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24 DE Code § 5311. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 53. Massage and Bodywork|Subchapter II. License|§ 5311. Fees.

§ 5311. Fees. The amount to be charged for each fee imposed under this chapter shall approximate and reasonably reflect all costs necessary to defray the expenses of the Board, as well as the proportional expenses incurred by the Division of Professional Regulation in its service on behalf of the Board. There shall be a separate fee charged for each service or activity, but no fee shall be charged for a purpose not specified in this chapter. The application fee shall not be combined with any other fee or charge. At the beginning of each calendar year, the Division of Professional Regulation, or any other state agency acting in its behalf, shall compute, for each separate service or activity, the appropriate Board fees for the coming year. 70 Del. Laws, c. 582, §  1;
24 DE Code § 5312. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 53. Massage and Bodywork|Subchapter II. License|§ 5312. Issuance and renewal of licenses; certification.

§ 5312. Issuance and renewal of licenses; certification. (a) The Board shall issue a license or certificate to each applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter for licensure as a massage and bodywork therapist or certification as a massage technician and who pays the fee established under § 5311 of this title. (b) Each license or certificate shall be renewed biennially, in such manner as is determined by the Division of Professional Regulation, and upon payment of the appropriate fee and submission of a renewal form provided by the Division of Professional Regulation, and proof that the licensee or certificant has met the continuing education requirements established by the Board. (c) The Board, in its rules and regulations, shall determine the period of time within which a licensed massage and bodywork therapist or certified massage technician may still renew such license or certificate, notwithstanding the fact that such licensee or certificant has failed to renew on or before the renewal date. (d) Any licensee or certificate holder, upon written request, may be placed on inactive status. Any person who desires to reactivate that person's license or certificate shall complete a Board approved application form, submit a reactivation fee set by the Division, submit proof of current CPR certification, and submit evidence of compliance with continuing education requirements in accordance with the Board's rules and regulations. 70 Del. Laws, c. 582, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  74 Del. Laws, c. 289, §  7;  78 Del. Laws, c. 363, §  10;
24 DE Code § 5314. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 53. Massage and Bodywork|Subchapter II. License|§ 5314. Complaints.

§ 5314. Complaints. (a) A practitioner or member of the public desiring to file a complaint against a practitioner or licensee, massage establishment, or certificate holder regulated by the Board shall file a written complaint with the Division of Professional Regulation. All complaints shall be received and investigated by the Division in accordance with the procedures as specified in § 8735 of Title 29. The Division shall be responsible for issuing a final written report at the conclusion of the investigation. (b) Those complaints involving unsanitary conditions or other conditions in any massage establishment which may harm the health of any person on the premises shall be investigated by the Division of Public Health. 70 Del. Laws, c. 582, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 104, § 6;
24 DE Code § 5316. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 53. Massage and Bodywork|Subchapter II. License|§ 5316. Hearing procedures.

§ 5316. Hearing procedures. (a) If a complaint is filed with the Board pursuant to § 8735 of Title 29, alleging violation of § 5313 of this title, the Board shall set a time and place to conduct a hearing on the complaint. Notice of the hearing shall be given and the hearing conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act, Chapter 101 of Title 29. (b) All hearings shall be informal without use of rules of evidence. If the Board finds, by a majority vote of all members, that the complaint has merit, the Board shall take such action permitted under this chapter as it deems necessary. The Board's decision shall be in writing and shall include its reasons for such decision. The Board's decision shall be mailed immediately to the practitioner. (c) Where the practitioner is in disagreement with the action of the Board, the practitioner may appeal the Board's decision to the Superior Court within 30 days after the date of mailing of the decision. Upon such appeal the Court shall hear the evidence on the record. Stays shall be granted in accordance with § 10144 of Title 29. 70 Del. Laws, c. 582, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 363, §  13;
24 DE Code § 5317. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 53. Massage and Bodywork|Subchapter II. License|§ 5317. Penalties.

§ 5317. Penalties. (a) A person not currently licensed as a massage or bodywork therapist or certified as a massage technician under this chapter, when guilty of engaging in the practice of massage or bodywork therapy or of practicing as a massage technician, or using in connection with the practitioner's own name, or otherwise assuming or using any title or description conveying, or tending to convey the impression that the practitioner is qualified to practice massage or bodywork therapy, or to act as a massage technician, such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon the first offense, the practitioner shall be fined not less than $100, nor more than $500 for each offense. For a second or subsequent conviction, the fine shall be not less than $500, nor no more than $1,000 for each offense. Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over all violations of this chapter. (b) Where a person unlawfully operates, manages, owns, or advertises for any massage establishment or place where massage and bodywork services are rendered, the person shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and be imprisoned not more than 1 year or fined not more than $2300, or both. Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over all violations of this chapter. 70 Del. Laws, c. 582, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 104, § 9;
24 DE Code § 5318. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 53. Massage and Bodywork|Subchapter II. License|§ 5318. Practice of massage and bodywork on minors.

