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10 DE Code § 8701. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8701. Attorney General.

§ 8701. Attorney General. The fees of the Attorney General, for the services specified, shall be as listed below:  For the whole prosecution in a capital case  $ 10.00 Drawing indictment in capital case, not found  2.40 Drawing indictment in case not capital, if found  2.40 Same, if not found  1.20 Attachment, upon the Attorney General's motion, in the Superior Court 1.00 For obtaining judgments in suits brought in favor of the State upon forfeitedbonds and recognizances, for appearances in the Superior Court, the Courtof Common Pleas, the Family Court for the State and in the SuperiorCourt upon appeals from any of such courts, $10, and 5 percent on the sumcollected on the judgments. Whenever the 5 percent on the amountcollected in any case exceeds $10, the last aforesaid fee shall not be paid. For collecting bonds and recognizances without suit, 5 percent on the amountcollected. Code 1852, §  2764;  13 Del. Laws, c. 165;  Code 1915, §  4849;  Code 1935, §  5344;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8701;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 176, §  11;
10 DE Code § 8702. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8702. Sheriff.

§ 8702. Sheriff. (a) The fees of the Sheriff of Kent County shall be established by ordinance of the governing body of Kent County. (b) This section shall not apply to the Sheriff of New Castle County. (c) The fees of the Sheriff of New Castle County shall be established by ordinance of the governing body of New Castle County. (d) This section shall not apply to the Sheriff of Sussex County. (e) The fees of the Sheriff of Sussex County shall be established by ordinance of the governing body of Sussex County. Code 1812, §§  2769-2772, 2774;  16 Del. Laws, c. 144, §§  1, 2;  24 Del. Laws, c. 245, §  1;  Code 1915, §  4852;  30 Del. Laws, c. 240;  Code 1935, §  5346;  46 Del. Laws, c. 302, §§  1, 2;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8702;  50 Del. Laws, c. 150, §  1;  55 Del. Laws, c. 378;  59 Del. Laws, c. 539, §  1;  62 Del. Laws, c. 20, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  1;  65 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  3;
10 DE Code § 8703. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8703. Sheriff's neglect or refusal to give statement of payments and costs; penalty.

§ 8703. Sheriff's neglect or refusal to give statement of payments and costs; penalty. Whoever, being a sheriff, neglects or refuses, upon payment to such sheriff of an execution and upon request, to subscribe and deliver to the person paying or settling the same, or to each of them if more than one, a bill of particulars, showing distinctly the debt or damages and interest demanded upon such execution, every item of the costs indorsed thereon, and every item of his or her own fees upon the same, and also a receipt, shall be fined $50, and shall also forfeit 3 times the amount of his or her fees, to be recovered by the person paying the same as debts of like amount are recoverable. Code 1852, §§  2838, 2839;  Code 1915, §§  4894, 4895;  Code 1935, §§  5382, 5383;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8703;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 8704. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8704. Clerk of the Supreme Court.

§ 8704. Clerk of the Supreme Court. The fees charged by the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be as prescribed in the Rules of that Court. Code 1852, §  2777;  Code 1915, §  4854;  Code 1935, §  5348;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8704;
10 DE Code § 8705. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8705. Prothonotary; civil proceedings.

§ 8705. Prothonotary; civil proceedings. The fees of the prothonotary for services provided in civil proceedings shall be established by rule of the Superior Court and shall be uniform among the 3 counties. Code 1852, §§  2778-2786, 2789, 2791;  24 Del. Laws, c. 245, §  2;  Code 1915, §§  4855, 4856;  Code 1935, §§  5349, 5350;  48 Del. Laws, c. 164, §§  1-3;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8705;  53 Del. Laws, c. 157, §  1;  54 Del. Laws, c. 244;  55 Del. Laws, c. 96;  56 Del. Laws, c. 124;  60 Del. Laws, c. 481, §  1;  62 Del. Laws, c. 22, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  2;  64 Del. Laws, c. 455, §  1;  66 Del. Laws, c. 185, §  15;
10 DE Code § 8706. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8706. Prothonotary; criminal proceedings.

