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9 DE Code § 4516. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 4516. Connection of property with water mains.

§ 4516. Connection of property with water mains. Permits for connecting any property by a drain or pipe with any county water main shall be obtained from the county government and shall be issued only to plumbers licensed to do business in this State. No permit will be granted for connecting any property by a drain or pipe with any water main unless application is made therefor to the county government in writing upon blanks furnished by the county government. The application shall state the full name of the owner, the size and kind of drain or pipe to be used and a full description of the premises, its location, the number and size of each building located thereon to be drained, the area of each floor thereof, including the floor of the cellar or basement, all of the purposes for which the drain or pipe is to be used, the time when the connection is to be made and other particulars for a full understanding of the subject and that the owner will be subject to all the rules and regulations prescribed by the county government. The application shall be signed by the owner of the property to be drained or supplied with water and by a plumber licensed to do business in this State. The owner shall also execute a release to the county government releasing the county government, its officers and agents and the County from all liability or damage which may in any manner result to the premises by reason of such connection. No permit shall be deemed to authorize anything not therein specifically stated. 9 Del. C. 1953, §  4516;  55 Del. Laws, c. 255;  56 Del. Laws, c. 103, §  12;
9 DE Code § 4517. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 4517. Licensed plumber to connect property with water mains.

§ 4517. Licensed plumber to connect property with water mains. All necessary plumbing work to be done in connecting any property with a county water main shall be done by a plumber licensed to do business in this State, in a good and workmanlike manner, and with good and proper materials, and shall be subject to the approval of the county government or its designated agent. 9 Del. C. 1953, §  4517;  55 Del. Laws, c. 255;  56 Del. Laws, c. 103, §  12;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4518. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 4518. Misrepresentations in application and unauthorized connections with water main; penalty.

§ 4518. Misrepresentations in application and unauthorized connections with water main; penalty. Whoever wilfully makes any misrepresentation in any application or makes or maintains any connection with any water main contrary to the authority granted by permits issued therefor by the county government, or without a permit therefor in accordance with this chapter, shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $500. 9 Del. C. 1953, §  4518;  55 Del. Laws, c. 255;  56 Del. Laws, c. 103, §  12;
9 DE Code § 4519. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 4519. Surveys and inspections by county government; penalty for refusal to permit.

§ 4519. Surveys and inspections by county government; penalty for refusal to permit. (a) The county government or its designated representatives may go upon any land for the purpose of making surveys for water mains, water systems, water treatment plants, plumbing plants, or for rights-of-way or other property rights required for the water systems. (b) The county government or its designated representatives may inspect, at reasonable hours, any premises, dwellings or other buildings in the vicinity of a county water main to determine if it is connected to the county water main, or to determine if the water main connection has been made or is being maintained in accordance with the regulations of the county government. (c) Whoever refuses to permit inspections and surveys at reasonable hours shall be fined not less than $10 for every such refusal. 9 Del. C. 1953, §  4519;  55 Del. Laws, c. 255;  56 Del. Laws, c. 103, §  12;
9 DE Code § 4520. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 4520. Construction of chapter with other laws.

§ 4520. Construction of chapter with other laws. The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the powers conferred by any other general, special or local law. The powers conferred by this chapter may be exercised notwithstanding that any other general, special or local law may confer such powers, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in such other general, special or local law. 9 Del. C. 1953, §  4520;  55 Del. Laws, c. 255.;
9 DE Code § 4521. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 4521. Annexation.

§ 4521. Annexation. Any annexation by any municipality of any previously unincorporated area shall not confer upon the annexing municipality any right, title or interest in any part of any water or sewer system constructed, acquired, extended or improved pursuant to this chapter, except as a resolution of the county government may so provide. No such resolution shall be adopted by the county government unless the annexing municipality shall have deposited a fund sufficient to pay when due any outstanding bonds issued hereunder for the purchase, construction, acquisition, extension or improvement of all systems wholly or partly within the annexed area, with interest to the date of call or redemption and any redemption or call premium applicable thereto. 9 Del. C. 1953, §  4521;  55 Del. Laws, c. 255.;
9 DE Code § 4522. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter II. Monition Method of Sale in Kent County|§ 4522. Established.

