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10 DE Code § 2303. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2303. Entry of judgments.

§ 2303. Entry of judgments. (a) Whenever a judgment is entered or signed in the Superior Court (except judgments on verdict when entered before the end of the term next after that in which the verdict is given), the prothonotary shall set down on the docket the day, month, and year of actually entering or signing it. When entering the ascertained amount of a judgment given, “amount to be ascertained by the prothonotary, or other person,” the prothonotary shall in like manner set down the true date of the entry. (b) The prothonotary, on entering a judgment on bond with warrant of attorney, or in taking a judgment by confession other than by virtue of such warrant, shall set down on the docket under such judgment, the precise hour and minute of the day when the same was entered or taken, and such judgment shall operate and take effect as liens, at and from the time so noted or entered on the record. Code 1915, §  3764;  Code 1935, §  4286;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2303;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 2304. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2304. Judgment indices.

§ 2304. Judgment indices. (a) The prothonotary shall keep to every docket of the prothonotary's office in which judgments are entered or signed, except the appearance docket, 2 indices of such judgments, the one of the plaintiffs' names in alphabetical order of the surnames, in connection with the names of their defendants, and the other of the defendants' names in like alphabetical order, in connection with the names of their plaintiffs. The prothonotary shall index every judgment the same day it is entered or signed, except judgments entered in the appearance docket, which shall be transferred to the continuance docket and indexed within 2 weeks from such entry. (b) A testatum fieri facias, and judgments of any court, state or federal, or of a justice of the peace entered in the prothonotary's office to bind lands, shall be indexed as judgments. Also, when a case is continued, after verdict for the plaintiff without judgment, it shall be indexed as if judgment was given. Judgments of the Supreme Court, entered in the court below, shall be indexed as required by this section. Code 1852, §§  670, 671;  Code 1915, §  3765;  Code 1935, §  4287;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2304;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 2305. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2305. Penalties for neglect of duty.

§ 2305. Penalties for neglect of duty. Whoever, being a prothonotary, neglects any duty enjoined by § 2303 or 2304 of this title, shall be fined in such amount or imprisoned for such term, as the court, in its discretion, may determine. The prothonotary shall further be answerable in a civil action to any person, injured by such default, for all damages sustained thereby, and such default shall be a breach of the prothonotary's official obligation. Code 1852, §  672;  Code 1915, §  3766;  Code 1935, §  4288;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2305;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 2307. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2307. Attachment index in New Castle County.

§ 2307. Attachment index in New Castle County. The Prothonotary for New Castle County shall keep an indirect index in a docket for that purpose of all writs of foreign and domestic attachment which are issued from the court, and index the same at the time they are so issued. The index shall show the names of the defendants in such writs of attachment, in alphabetical order of the surnames in connection with the names of the plaintiffs therein, and the day of issuing the same. It shall also specify the appearance dockets and pages thereof in and on which such proceedings by attachment shall be docketed. 16 Del. Laws, c. 19;  Code 1915, §  3769;  Code 1935, §  4291;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2307;
10 DE Code § 2308. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2308. Mechanics' Lien Docket.

§ 2308. Mechanics' Lien Docket. The prothonotary shall keep a Mechanics' Lien Docket and make all entries therein as provided by § 2724 of Title 25. 16 Del. Laws, c. 145, §  3;  Code 1915, §  3770;  Code 1935, §  4292;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2308;
10 DE Code § 2309. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2309. Partnership and Association Docket.

§ 2309. Partnership and Association Docket. The prothonotary shall keep a Partnership and Association Docket, make all entries therein and perform all the duties relative to partnership and association certificates, as provided by § 3103 of Title 6. 25 Del. Laws, c. 146, §  3;  Code 1915, §  3771;  Code 1935, §  4293;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2309;
10 DE Code § 2312. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2312. Certification of fines; penalty.

§ 2312. Certification of fines; penalty. (a) The prothonotary, within 30 days after the end of every term of the Superior Court in the prothonotary's county, shall transmit to the Auditor of Accounts an abstract, certified under his or her hand and seal of office, of every case in the court in which a fine or forfeiture was imposed at the term, stating the name of the party, the name of the sheriff, and the amount of the fine or forfeiture. (b) The prothonotary shall also, immediately after every term of the Superior Court in the county, transmit by mail to the State Treasurer, an abstract of all fines and forfeitures imposed by the Court at the term. (c) Any prothonotary failing to perform any of the duties imposed by this section shall be fined not more than $100. (d) The court in which the conviction is obtained shall cause a copy of the record of such conviction to be transmitted to the General Assembly. Code 1852, §§  120, 122, 124-126, 675;  Code 1915, §§  1285, 3777;  Code 1935, §§  1484, 4299;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2312;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 2313. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2313. Furnishing copies of sentences in criminal cases.