§ 5318. Practice of massage and bodywork on minors. (a) A parent or legal guardian shall be present when a person licensed or certified to practice massage and bodywork under this chapter provides services to a minor, regardless of the sex of the licensed or certified person and minor. The minor may decline the presence of a parent or legal guardian only with the written consent of the parent or legal guardian. The licensed or certified person shall confirm the identity of the parent or legal guardian, as provided in the Board's rules and regulations. (b) When a minor is to receive services, the person licensed or certified to practice massage and bodywork under this chapter shall provide notice to the parent or legal guardian of the rights under subsection (a) of this section. The notice shall be provided in written form and shall be posted conspicuously in the location where services will be provided. The specific requirements for notice shall be set forth in the Board's rules and regulations. (c) For the purposes of this section, “minor” is defined as a person less than 18 years of age. 79 Del. Laws, c. 169, §  8;
24 DE Code § 5320. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 53. Massage and Bodywork|Subchapter II. License|§ 5320. Unlicensed practice violations; penalties.

§ 5320. Unlicensed practice violations; penalties. (a) A placard, as provided by the Attorney General, shall be prominently displayed at all entrances of establishments that have failed to obtain a valid license or have a license that is suspended, revoked, or expired. (b) Whenever, in the judgment of the Division, any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute a violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation or order issued thereunder, the Division may request the Attorney General to make application to the Court of Chancery for an order enjoining such acts or practices or for an order directing compliance and, upon a showing by the Division that such person has engaged or is about to engage in any such acts or practices, a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or other order may be granted. (c) The unlawful operation, management, ownership, or advertisement of any massage establishment or place where massage and bodywork services are rendered is hereby deemed a public nuisance. 81 Del. Laws, c. 104, § 10;
24 DE Code § 5321. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 53. Massage and Bodywork|Subchapter II. License|§ 5321. Inspections.

§ 5321. Inspections. (a) An agent of the Division may enter and inspect during business hours, without prior notice, any massage establishment. (b) An agent of the Division acting pursuant to subsection (a) of this section: may inspect and copy records of the establishment; may inspect within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner the premises and all pertinent equipment; and may inspect other things therein, including records, files, papers, and facilities relating to violation of this chapter. (c) If a massage establishment is located within a therapist's residence, an out call location, or is located within an office space shared with other businesses, an agent of the Division must have independent and sufficient legal justification before inspecting areas not used as a place of business for massage and bodywork by the establishment. 81 Del. Laws, c. 104, § 10;
25 DE Code § 101. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 25 - Property|Chapter 1. Deeds|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 101. Transfer of title to real estate by deed.

§ 101. Transfer of title to real estate by deed. Lands, tenements and hereditaments may be aliened, and possession thereof transferred by deed, without livery of seisin; and the legal estate shall accompany the use and pass with it. Code 1852, §  1611;  Code 1915, §  3197;  Code 1935, §  3658;  25 Del. C. 1953, §  101;
25 DE Code § 102. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 25 - Property|Chapter 1. Deeds|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 102. Effect of deeds by married women.

§ 102. Effect of deeds by married women. The deed of a married woman executed by her during her coverture, concerning lands or tenements, shall be valid and effectual as if she were sole, if she acknowledges that she executed the deed. Such deed shall not bind her to any warranty except a special warranty against herself and her heirs, and all persons claiming by or under her, and no covenant on her part, of a more extensive or different effect in such deed, shall be valid against her, nor shall such conveyances by her divest, abrogate, or in any manner interfere with the husband's estate by the curtesy should such estate attach. Code 1852, §§  1469, 1614;  22 Del. Laws, c. 443, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §§  3047, 3200;  Code 1935, §§  3540, 3661;  45 Del. Laws, c. 230, §  1;  25 Del. C. 1953, §  102;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
25 DE Code § 103. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 25 - Property|Chapter 1. Deeds|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 103. Circumstances under which wife may bar her dower without husband being a party.