§ 4522. Established. In addition to all existing methods and authority for the collection of service charges due to the Kent County Receiver of Taxes, the monition method and authority is hereby established. 75 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4523. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter II. Monition Method of Sale in Kent County|§ 4523. Praecipe; judgment; monition.

§ 4523. Praecipe; judgment; monition. (a) The tax collecting authority may file a praecipe in the office of the prothonotary of the Superior Court in and for the county where the property is located. (b) The praecipe shall contain the name of the person against whom the service charges sought to be collected were assessed, a copy of the bill or bills showing the amount of service charges due, and the property against which the service charges were assessed. The description of the property, as the same appears upon the assessment rolls of the county where the property is located, shall be a sufficient identification and description of the property. Thereupon the prothonotary shall make a record of the same on a special judgment docket of the Superior Court against the property mentioned or described in the praecipe which record shall consist of the following:  (1) The name of the person in whose name the assessment was made; (2) The description of the property as the same shall appear upon the assessment rolls; (3) The year or years for which the service charges are due and payable; (4) The date of the filing of such praecipe; (5) The amount of the judgment, the same being the amount set forth in the praecipe. Such judgment shall be indexed in the judgment docket itself under the hundred in which the property is located as the location appears upon the assessment rolls so prepared, and under the hundred by communities where the name of the community appears upon the assessment rolls so prepared, and by referring to the page in the judgment docket whereon the record shall appear. (c) Thereafter upon a praecipe for monition filed in the office of the prothonotary by the tax collecting authority, a monition shall be issued by the prothonotary to the sheriff of the county where the property is located, which monition shall briefly state the amount of the judgment for the service charges due and the years thereof, including accrued penalty thereon, together with a brief description of the property upon which the service charges are a lien. A description of the property as it appears upon the assessment rolls shall be sufficient. 75 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4524. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter II. Monition Method of Sale in Kent County|§ 4524. Form of monition.

§ 4524. Form of monition. The monition shall be in substantially the following form:  “To all persons having or claiming to have any title, interest or lien upon the within described premises, take warning that unless the judgment for the service charges stated herein is paid within 20 days after the date hereof or within such period of 20 days, evidence of the payment of service charges herein claimed shall be filed in the office of the prothonotary, which evidence shall be in the form of a receipted service charge bill or duplicate thereof, bearing date prior to the filing of the lien in the office of the prothonotary for the county where the property is located, the tax collecting authority may proceed to sell the property herein mentioned or described for the purpose of collecting the judgment for the service charges herein stated, including accrued penalties and all costs incurred in the collection process.  Name of PersonIn Whose NameProperty isAssessed Descriptionof Property Year orYears Amountof Judgment” 75 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4525. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter II. Monition Method of Sale in Kent County|§ 4525. Posting of monition; sheriff's return; alias or pluries monition.

§ 4525. Posting of monition; sheriff's return; alias or pluries monition. (a) The monition, or a copy thereof, shall be posted by the sheriff upon some prominent place or part of the property against which the judgment for the service charges is a lien, and the sheriff shall make due and proper return of the sheriff's proceedings under the monition to the prothonotary, within 10 days after the posting of the monition. (b) Alias or pluries monition may issue upon like praecipe. The posting of the notice as herein required shall constitute notice to the owner or owners and all persons having any interest in the property. 75 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4527. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter II. Monition Method of Sale in Kent County|§ 4527. Sales subject to approval of department of finance or chief county financial officer.

§ 4527. Sales subject to approval of department of finance or chief county financial officer. The department of finance or the chief county financial officer as designated by the county governing body may approve or disapprove the final bid at a sale made by the sheriff under this subchapter provided that the notice of the public sale includes that such sale is “subject to the approval of the department of finance or the chief county financial officer” in the terms of sale. In the event the department of finance or the chief county financial officer does not approve the final bid at such sale, the said department of finance or chief county financial officer may expose the property to another and as many succeeding sales as it chooses. 75 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4528. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter II. Monition Method of Sale in Kent County|§ 4528. Title of property sold.