§ 8706. Prothonotary; criminal proceedings. The fees of the prothonotary for services provided in criminal proceedings shall be established by rule of the Superior Court and shall be uniform among the 3 counties. Code 1852, §§  2787, 2788, 2791;  Code 1915, §  4856;  Code 1935, §  5350;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8706;  53 Del. Laws, c. 157, §  2;  57 Del. Laws, c. 483;  62 Del. Laws, c. 21, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  3;  64 Del. Laws, c. 455, §  2;  66 Del. Laws, c. 185, §  16;
10 DE Code § 8707. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8707. Register in Chancery.

§ 8707. Register in Chancery. The fees of the Register in Chancery Office for services provided shall be established by the Rules of the Court of Chancery and shall be uniform among the 3 counties. Code 1852, §§  2794, 2795, 2798;  24 Del. Laws, c. 246, §  1;  Code 1915, §§  4857, 4857(a);  36 Del. Laws, c. 274;  40 Del. Laws, c. 249;  Code 1935, §  5351;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8707;  64 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  4;  65 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  2;  73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  8;
10 DE Code § 8709. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8709. Neglect or refusal to pay fees; penalty.

§ 8709. Neglect or refusal to pay fees; penalty. Whoever neglects or refuses to pay the fees provided for in §§ 8707 and 8708 of this title, for any service performed within 10 days after written demand from the officer to whom such fees are due, shall be fined $10 besides costs of suit. 24 Del. Laws, c. 246, §  6;  24 Del. Laws, c. 247, §  4;  Code 1915, §  4890;  Code 1935, §  5378;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8709;
10 DE Code § 8710. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8710. Attorney-at-law.

§ 8710. Attorney-at-law. The fees of an attorney-at-law, for the services specified, shall be as listed below:  For every writ drawn by the attorney  $ .40 Appearance for either plaintiff or defendant in an action or suit at law, or on appeal from a justice of the peace or Court of Common Pleas, or upon a certiorari  2.67 Appearance for either plaintiffs or defendants in an action or cause in Chancery  13.33 Every appeal bond for prosecuting an appeal in the Supreme Court  1.00 Drawing warrant of attorney  .13 Complaint, declaration, motion, plea, etc., by warrant of attorney  2.67 All pleadings in a cause subsequent to the complaint, to be paid by the party pleading, and for inquisition, prohibition, etc., 1 cent a line.  Code 1852, §  2802;  Code 1915, §  4863;  Code 1935, §  5358;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8710;
10 DE Code § 8711. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8711. Constable.

§ 8711. Constable. The fees of a constable, for the services specified, shall be as listed below:     For attendance upon the Superior Court, each day, to be paid by the county treasurer upon certificate of attendance under the hand of the Prothonotary, the sum of $2.00, and 3 cents per mile going and returning. A constable shall not be allowed for attendance upon 2 courts sitting at the same time.    For attendance on behalf of the county government, each day, to be paid by the county, $2.00, and 3 cents per mile, going and returning.    For attendance as bailiff on petit or special jury during trial, until verdict, 50 cents; provided, that all constables appointed outside of the City of Wilmington and south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal shall be paid mileage at the rate of 5 cents per mile both going and returning in all cases where constables now receive mileage. Code 1852, §  2806;  13 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  1;  Code 1915, §  4865;  28 Del. Laws, c. 248;  Code 1935, §  5360;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8712;
10 DE Code § 8712. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8712. Referees.

§ 8712. Referees. The fees of a referee, for the services specified, shall be as listed below:  For attendance under a rule of court, (the referees being duly sworn or affirmed, and report duly made)  $ 1.00 Also, 3 cents per mile going and returning; mileage not to be allowed for more than 2 days attendance.  Code 1852, §  2813;  Code 1915, §  4870;  Code 1935, §  5366;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8713;
10 DE Code § 8713. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8713. Commissioners in Court of Chancery.

