not represented by counsel, at least 10 days prior to the introduction of the report or statement at trial. (b) Witness for defense. — Nothing contained in this subchapter shall prevent the defendant from summoning a witness mentioned in this subchapter as a witness for the defense. 69 Del. Laws, c. 237, §  1;
10 DE Code § 4335. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 43. Evidence and Witnesses|Subchapter IV. Expert Witnesses|§ 4335. Economic expert opinion on the amount of future lost wages and/or future medical expenses.

§ 4335. Economic expert opinion on the amount of future lost wages and/or future medical expenses. In any case before a Delaware court where there is a dispute over the economic amount a party owes another party for future lost wages and/or future medical expenses, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the inflation rate for future lost wages and/or future medical expenses is equal to the economic discount rate. No party shall be required to present an economic expert witness opinion to a jury or court for the purpose of having the present value of the economic amount of a party's claim for either future lost wages and/or future medical expenses introduced into evidence. However, no party is precluded from presenting admissible expert witness opinion to a jury or court for the purposes of having the present value of the economic amount of a party's claim for either future lost wages or future medical expenses introduced into evidence, or to oppose the present value of the economic amount of a party's claim for either future lost wages or future medical expenses. A Delaware court shall have the discretion in any case to order sua sponte or for good cause shown that a party shall be required to present economic expert opinion evidence on the present value of the economic amount that a party is owed by another party for future lost wages and/or future medical expenses. 79 Del. Laws, c. 285, §  1;
10 DE Code § 4701. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4701. Definitions.

§ 4701. Definitions. As used in this subchapter:  “Terre tenant” means the grantee of real estate to whom the same has been conveyed, as appears by the last conveyance of the same of record. 23 Del. Laws, c. 200, §  8;  Code 1915, §  4300;  Code 1935, §  4772;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4701;
10 DE Code § 4702. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4702. Time of binding lands.

§ 4702. Time of binding lands. A judgment shall bind lands only from the time of actually entering or signing it, and not by relation from the first day of the term in or of which it is entered. Code 1852, §  2396;  Code 1915, §  4282;  Code 1935, §  4754;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4702;
10 DE Code § 4703. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4703. Time entry of judgment upon verdict is effective.

§ 4703. Time entry of judgment upon verdict is effective. A judgment upon a verdict, if entered before the end of the term next after that in which it is given, shall be deemed to be entered at the same time as the verdict, and shall bind accordingly. Code 1852, §  2397;  Code 1915, §  4283;  Code 1935, §  4755;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4703;
10 DE Code § 4704. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4704. Ascertaining amount of judgment; time of entry.

§ 4704. Ascertaining amount of judgment; time of entry. A judgment given, amount to be ascertained by the prothonotary or other person, shall bind from the time of its entry, if the amount is ascertained and entered upon the docket before the first day of the term next after that in which the judgment is given; but otherwise only from the time of entering upon the docket the ascertained amount. Code 1852, §  2398;  Code 1915, §  4284;  Code 1935, §  4756;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4704;
10 DE Code § 4705. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4705. Priority of judgments entered same day.

§ 4705. Priority of judgments entered same day. If several judgments are entered against the same person, on the same day, the first entered has priority. If where there are several judgments against the same person, it does not appear, by the entries, which was first entered, they shall, when given in actions previously commenced, have priority according to the priority of the dates of the actions in which they are respectively given. Code 1852, §  2399;  Code 1915, §  4285;  Code 1935, §  4757;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4705;
10 DE Code § 4706. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4706. Entry during term; docket date.

§ 4706. Entry during term; docket date. A judgment entered during a term, if the day of entering it does not appear by the docket, shall be postponed to a judgment entered during the period of the same term, the day of entering which does appear by the docket. None of the foregoing regulations shall contravene the provisions of § 4703 of this title, respecting judgment upon a verdict. Code 1852, §  2400;  Code 1915, §  4286;  Code 1935, §  4758;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4706;
10 DE Code § 4707. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4707. Justice of the peace and Court of Common Pleas judgments.

§ 4707. Justice of the peace and Court of Common Pleas judgments. Sections 4702-4706 of this title do not extend to judgments before a justice of the peace or to judgments of the Court of Common Pleas. Code 1852, §  2401;  Code 1915, §  4287;  Code 1935, §  4759;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4707;
10 DE Code § 4708. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4708. Supreme Court judgments.