§ 4528. Title of property sold. Any real estate or interest therein sold under the provisions of this subchapter shall vest in the purchaser all the right, title and interest of the person in whose name the property was assessed, and/or all right, title and interest of the person or persons who are the owners thereof, and likewise freed and discharged from any liens and encumbrances, dower or curtesy or statutory right, in the nature of a dower or curtesy, whether absolute or inchoate, in or to the real estate. 75 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4529. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter II. Monition Method of Sale in Kent County|§ 4529. Petition by purchasers for deed of conveyance.

§ 4529. Petition by purchasers for deed of conveyance. If the owner of the property or the owner's legal representatives fail to redeem the property as provided in this subchapter, the purchaser of the property or the purchaser's legal representatives, successors or assigns may present a petition to the Superior Court setting forth the appropriate facts in conformity with this subchapter and pray that the Superior Court make an order directing the sheriff, then in office, to execute, acknowledge and deliver a deed conveying the title to the property to the petitioner; and thereupon the Superior Court shall have power, after a hearing upon the petition, to issue an order directing the sheriff to execute, acknowledge and deliver a deed as prayed for in the petition. A description of the property as the same shall appear upon the assessment rolls, and a description by metes and bounds where obtainable shall be a sufficient description in any such deed. 75 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4530. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter II. Monition Method of Sale in Kent County|§ 4530. Redemption by owner.

§ 4530. Redemption by owner. The owner of any such real estate sold under this subchapter or the owner's legal representatives may redeem the same at any time within 60 days from the day the sale thereof is approved by the court, by paying to the purchaser or the purchaser's legal representatives, successors or assigns, the amount of the purchase price and 15 percent in addition thereto, together with all costs incurred in the cause; or if the purchaser or the purchaser's legal representatives, successors or assigns refuse to receive the same, or do not reside or cannot be found within the county where the property is located, by paying the amount into the court for the use of the purchaser, the purchaser's legal representatives or assigns. 75 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4531. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter II. Monition Method of Sale in Kent County|§ 4531. Petition by owner after redemption for entry on judgment record.

§ 4531. Petition by owner after redemption for entry on judgment record. If the owner of any real estate sold under an order of sale or the owner's legal representative redeems the real estate, the owner may present to the Superior Court a petition setting forth that fact and thereupon the Superior Court, after hearing and determining the facts set forth in the petition, shall have power to cause to be entered upon the record of the judgment, under which the real estate was sold, a memorandum that the real estate described in the proceedings upon which the judgment was entered has been redeemed. Thereafter the owner shall hold such redeemed real estate subject to the same liens and in the same order of priority as they existed at the time of the sale thereof, excepting so far as the liens have been discharged or reduced by the application of the proceeds by the sheriff from the sale. 75 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4532. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter II. Monition Method of Sale in Kent County|§ 4532. Regularity of proceedings under venditioni exponas.

§ 4532. Regularity of proceedings under venditioni exponas. Upon the return of the proceedings under a writ of venditioni exponas, the Superior Court may inquire into the regularity of the proceedings thereunder, and either approve the sale or set it aside. 75 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4533. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter II. Monition Method of Sale in Kent County|§ 4533. No proceedings unless tax is a lien upon property; construction of term “Superior Court”.

§ 4533. No proceedings unless tax is a lien upon property; construction of term “Superior Court”. (a) No proceedings shall be brought under this subchapter unless the service charge or assessment sought to be collected hereunder shall at the time of the filing of the praecipe in the office of the prothonotary be and constitute a lien upon the property against which the service charge or assessment was assessed or laid. (b) Whenever the Superior Court is mentioned in this subchapter, the same shall be held to embrace the judges or any judge thereof, and any act required or authorized to be done under this subchapter may be done by the Superior Court or any judge thereof in vacation thereof, as well as in term time. 75 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4534. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter II. Monition Method of Sale in Kent County|§ 4534. Fees and costs.

§ 4534. Fees and costs. (a) The fees and costs to be taxed in all proceedings under this subchapter, where not otherwise provided for, shall be as follows:  (1) The following fees shall be charged by the prothonotary:  Filing praecipe  $1.10 Issuing monition and copy  $2.75 Issuing alias or pluries, monition and copy  $2.75 Writ of venditioni exponas  $2.25 Filing any petition in Superior Court under this subchapter  $1.00 Costs of paying money into Superior Court  $1.00 Cost of paying money out of Superior Court for each check drawn  $1.00  (2) The following fees shall be charged by the sheriff:  Posting monition or copy thereof  $0.75 Posting each alias or pluries, monition or copy thereof  $0.75  (b) The county government of Kent County may provide by ordinance for fees and costs to be taxed in all proceedings under this subchapter. 75 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4535. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 45. Sewers and Water|Subchapter II. Monition Method of Sale in Kent County|§ 4535. Purchase at sheriff's sale by agent of county.