§ 8713. Commissioners in Court of Chancery. The fees of a commissioner in the Court of Chancery, for the services specified, shall be as listed below:  For attendance under an order of court to make partition, assign dower, estimate annual value of ward's lands, etc., if regular return is made, each day  $ 2.00 Code 1852, §  2815;  12 Del. Laws, c. 536;  Code 1915, §  4872;  Code 1935, §  5368;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8714;
10 DE Code § 8714. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8714. Surveyor, chain-carrier, axe-person, target-bearer.

§ 8714. Surveyor, chain-carrier, axe-person, target-bearer. For services on surveys and partitions in the Court of Chancery, ejectment in the Superior Court, marking and bounding of disputed lines, laying out of public roads, etc., surveyors, chain-carriers, axe-persons, target-bearers, witnesses, and all other persons necessary to the economical execution of any order of any of the courts in such cases, and the person having in charge the procurement of the execution of any such order, for his or her services in the premises, including the board and accommodations of persons properly employed in and about the execution of the work, the several courts concerned shall fix a just and fair compensation or allowance. All such charges and the expenses so incurred in and about the premises shall be a joint charge upon all the parties interested in such work, in proportion to their respective interests therein. 12 Del. Laws, c. 463;  Code 1915, §  4873;  Code 1935, §  5369;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8715;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 8715. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 87. Court, County and Other Public Offices|§ 8715. Distress proceedings.

§ 8715. Distress proceedings. The fees in distress proceedings, for the services specified, shall be as listed below:  For making distress and giving notice  $ .50 Summoning and qualifying freeholders, including cases where freeholders both value rent and appraise goods  .50 All services by a freeholder  .20 Advertising  .40 And 2 percent upon the proceeds of sale, applied to rent.  Giving notice to landlord of sale of tenant's goods  .20 And 2 cents a mile going and returning from the premises to the landlord's residence; this fee to be charged to the tenant, and first paid out of the sale of the tenant's goods.  For giving such notice the officer shall have but 1 fee, whatever be the number of writs in the officer's hands against the tenant. If there be executions or attachments, in the hands of several constables at the time of giving such notice, only the officer who made the first levy shall receive the fee under this provision.  Code 1852, §  2831;  Code 1915, §  4884;  Code 1935, §  5372;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8716;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
10 DE Code § 8801. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 88. Proceedings in Forma Pauperis|§ 8801. Definitions.

§ 8801. Definitions. When used in this chapter:  (1) “Complaint” shall mean any civil action or miscellaneous action or any application for an extraordinary writ. (2) “Conditions of confinement” shall mean any aspect of a prisoner's complaint that does not address the fact or duration of a prisoner's confinement. (3) “Court” or “courts” shall mean all constitutional or statutory courts of this State. (4) “Factually frivolous” shall mean a claim where the factual allegations of which are baseless, of little or no weight, value or importance, not worthy of serious attention or trivial. (5) “Federal court” shall mean any federal court of competent jurisdiction over actions brought by prisoners as that term is defined in paragraph (9) of this section. (6) “Inmate account” shall mean an account maintained by the Department of Correction in which money is held for prisoners of this State. (7) “Legally frivolous” shall mean a claim based on an indisputably meritless legal theory. (8) “Malicious” shall mean a claim designed to vex, injure or harass, or one which is otherwise abusive of the judicial process or which realleges pending or previously litigated claims. (9) “Prisoner” shall mean any individual subject to the supervision of the Department of Correction, including, but not limited to, those individuals housed in correctional facilities outside of the State.70 Del. Laws, c. 411, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 325, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 276, §§  1, 2;
10 DE Code § 8802. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 88. Proceedings in Forma Pauperis|§ 8802. In forma pauperis.