§ 4708. Supreme Court judgments. A final judgment of the Supreme Court, given upon the reversal of a judgment of the Superior Court, shall bind real estate in the county wherein were the proceedings in the Court below, from the date of entering it in the Supreme Court, if, the record being remanded, the judgment is entered upon the docket of the Court below within 20 days after such date. If the judgment is not so entered within such time, it shall be a lien only from the time of entering it upon the docket of the Court below. Code 1852, §  2402;  Code 1915, §  4288;  Code 1935, §  4760;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4708;
10 DE Code § 4709. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4709. Prothonotary to enter Supreme Court judgment.

§ 4709. Prothonotary to enter Supreme Court judgment. The prothonotary of the Court below to whom a record remanded with a duly certified copy of the proceedings and judgment of the Supreme Court is delivered, shall without delay file it, and enter upon the docket of the Court below, in connection with the entries of the proceedings in the cause in the Court, the proceedings and judgment of the Supreme Court, with the date of making such entry. Code 1852, §  2403;  Code 1915, §  4289;  Code 1935, §  4761;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4709;
10 DE Code § 4710. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4710. Effect of Supreme Court judgment.

§ 4710. Effect of Supreme Court judgment. (a) The entry, made under § 4709 of this title, shall be a record, and the judgment, so entered, shall have the same force and effect as a judgment of the Court below, and shall be executed by the process of that Court in like manner as judgments of such Court. The lien thereof may be extended to lands and tenements in another county by means of a testatum fieri facias entered of record in the office of the prothonotary of the county. (b) The lien of a judgment shall not be extended by affirmance to real estate not bound by the original judgment. (c) A judgment of the Supreme Court shall not bind real estate otherwise than as prescribed by this section. Code 1852, §§  2404-2406;  Code 1915, §§  4290-4292;  Code 1935, §§  4762-4764;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4710;
10 DE Code § 4712. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4712. Effect of extension; subsequent renewals.

§ 4712. Effect of extension; subsequent renewals. Immediately from and after the minuting and certifying upon the record of the original judgment, or of the testatum fieri facias, as the case may be, of the agreement for the extension of the lien thereof, or the entry of final judgment in the Superior Court in favor of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in the writ of scire facias, or the entry of final judgment in the Supreme Court restoring and continuing such lien, such lien shall continue for the further term of 10 years next thereafter unless sooner lost by final judgment of the Supreme Court. In like manner and with like effect such liens so renewed or restored and continued may, by a like agreement filed, minuted and certified upon the record of such original judgment, or of such testatum fieri facias, as the case may be, before the expiration of the extended term or by final judgment in scire facias, be again renewed or restored and continued for the further term of 10 years, and so from time to time as often as is found necessary. 19 Del. Laws, c. 778, §  2;  22 Del. Laws, c. 457, §  2;  23 Del. Laws, c. 200, §  2;  Code 1915, §  4294;  Code 1935, §  4766;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4712;
10 DE Code § 4713. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4713. Seizure of real estate by execution after losing lien.

§ 4713. Seizure of real estate by execution after losing lien. No real estate shall be seized or taken by virtue of execution process upon any judgment, for the recovery of money, entered or recorded in the Superior Court, after the expiration of the term of 10 years next following the day of entry or recording of such judgment, or, in case the whole or any part of the money for which such judgment was recovered or rendered was not due or payable at or before the time of its entry or recording, the day on which such money became or becomes wholly due and payable. At the expiration of the term of 10 years the lien of such judgment upon real estate shall be lost, unless within the term of 10 years such judgment is renewed and continued by agreement filed or by scire facias sued out in the manner provided in §§ 4711 and 4712 of this title. All the provisions of such sections, not inconsistent with this section, shall be applicable for the renewal or restoration and continuance and preservation of the lien of the judgments mentioned in this section, and as to the force and effect and the loss of such lien. 19 Del. Laws, c. 778, §  3;  22 Del. Laws, c. 457, §  3;  23 Del. Laws, c. 200, §  3;  Code 1915, §  4295;  Code 1935, §  4767;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4713;
10 DE Code § 4714. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4714. Revived judgment as lien on real estate.