§ 4535. Purchase at sheriff's sale by agent of county. Kent County Levy Court may authorize any person to bid at the sale of any real estate under this chapter and, in the event that such person is the highest and best bidder therefor, title thereto shall be taken in the name of Kent County. Levy Court shall not authorize any person to bid in excess of the aggregate amount of all taxes, service, charges, penalties and obligations due to Kent County, including costs incurred in the collection process. 75 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  1;
9 DE Code § 4701. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 47. Garbage Disposal|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 4701. Acquisition of land; construction and operation of incineration plant; definitions.

§ 4701. Acquisition of land; construction and operation of incineration plant; definitions. (a) The county government may acquire land or any interest therein at any place within the County that it deems advisable and may construct and operate upon the land so acquired an incineration or garbage disposal plant or plants. The county government may enter into contracts and agreements with persons, firms or corporations relative to the purchase of the land and to the building, constructing and equipping of an incineration or garbage disposal plant or plants and may require from such persons, firms or corporations proper security for the faithful performance of the work to be done. The county government may engage the services of competent architects and engineers in connection with the construction of the plant or plants and shall award any contract to the lowest responsible bidder with the right to reject any and all bids. (b) The words “garbage disposal plant or plants” wherever used in this chapter include incineration, sanitary landfill, garbage grinding plants, composting for disposal of garbage, or any other means of garbage disposal which shall conform with reasonable standards of sanitary engineering. 9 Del. C. 1953, §  4701;  56 Del. Laws, c. 103, §  14;
9 DE Code § 4702. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 47. Garbage Disposal|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 4702. Acquisition of land by purchase.

§ 4702. Acquisition of land by purchase. The county government may acquire the land, or interest therein, by purchase, but not by exercise of the right of eminent domain. 9 Del. C. 1953, §  4702;  56 Del. Laws, c. 103, §  13;
9 DE Code § 4703. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 47. Garbage Disposal|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 4703. Powers of county government as to operation of plant; regulations and charges for service.

§ 4703. Powers of county government as to operation of plant; regulations and charges for service. (a) The county government may enter into contracts, leases or agreements of any nature pertaining to the operation of the incineration and garbage disposal plant or plants, including the right to sell such portion of land acquired as may not be necessary to use. The power to contract shall include the power to contract with any governmental agency of any sort whatsoever and to receive grants in aid from any such agency or any other person or organization. (b) The county government may adopt regulations and establish fees and charges for the services rendered by the said incineration and garbage disposal plant or plants. 9 Del. C. 1953, §  4703;  56 Del. Laws, c. 103, §  14;
9 DE Code § 4704. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 47. Garbage Disposal|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 4704. Power to borrow money and issue bonds.

§ 4704. Power to borrow money and issue bonds. The county government may borrow money upon the faith and credit of the County as provided in this chapter for the purpose of acquiring land and property for the establishment of an incineration and garbage disposal plant or plants and for the construction of such a plant or plants in the County and for the purpose of securing the payment of such sum to issue bonds in such denominations and bearing such rate of interest, not exceeding 3 percent per annum, and in such form as the county government shall deem expedient. The interest upon said bonds shall be payable semiannually in each and every year after the date of issuance thereof. 9 Del. C. 1953, §  4704;  56 Del. Laws, c. 103, §  14;
9 DE Code § 4705. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 47. Garbage Disposal|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 4705. Terms of bonds.

§ 4705. Terms of bonds. The county government shall decide upon and determine the form and time or times of maturity of the bonds provided that no bond shall be issued for a term exceeding 25 years. The bonds may or may not at the option of the county government be made redeemable at such time or times before maturity, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the county government prior to the issuance of the bonds. The bonds shall contain such other provisions, not inconsistent with the requirements of this chapter, as the county government may deem expedient. 9 Del. C. 1953, §  4705;  56 Del. Laws, c. 103, §  14;