§ 8802. In forma pauperis. (a) Notwithstanding any Delaware law to the contrary, the courts shall promulgate rules under which an individual who is unable to pre-pay all court costs and fees may proceed in forma pauperis. (b) Before an individual shall be permitted to proceed in forma pauperis for the purposes of this chapter, the individual must submit a sworn affidavit sufficient to allow the court to determine the ability of the affiant to pay all or any portion of the court costs and fees associated with the filing of an action in that court. Such affidavit shall contain a statement that the affiant is unable to pay the costs and fees, and shall provide complete information as to the affiant's identity, the nature, source and amount of all of the affiant's income, the affiant's spouse's income, all real and personal property owned either individually or jointly, all cash or bank accounts held either individually or jointly, any dependents of the affiant and all debts and monthly expenses. The affiant shall further swear or affirm that the information in the affidavit is true and correct and made under penalty of perjury. (c) Intentionally omitting or falsifying information on the affidavit shall cause the court to recalculate the filing fee due. The amount that would have been due shall be trebled and the action shall be abated until the total amount is paid in full. Nothing in this section shall limit any court's authority to take further action against the affiant in the court's discretion. (d) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to preclude an individual from filing an action in forma pauperis if determined to be appropriate by the court, subject to the limitations set forth in § 8804(f) of this title. 70 Del. Laws, c. 411, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  3;
10 DE Code § 8803. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 88. Proceedings in Forma Pauperis|§ 8803. Court review.

§ 8803. Court review. (a) In all cases in which a court has granted an individual leave to proceed in forma pauperis, the court shall issue an order authorizing the filing of the complaint and establishing the amount of court costs and filing fees to be paid. The court may, in its discretion, establish a schedule for the payment of the costs and fees. (b) Upon establishing the amount of fees and costs to be paid, the court shall review the complaint. Upon such review, the complaint shall be dismissed if the court finds the action is factually frivolous, malicious or, upon a court's finding that the action is legally frivolous and that even a pro se litigant, acting with due diligence, should have found well settled law disposing of the issue(s) raised. Any order of dismissal shall specifically identify whether the complaint was factually frivolous, legally frivolous and/or malicious. Service of process shall not issue unless and until the court grants leave following its review. (c) If a court does not dismiss a complaint pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, but the record subsequently reveals the action is factually frivolous, malicious or the action is legally frivolous and that even a pro se litigant, acting with due diligence, should have found well settled law disposing of issue(s) raised, the court may upon its own motion or the motion of a party, enter judgment against plaintiff and dismiss the complaint. Any such order of dismissal shall specifically identify whether the complaint was factually frivolous, legally frivolous and/or malicious. (d) If, at any time, the court dismisses an action or otherwise enters judgment against a litigant proceeding in forma pauperis, the jurisdiction of the court over the litigant continues until all costs and fees associated with the action are paid. (e) When a court finds that a litigant has abused the judicial process by filing frivolous or malicious litigation, the court may enjoin that litigant from filing future claims without leave of court. When so enjoined, any future requests to file claims must be accompanied by an affidavit certifying that:  (1) The claims sought to be litigated have never been raised or disposed of before in any court; (2) The facts alleged are true and correct; (3) The affiant has made a diligent and good faith effort to determine what relevant case law controls the legal issues raised; (4) The affiant has no reason to believe the claims are foreclosed by controlled law; and (5) The affiant understands that the affidavit is made under penalty of perjury.70 Del. Laws, c. 411, §  1;
10 DE Code § 8805. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 88. Proceedings in Forma Pauperis|§ 8805. Good time.