§ 2313. Furnishing copies of sentences in criminal cases. The prothonotary shall deliver a copy of every sentence in a criminal case to the board, warden or other authority having the control and administration of the prison to which the prisoner is sentenced. Code 1852, §  141;  21 Del. Laws, c. 247;  23 Del. Laws, c. 126;  Code 1915, §  1292;  Code 1935, §  1491;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2313;
10 DE Code § 2314. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2314. Advance costs.

§ 2314. Advance costs. The prothonotary shall require the advance payment of costs as provided in §§ 3102 and 8705 of this title. Code 1915, §  3774;  Code 1935, §  4296;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2314;
10 DE Code § 2315. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2315. Affidavits.

§ 2315. Affidavits. The prothonotary may take all affidavits to be used in the Superior Court. Code 1915, §  3775;  Code 1935, §  4297;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2315;  11 Del. Laws, c. 225, §  5;
10 DE Code § 2316. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2316. Purchase or contract for witness fees; penalty.

§ 2316. Purchase or contract for witness fees; penalty. The prothonotary shall not, directly or indirectly, purchase or contract for the fees of any witness attending the Superior Court. Any fees, so purchased, shall be forfeited. Any prothonotary who purchases such fees shall be fined double the amount of the fees purchased. Code 1852, §§  145, 677;  Code 1915, §§  1294, 3779;  Code 1935, §§  1493, 4301;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2316;
10 DE Code § 2318. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2318. Entry of letter “S” in judgment index upon satisfaction.

§ 2318. Entry of letter “S” in judgment index upon satisfaction. When satisfaction of a judgment is made by entry, or otherwise, the prothonotary shall write the letter “S” in the index opposite the names of the parties in such judgment. 13 Del. Laws, c. 132, §  3;  Code 1915, §  3776;  Code 1935, §  4298;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2318;
10 DE Code § 2319. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2319. Notation of satisfaction of judgments.

§ 2319. Notation of satisfaction of judgments. (a) When any judgment in the Superior Court appears, by the return of any execution thereon, to be wholly or partially satisfied, the prothonotary shall note that fact on the record of the judgment, as required by §§ 4755 and 4756 of this title. (b) When a judgment upon which a testatum fi. fa. or transcript has been issued and recorded in another county has been satisfied, the prothonotary of the county where the original judgment is shall certify to the prothonotary where the testatum fi. fa. or transcript has been recorded the fact of the satisfaction, whereupon the latter prothonotary shall enter the fact of such satisfaction upon the record of the testatum fi. fa. or transcript, as provided by § 4757 of this title. Code 1852, §  678;  Code 1915, §  3780;  Code 1935, §  4302;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2319;
10 DE Code § 2320. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2320. Dower record.

§ 2320. Dower record. In suits for dower, the prothonotary shall record all the proceedings in books kept for that purpose exclusively. Code 1852, §  679;  Code 1915, §  3781;  Code 1935, §  4303;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2320;
10 DE Code § 2321. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2321. Notification of issuing writs of certiorari in motor vehicle cases.

§ 2321. Notification of issuing writs of certiorari in motor vehicle cases. The prothonotary shall, upon issuing a writ of certiorari in any case involving a violation of the motor vehicle laws of this State, at once notify by mail the Motor Vehicle Commissioner of this State of the issuing of the writ. Code 1935, §  4304A;  45 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2321;
10 DE Code § 2322. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2322. Appointment of fence viewers.

§ 2322. Appointment of fence viewers. The prothonotary shall issue a warrant, under his or her hand and official seal, to each of the fence viewers of the prothonotary's county, and notify the public of their appointment by as many advertisements, signed by the prothonotary and posted in each hundred, as there are viewers therein. Code 1852, §  143;  Code 1915, §  1293;  Code 1935, §  1492;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2322;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 2323. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2323. Seal.

§ 2323. Seal. The Prothonotary of New Castle County may from time to time replace the seal or seals of his or her office. When such replacement is made the old seal or seals shall be destroyed in the Prothonotary's presence. 10 Del. C. 1953, §  2323;  51 Del. Laws, c. 345;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 2324. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 23. Prothonotary|§ 2324. Deposits; distribution of interest.

§ 2324. Deposits; distribution of interest. (a) The prothonotary shall deposit any sums of money held by the Prothonotary for costs or fees in accordance with policies and guidelines established by the State Treasurer. (b) The prothonotaries in each county shall distribute interest earned from and after October 1, 1987, on bail bond deposit accounts in the amount of 100 percent to the State Treasurer. 10 Del. C. 1953, §  2324;  58 Del. Laws, c. 556, §  1;  61 Del. Laws, c. 328, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 158, §  1;  66 Del. Laws, c. 185, §  13;  67 Del. Laws, c. 47, §  36;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 2501. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 25. Register in Chancery Office|§ 2501. Definitions.