§ 4714. Revived judgment as lien on real estate. In case the lien upon real estate of any judgment for the recovery of money entered or recorded in the Superior Court of this State is lost or interrupted under the provisions of this chapter, and the judgment is thereafter revived by scire facias, the same, when so revived, shall be a lien upon the real estate of the defendant or defendants in the original judgment, or in case of judgment upon a mechanic's lien, upon the real estate originally bound by such mechanic's lien, from the time of such revival, but such lien shall not relate back, nor shall it in any manner affect any prior bona fide purchaser or mortgagee from or judgment creditor of such defendant or defendants or terre tenant or terre tenants. 19 Del. Laws, c. 778, §  4;  22 Del. Laws, c. 457, §  4;  23 Del. Laws, c. 200, §  4;  Code 1915, §  4296;  Code 1935, §  4768;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4714;
10 DE Code § 4715. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4715. Scire facias for extension of lien.

§ 4715. Scire facias for extension of lien. (a) In all cases where no agreement for the renewal and extension of the lien of judgments, as provided for in this subchapter, has been minuted and certified, the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such judgments or the assignee or assignees thereof or the person or persons to whose use such judgment has been or shall be marked, or his, her, or their executors or administrators, may cause a writ of scire facias to be issued against the defendant or defendants in such judgment and the terre tenant or terre tenants of the real estate bound by such lien or, in case of a judgment on a mechanic's lien, the terre tenant or terre tenants, directed to the sheriff of the county in which such writ issues, commanding the sheriff to make known to the defendant or defendants therein that the defendant or defendants appear before the court and show cause, if any there be, why the lien of such judgment should not be renewed and continued and execution should not issue on such judgment. In all respects the practice, pleadings and procedure upon such scire facias shall conform as nearly as may be to the practice, pleadings and procedure on other writs of scire facias sued out of the courts upon judgments under existing law. (b) If final judgment is rendered for the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such writ, it shall be that the lien of such original judgments stands renewed and continued for the term of 10 years next following the day of the entry of such judgment in the action of scire facias, and that the plaintiff or plaintiffs therein have execution thereon as in other cases during the term of 10 years. 19 Del. Laws, c. 778, §  5;  22 Del. Laws, c. 457, §  5;  23 Del. Laws, c. 200, §  5;  Code 1915, §  4297;  Code 1935, §  4769;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4715;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 4716. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4716. Cases in which the 10 year limitation shall not apply.

§ 4716. Cases in which the 10 year limitation shall not apply. (a) This subchapter shall not operate to defeat the due enforcement of any writ of execution under any judgment for the recovery of money entered or recorded in the Superior Court, by virtue of which real estate is seized or taken, if such writ of execution is issued before the expiration of the said term of 10 years. They shall not apply to any judgment upon a mortgage or mechanic's lien. (b) No general lien which would have remained in force for more than 10 years under this section as it existed prior to June 23, 1955, shall be lost by virtue of § 4711 of this title or subsection (a) of this section, if within 1 year from June 23, 1955, such lien shall be extended in accordance with this subchapter. 19 Del. Laws, c. 778, §  6;  22 Del. Laws, c. 457, §  6;  23 Del. Laws, c. 200, §  6;  Code 1915, §  4298;  Code 1935, §  4770;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4716;  50 Del. Laws, c. 319, §§  2, 3;
10 DE Code § 4717. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4717. Judgments by confession.

§ 4717. Judgments by confession. A judgment, entered by the prothonotary of the Superior Court upon an obligation, without complaint filed, according to § 2306 of this title, shall have the same force and effect as if a complaint had been filed and judgment confessed by an attorney, or judgment obtained in open court. Code 1852, §  2408;  Code 1915, §  4303;  Code 1935, §  4775;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4717;
10 DE Code § 4718. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 47. Judgments|Subchapter I. Lien of Judgments|§ 4718. Judgment on bond other than for payment of money.

§ 4718. Judgment on bond other than for payment of money. No judgment entered by virtue of a warrant of attorney in the Superior Court, upon any bond or obligation with condition other than for the payment of money, shall be or operate as a lien upon real estate until the bond or obligation and warrant of attorney, or a copy thereof, certified under the hand of the prothonotary and the seal of the Court, is filed in the office of such prothonotary. The prothonotary, at all times thereafter, shall safely keep such bond or obligation and warrant of attorney, or certified copy thereof, in his or her office. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any official bond or obligation given by a public officer. 19 Del. Laws, c. 778, §  7;  22 Del. Laws, c. 457, §  7;  23 Del. Laws, c. 200, §  7;  Code 1915, §  4299;  Code 1935, §  4771;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  4718;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;