§ 103. Circumstances under which wife may bar her dower without husband being a party. In all cases of sales of lands and tenements under judgments, or by guardians for persons with mental disabilities, the wife of any defendant in such judgment, or of such person with a mental disability, may execute, acknowledge and deliver any conveyance, release or other instrument to bar her of dower in the land and tenements so sold, without her husband being a party to such conveyance, release or other instrument. Code 1852, §  1614;  14 Del. Laws, c. 78;  Code 1915, §  3201;  Code 1935, §  3662;  25 Del. C. 1953, §  103;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 34, §  4;
25 DE Code § 104. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 25 - Property|Chapter 1. Deeds|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 104. Trustee for wife with a mental disability; barring of dower.

§ 104. Trustee for wife with a mental disability; barring of dower. Any married man, seized of any real estate, whose wife has a mental disability, and who desires to sell and convey or to mortgage any such real estate, or any part thereof, may present his petition to the Court of Chancery, stating the facts. The Court may, if it considers it a proper case, make an order appointing a trustee for such married woman with a mental disability to join in any deed or mortgage on her behalf with her husband, and to sign, seal and acknowledge the deed or mortgage as such trustee in the same manner as deeds and mortgages are by law acknowledged. 17 Del. Laws, c. 616, §  1;  Code 1915, §  3202;  Code 1935, §  3663;  25 Del. C. 1953, §  104;  49 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 371, §  25;
25 DE Code § 105. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 25 - Property|Chapter 1. Deeds|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 105. Trustee for husband with a mental disability; barring of curtesy.

§ 105. Trustee for husband with a mental disability; barring of curtesy. Any married woman, seized of any real estate in her own right, whose husband has a mental disability, and who desires to sell, convey or to mortgage any such real estate, or any part thereof, may present her petition to the Court of Chancery, stating the facts, and the Court may, if it considers it a proper case, make an order appointing a trustee for such married man with a mental disability to join in any deed or mortgage in his behalf with his wife, and to sign, seal and acknowledge the same as such trustee in the same manner as deeds and mortgages are by law acknowledged. 22 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  1;  Code 1915, §  3203;  Code 1935, §  3664;  25 Del. C. 1953, §  105;  49 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 371, §  26;
25 DE Code § 106. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 25 - Property|Chapter 1. Deeds|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 106. Effect of deed executed by trustee for spouse with a mental disability.

§ 106. Effect of deed executed by trustee for spouse with a mental disability. Any deed executed and acknowledged by a trustee for a married man or woman with a mental disability, appointed pursuant to the provisions of § 104 or § 105 of this title, shall be as valid and effectual to bar and divest the right of dower or curtesy of the spouse with a mental disability, in case he or she survives, as if he or she had been legally capable and had in fact executed and acknowledged such deed. Any such deed, or the record thereof, shall be competent evidence in all the courts of this State. 17 Del. Laws, c. 616, §  2;  22 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  2;  Code 1915, §§  3202, 3203;  Code 1935, §§  3663, 3664;  25 Del. C. 1953, §  106;  49 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 371, §  27;
25 DE Code § 107. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 25 - Property|Chapter 1. Deeds|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 107. Conveyance of real estate by married woman deserted without just cause.

§ 107. Conveyance of real estate by married woman deserted without just cause. Every married woman abandoned by her husband without just cause, who is the owner in her own right of real estate in this State, may sell or otherwise dispose of such real estate as effectually as if she were a single woman. A deed executed and certified as provided in § 124 of this title and recorded in the county in which the lands lie shall be as effectual as if the grantor executing the deed were a single woman. 19 Del. Laws, c. 772, §§  1-3;  Code 1915, §  3048;  30 Del. Laws, c. 197;  Code 1935, §  3544;  25 Del. C. 1953, §  107;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
25 DE Code § 108. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 25 - Property|Chapter 1. Deeds|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 108. Deeds and other instruments executed by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation.

§ 108. Deeds and other instruments executed by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation. (a) Deeds concerning lands or tenements, releases from the lien of any judgment, or mortgages, powers of attorney to individuals to satisfy mortgages, or any other written instruments entitled to be recorded, executed by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, a corporation of the United States of America, may be executed and acknowledged before any judge of this State, or a Judge of the District Court of the United States, or a notary public, or 2 justices of the peace of the same county, by the Regional Manager of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, or Regional Treasurer thereof, provided there is recorded in the recorder's office in the county wherein any instrument so executed and acknowledged is entitled to be recorded a resolution of the Managing Board of such Corporation, showing the appointment by name of the Regional Manager and Regional Treasurer, duly certified to under the hand of the Chairman of the Board, attested by the Secretary, with the seal of the Corporation thereto attached, and acknowledged in the same manner and form as other recorded corporate instruments. The resolution may be kept on file by the recorder of deeds, and the same shall be indexed and recorded in the same way and manner as provided by law in the case of commissions of notaries for the State. The resolution, so certified and acknowledged, concerning the named appointments of Regional Manager and Regional Treasurer, shall be binding on the Home Owners' Loan Corporation until revoked or cancelled by the recording, in the recorder's office, of a resolution of the Managing Board of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, duly executed, certified to and acknowledged in the same manner and form as the appointment. (b) Any deed or conveyance of lands and tenements, or any release of the lien of a mortgage or judgment, or any other written instrument entitled to be recorded, executed by the Regional Manager or Regional Treasurer for the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, after a full compliance with this section, shall have the same effect as though the instrument had been executed by the President or other presiding officer or a Vice-President duly authorized by proper resolution. 40 Del. Laws, c. 215;  40 Del. Laws, c. 217;  Code 1935, §  3675;  41 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  1;  25 Del. C. 1953, §  108;
25 DE Code § 109. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 25 - Property|Chapter 1. Deeds|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 109. Defeasance or contract for reconveyance; recording; acknowledgment or proof.