§ 2501. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the term “Register in Chancery Office” means the Register in Chancery of the Court of Chancery of the State, which shall be the Clerk's Office of that Court. When the term “Chief Register in Chancery” or “Register in Chancery” are used in connection with natural persons, they shall have the meaning set forth in § 2509 of this title. 73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  7;
10 DE Code § 2502. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 25. Register in Chancery Office|§ 2502. Location of offices, necessary supplies and equipment.

§ 2502. Location of offices, necessary supplies and equipment. The State shall provide and assign office space and the necessary equipment and supplies for the Register in Chancery Office in each county of the State and whenever occasion requires, may change such space and assign different space. 73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  7;
10 DE Code § 2503. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 25. Register in Chancery Office|§ 2503. Records.

§ 2503. Records. The Register in Chancery Office shall keep all records, books, papers and other things as the Court of Chancery requires. 73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  7;
10 DE Code § 2504. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 25. Register in Chancery Office|§ 2504. Register in Chancery Office; days open.

§ 2504. Register in Chancery Office; days open. The Register in Chancery Office shall be open in each county each day except legal holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. 73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  7;
10 DE Code § 2505. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 25. Register in Chancery Office|§ 2505. Disposition of fees.

§ 2505. Disposition of fees. All the fees, costs, allowances and other perquisites which are taxable and paid to the Register in Chancery Office for any official service rendered shall be for the sole use of the State, and when received shall be paid to the State Treasurer. 73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  7;
10 DE Code § 2506. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 25. Register in Chancery Office|§ 2506. Duty to account for fees.

§ 2506. Duty to account for fees. The Chief Register in Chancery shall collect all fees, costs and allowances by law taxable by or payable to the Register in Chancery Office, without any deduction, abatement or remission, except fees, costs and allowances payable by the State to such Office, and shall keep in a properly indexed record an itemized account showing the amount of each fee, item of cost and allowance by law taxable by or payable to such Office, and the service for which the same was rendered or charged, the date of payment, and the name of the person paying the same. 73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  7;
10 DE Code § 2507. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 25. Register in Chancery Office|§ 2507. Audit of fees.

§ 2507. Audit of fees. The books, accounts, papers, records and dockets of the Register in Chancery Office shall be subject to audit, inspection and examination by the State Auditor in accordance with state law. 73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  7;
10 DE Code § 2508. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 25. Register in Chancery Office|§ 2508. Penalties for failure to collect and pay over fees.

§ 2508. Penalties for failure to collect and pay over fees. If any employee of the Register of Chancery Office neglects or refuses to pay over all fees, costs, allowances and perquisites that employee receives and collects for use of the State, or fails to collect the fees required to be paid by law, or demands or receives from any person any fee or allowance greater than is provided by law, he or she may be prosecuted under any applicable provision of this Code. Such employee shall also be liable in a civil action for the amount of such fees, costs, allowances and perquisites as he or she may have thus illegally withheld, failed to collect or improperly received. 73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  7;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 2509. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 25. Register in Chancery Office|§ 2509. Chief Register in Chancery; duties and power.

§ 2509. Chief Register in Chancery; duties and power. (a) The Chief Register in Chancery is an employee of the Register in Chancery Office who shall be selected by the Court of Chancery to hold office at the pleasure of the Court. Subject to the supervision of the Court, the Chief Register shall serve as the Clerk of the Court of Chancery and be the administrative head of the Register of Chancery Office and its operations in each county. The Chief Register in Chancery may also appoint other deputies, employ others, issue process, and enter judgment, and do such other things as are according to law and the practice of the Court. (b) The Chief Register in Chancery may delegate to the Registers in Chancery in each county and other employees of the Register in Chancery Office such duties as the Chief Register deems advisable. (c) The Chief Register in Chancery shall appoint, with the concurrence of the Court, a Register in Chancery in each county who shall be an employee of the Register in Chancery Office and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Court. The Chief Register in Chancery shall also hire and be responsible for the ultimate supervision, discipline and discharge of the Registers in Chancery and the other employees of the Register in Chancery Office, subject to the provisions of the judicial personnel rules and, in the case of the Registers in Chancery only, approval of the Court. (d) The Chief Register in Chancery shall furnish to the Board of Assessment or the Department of Finance in each county a report of the changes of ownership of real estate as shown by the records of the Register in Chancery Office. The report shall contain a short description of the property and the names of the persons from whom title was derived and in whom title is vested, as such information appears in the transfers of title. 10 Del. C. 1953, §§  2501, 2504;  23 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  8;  24 Del. Laws, c. 86, §  2;  26 Del. Laws, c. 61;  27 Del. Laws, c. 73, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §  1439;  28 Del. Laws, c. 82, §  28;  29 Del. Laws, c. 91;  31 Del. Laws, c. 13, §  16;  32 Del. Laws, c. 67;  33 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  23;  Code 1935, §§  1420, 1453;  35 Del. Laws, c. 79, §§  1, 2;  40 Del. Laws, c. 139, §  2;  Code 1935, §§  1191, 1598;  43 Del. Laws, c. 120, §  1;  44 Del. Laws, c. 100, §§  1, 2;  44 Del. Laws, c. 101;  45 Del. Laws, c. 109, §§  1, 2;  45 Del. Laws, c. 140, §  1;  46 Del. Laws, c. 298, §§  1, 2;  47 Del. Laws, c. 192;  48 Del. Laws, c. 111, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2503;  52 Del. Laws, c. 332, §  2;  53 Del. Laws, c. 36;  55 Del. Laws, c. 38;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§  32O, 32P;  55 Del. Laws, c. 87;  57 Del. Laws, c. 216, §  2;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  31B;  60 Del. Laws, c. 217, §  1;  61 Del. Laws, c. 485, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  7;
10 DE Code § 2510. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 25. Register in Chancery Office|§ 2510. Compensation.