§ 8805. Good time. (a) Upon a court's finding pursuant to § 8803(b) or (c) of this title that a prisoner has filed a factually frivolous or malicious action, or upon a court's finding that the action is legally frivolous and that even a pro se litigant, acting with due diligence, should have found well settled law disposing of issue(s) raised, the court may order the Department of Correction to forfeit the portion of the litigant's behavior good time credits accumulated from the date the action was received by the court up to and including every month until the action was disposed of by the court. Upon the court's forwarding of such an order to the Department of Correction setting forth such a finding, the Department shall forfeit the prisoner's accumulated good time as ordered by the court. To the extent the Department does not have jurisdiction to forfeit accumulated good time for a particular prisoner, the court shall forward the order to the appropriate agency who shall forfeit the prisoners accumulated good time as ordered by the court. (b) Upon the finding of a federal court that a prisoner has filed a factually frivolous or malicious action as defined by this chapter, or upon a finding that the action is legally frivolous as defined by this chapter and that even a pro se litigant, acting with due diligence, should have found well-settled law disposing of issue(s) raised, the federal court may order the Department of Correction to forfeit the portion of the litigant's behavior good time credits accumulated from the date the action was received by the federal court up to and including every month until the action was disposed of by the federal court. Upon the federal court's forwarding of such an order to the Department of Correction setting forth such a finding, the Department shall forfeit the prisoner's accumulated good time as ordered by the federal court. To the extent the Department does not have jurisdiction to forfeit accumulated good time for a particular prisoner, the federal court shall forward the order to the appropriate agency who shall forfeit the prisoners accumulated good time as ordered by the federal court. 70 Del. Laws, c. 411, §  1;
10 DE Code § 8902. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 89. Jurors, Witnesses and Interpreters|§ 8902. Jurors of inquest.

§ 8902. Jurors of inquest. The fees of jurors on an inquest, for the services specified, shall be as listed below:  For joining in an inquisition upon writ or commission of inquiry, each  $ .33 Joining in inquisition of death taken by the officer in view of the body 3.00 And 7 cents per mile going and returning.  Attendance upon summons and joining in inquisition in case of landlord vs. tenant, or forcible entry and detainer  3.00 In case of adjournment, each juror attending shall, upon such adjournment, be entitled to the same fee as upon joining in the inquisition, or verdict. Attendance as witness of the execution of sentence of death, to be paid as fees of jurors attending courts  3.00 Code 1852, §  2812;  26 Del. Laws, c. 70, §  2;  Code 1915, §  4869;  Code 1935, §  5365;  46 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  2;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8902;  50 Del. Laws, c. 385, §§  1, 2;
10 DE Code § 8903. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|Chapter 89. Jurors, Witnesses and Interpreters|§ 8903. Witnesses.

§ 8903. Witnesses. (a) The fees of witnesses, for the services specified, shall be as listed below:  For attendance in any court, or before referees under a rule of court, or before a justice in case of forcible entry, or landlord vs. tenant, or before a county governing body, or before a Commissioner, Register in Chancery, or prothonotary, executing a commission or rule for taking depositions, or before either House of the General Assembly, or a committee appointed by either House, each day $2.00, and 3 cents per mile going and returning. Attendance before a justice of the peace, or before 2 justices, in all cases except as before provided for, 50 cents, and 2 cents per mile going and returning. A person who has been committed in default of a recognizance to appear as a witness in a criminal case, shall, for the time the person is detained, receive such compensation as the court allows.  (b) The State Treasurer or Department of Finance shall, upon the production of a certificate of attendance under the hand of the prothonotary, pay the fees of witnesses on behalf of the State, or on behalf of a person tried and acquitted, upon a criminal charge in the Superior Court of his or her county. (c) The prothonotary shall pay to the State Treasurer all fees of witnesses collected under this section as costs to reimburse the State Treasurer for such fees as have been paid in advance to such witnesses by the State Treasurer after the effective date of this subsection. (d) No government employee shall be entitled to witness fees or mileage if that employee is serving in an official capacity. Code 1852, §§  2808-2810;  12 Del. Laws, c. 536;  26 Del. Laws, c. 70, §  2;  Code 1915, §  4867;  30 Del. Laws, c. 244;  Code 1935, §  5362;  46 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  8903;  50 Del. Laws, c. 385, §  3;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§  32V, 32W;  57 Del. Laws, c. 452, §§  1, 2;  65 Del. Laws, c. 87, §  41;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;