§ 109. Defeasance or contract for reconveyance; recording; acknowledgment or proof. If a conveyance of lands, tenements or hereditaments is absolute on its face and there is a defeasance, or written contract in the nature of a defeasance, or for a reconveyance of the premises, or any part thereof, the person to whom such conveyance is made shall cause to be indorsed thereon, and recorded therewith, a note stating that there is such defeasance, or contract, and the general purport of it, or the recording of such conveyance shall be of no effect. Such defeasance, or contract, shall be duly acknowledged, or proved, and recorded in the recorder's office for the county wherein such lands, tenements or hereditaments are situate within 60 days after the day of making the same, or it shall not avail against a fair creditor, mortgagee or purchaser for a valuable consideration of or from the person to whom such conveyance is made, unless it appears that such creditor, when giving the credit, or such mortgagee or purchaser when advancing the consideration, had notice of such defeasance, or contract. Such contract, although not under seal, may be acknowledged or proved in the same manner as a deed. Code 1852, §  1631;  Code 1915, §  3221;  Code 1935, §  3683;  25 Del. C. 1953, §  109;
25 DE Code § 110. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 25 - Property|Chapter 1. Deeds|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 110. Certificates of notaries public; validity.

§ 110. Certificates of notaries public; validity. No official certificate of any notary public shall be invalid or defective because the impression of the official seal of such officer upon the certificate does not strictly comport with the requirements of § 4309 of Title 29. All such certificates shall be valid in all respects; and in all cases where such certificates are annexed to papers proper to be recorded, the several recorders shall admit such papers to record. The record of the same, or a duly certified copy thereof, shall be competent evidence, and every such paper shall be as good and effectual in law as though the seal used by the officer certifying the acknowledgment of the same had been engraved in exact conformity with the provisions of the law. 16 Del. Laws, c. 129, §  1;  Code 1915, §  3213;  Code 1935, §  3674;  25 Del. C. 1953, §  110;
25 DE Code § 121. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 25 - Property|Chapter 1. Deeds|Subchapter II. Form, Acknowledgment and Proof of Deeds and Other Legal Instruments|§ 121. Form of deed; legal effect; other forms as valid.

§ 121. Form of deed; legal effect; other forms as valid. (a) The following shall be a sufficient form of deed for the conveyance of real estate:  This Deed made this ________________________________________________________________ day of ________________________________________________________________, A.D. ________________________________________________________________ Between A. B., of ________________________________________________________________, party of the first part and C. D. of ________________________________________________________________, party of the second part. Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of ________________________________________________________________, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hereby grants and conveys unto the said party of the second part.  ALL ________________ ________________  (Description of premises). ________________  ________________  (Recital of title). In witness whereof, the said party of the first part hath hereunto set his hand and seal. Sealed and Delivered in ________________________________ (Seal) The Presence of:  ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________  (b) A deed in the form prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, duly executed and acknowledged, unless otherwise restricted or limited, or unless contrary intention appears therein, shall be construed to pass and convey to the grantee therein and to his heirs and assigns the fee simple title or other whole estate or interest which the grantor could lawfully convey in and to the property therein described together with the tenements, hereditaments, franchises and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and the reversions and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof. The words “grant and convey” in any deed shall, unless specifically restricted or limited operate as a special warranty against the grantor and the grantor's heirs and all persons claiming under the grantor or them. Nothing contained in this section shall invalidate a deed not made in the form prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, but a deed made in the form heretofore in common use within this State shall be valid and effectual. Code 1852, §  1612;  Code 1915, §  3198;  33 Del. Laws, c. 207;  Code 1935, §  3659;  25 Del. C. 1953, §  121;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;