§ 2510. Compensation. The compensation for the Chief Register in Chancery, the Registers in Chancery, and other employees of the Register in Chancery Office shall be as provided for in the annual Appropriations Act. 23 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  7;  Code 1915, §  1438;  40 Del. Laws, c. 139, §  1;  Code 1935, §  1597;  44 Del. Laws, c. 98, §  1;  45 Del Laws, c. 138;  46 Del. Laws, c. 298, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  2502;  49 Del. Laws, c. 282, §  3;  49 Del. Laws, c. 307;  50 Del. Laws, c. 422, §  1;  52 Del. Laws, c. 52, §  3;  52 Del. Laws, c. 174, §  2;  53 Del. Laws, c. 222, §  7;  54 Del. Laws, c. 23, §  9;  54 Del. Laws, c. 215, §  7;  55 Del. Laws, c. 39;  56 Del. Laws, c. 204, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 692, §  9;  59 Del. Laws, c. 514, §  1;  61 Del. Laws, c. 506, §  8;  65 Del. Laws, c. 163, §  8;  65 Del. Laws, c. 216, §  5;  67 Del. Laws, c. 255, §  6;  68 Del. Laws, c. 234, §  4;  73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  7;
10 DE Code § 2701. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 27. Constables|§ 2701. Appointment.

§ 2701. Appointment. (a) The Board of Examiners of Constables shall appoint and commission such numbers of constables as it deems necessary, from among those persons who have made application, to preserve the peace and good order of the State. (b) Upon expiration of a constable's term of office, the constable may request to the Board of Examiners that the commission as a constable be renewed. Approval for renewal shall be within the discretion of the Board of Examiners, and may be approved by it following such review. (c) The Delaware Capitol Police may appoint security officers. (d) The Delaware Capitol Police shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the qualifications and appointments of security officers with final approval of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. Code 1852, §§  618-621;  11 Del. Laws, c. 194;  11 Del. Laws, c. 215;  11 Del. Laws, c. 365;  11 Del. Laws, c. 405;  11 Del. Laws, c. 591;  12 Del. Laws, c. 29;  12 Del. Laws, c. 42;  13 Del. Laws, c. 404;  14 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;  15 Del. Laws, c. 25;  16 Del. Laws, c. 333;  17 Del. Laws, c. 40, §  1;  17 Del. Laws, c. 41;  18 Del. Laws, c. 478, §  1;  20 Del. Laws, c. 404, §  1;  21 Del. Laws, c. 22, §  10;  21 Del. Laws, c. 205, §§  1, 2;  22 Del. Laws, c. 54, §  10;  22 Del. Laws, c. 295, §  1;  24 Del. Laws, c. 95, §  1;  Code 1915, §§  1397-1400, 1400A, 1400B;  29 Del. Laws, c. 83, §  1;  29 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  1;  30 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  1;  32 Del. Laws, c. 81, §  1;  33 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  1;  36 Del. Laws, c. 124, §  1;  40 Del. Laws, c. 138, §  1;  Code 1935, §§  1565-1567;  10 Del. C. 1953, §§  2701-2705;  49 Del. Laws, c. 233;  49 Del. Laws, c. 239;  53 Del. Laws, c. 295;  54 Del. Laws, c. 15, §§  1, 2;  54 Del. Laws, c. 36;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  32Q;  64 Del. Laws, c. 72, §  1;  65 Del. Laws, c. 433, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 351, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 322, §  6[5];