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2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9603. Deputies and employees.

§ 9603. Deputies and employees.
The recorders in Kent and Sussex Counties may employ such chief deputy, deputies and clerks as are authorized by the governments of the counties, at compensations fixed by such governments. In Kent County, minimum qualifications may be established by the county government for each position, and said minimum qualifications and compensation and any subsequent adjustments thereto shall have the concurrence of the recorder.
23 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  8;  24 Del. Laws, c. 86, §  2;  27 Del. Laws, c. 73, §  1;  27 Del. Laws, c. 83, §  1;  Code 1915, §  1439;  29 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  1;  29 Del. Laws, c. 92, §  1;  30 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  1;  31 Del. Laws, c. 17, §  1;  32 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;  35 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  1;  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, §  1;  45 Del. Laws, c. 109, §§  1, 2;  46 Del. Laws, c. 298, §§  1, 2;  47 Del. Laws, c. 192;  48 Del. Laws, c. 111, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  9603;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  31A;  74 Del. Laws, c. 45, §  4;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9606. Recordation of instruments; duties.

§ 9606. Recordation of instruments; duties.
When a document is lodged for recording in the recorder's office and the fees paid, the recorder shall note upon it the day, month and year, and in case of any mortgage, the hour and minute of its being so lodged, and shall record the same, with all certificates, annexations, and endorsements, without delay. The recording shall be dated as of the time it was lodged in the office. The recorder shall certify the recording, under hand and official seal, upon each deed or writing recorded, with proper reference to the book and page. The recorder shall also, if required, give a certificate of the lodging of any paper in his or her office for record.
Code 1852, §  642;  16 Del. Laws, c. 130;  Code 1915, §§  1380, 1383;  Code 1935, §§  1551, 1555;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  9606;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9608. Assignment record.

§ 9608. Assignment record.
Each recorder shall keep an assignment record and index thereof. There shall be recorded in such record the assignment of all mortgages and other instruments which are by law recorded in his or her office.
12 Del. Laws, c. 110;  Code 1915, §  1375;  Code 1935, §  1547;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  9608;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9609. Separate books for maps and plots.

§ 9609. Separate books for maps and plots.
Each recorder shall record all maps and plots of real estate, presented to his or her office for recording, in separate volumes. The recorder shall make and preserve, in proper index books, an accurate index of all such maps and plots.
43 Del. Laws, c. 117, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  9609;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9610. Recording of official obligations; notation of cancellation.

§ 9610. Recording of official obligations; notation of cancellation.
(a) Each recorder shall record the official obligations of constables, registers of wills, Prothonotaries, clerks of the peace, Registers in Chancery, and preserve the original in his or her office, those for each year, in a separate bundle, with the label of the year. Each recorder shall also record the official obligation of the Oyster Revenue Collector. The obligations of the Secretary of State and the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be filed, recorded, and the original thereof preserved in the Recorder's office of Kent County.
(b) The recorder shall keep a separate index book in which shall be indexed the name of each official whose obligation is recorded. Upon cancellation of any official obligation in accordance with § 9116 of this title or § 122 of Title 10, the recorder shall write the word “cancelled” and sign his or her name as recorder opposite or alongside of the name of the official whose bond has been so cancelled.
Code 1852, §  458;  11 Del. Laws, c. 17;  Code 1915, §§  385, 1381;  Code 1935, §§  1552, 1553;  46 Del. Laws, c. 54, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  9610;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9611. Recordation of instruments containing certificate of notarial act.

§ 9611. Recordation of instruments containing certificate of notarial act.
(a) Any document presented to the recorder for recording which contains a certificate of a notarial act as defined by §§ 4316(5) and 4328 of Title 29 (existing or as amended), shall, in addition to other matters which may be required by law, identify the name and title of the notarial officer who executed the certificate in a legible manner which is suitable for micrographic or electronic reproduction.
(b) The use of a typewriter, printer or rubber stamp which when applied to the instrument produces the printed information required by subsection (a) of this section shall also be authorized.
(c) The recorder may refuse to record any document that contains a certificate of a notarial act which does not comply with subsection (a) of this section unless the person recording the instrument pays a penalty equal to the authorized recording fee for said document.
(d) The recording of any instrument which does not comply with subsection (a) of this section shall not affect its validity or admissibility as a public record.
14 Del. Laws, c. 383, §  2;  Code 1915, §  1379;  Code 1935, §  1550;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  9611;  67 Del. Laws, c. 320, §  1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 425, § 11;  84 Del. Laws, c. 233, § 10;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9612. Recorded instrument or certified copy thereof as evidence.

§ 9612. Recorded instrument or certified copy thereof as evidence.
The record of any instrument of writing, authorized by law to be recorded in the recorder's office, or a duly certified copy of such record, or the record of forms required by § 9605(b) of this title, shall be evidence.
Code 1852, §  646;  Code 1915, §  1388;  Code 1935, §  1559;  45 Del. Laws, c. 132, §  2;  46 Del. Laws, c. 43, §  2;  47 Del. Laws, c. 29, §  2;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  9612;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9614. Report of real estate transfers to boards of assessment and taxing authorities of incorporated towns and cities; to Wilmington Department of Surveys.

§ 9614. Report of real estate transfers to boards of assessment and taxing authorities of incorporated towns and cities; to Wilmington Department of Surveys.
(a) Each recorder shall furnish to the board of assessment or department of finance a proper description of each parcel of real estate which is conveyed by deed and, in addition, shall furnish to the taxing authorities of incorporated towns and cities, copies of the descriptions of such parcels of real estate conveyed which are located within the boundaries of such towns and cities. The recorder shall also furnish to the board of assessment or department of finance and to the taxing authorities of incorporated towns and cities, in proper cases, the date of conveyance, the names of the grantor and grantee and, if known to the recorder, the address of the grantee. The information shall be furnished within a reasonable time after the deed is lodged with the recorder. Such information need not be supplied to the board of assessment or department of finance if it is noted on the deed by the board of assessment or department of finance that the purchaser has supplied the required information to the board of assessment or department of finance.
(b) When a deed conveys real estate within the City of Wilmington, the Recorder for New Castle County shall furnish certificates thereof to the Department of Surveys of that City.
(c) In addition to all other information provided by each recorder to the Division of Revenue or such other state agency or department which is assigned the responsibility of the collection of income taxes by the State, each recorder shall also, within 30 days of the date of recording any deed or other instrument purporting to convey title to real estate as to which an affidavit of residence and gain was filed pursuant to § 9605(h) of this title, forward to the Division of Revenue or such other state department or agency a copy of the said affidavit of residence and gain filed as part of that transaction.
19 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  27;  19 Del. Laws, c. 562, §  11;  20 Del. Laws, c. 389, §  1;  Code 1915, §§  1126A, 1178, 1395;  28 Del. Laws, c. 82, §  28;  29 Del. Laws, c. 72, §  20;  30 Del. Laws, c. 77, §  19;  30 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  7;  31 Del. Laws, c. 14, §  24;  33 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  1;  33 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  23;  Code 1935, §§  1272, 1309, 1328, 1371, 1420, 1453, 1562;  46 Del. Laws, c. 299, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  9614;  49 Del. Laws, c. 242;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  31B;  60 Del. Laws, c. 234, §  2;  60 Del. Laws, c. 277, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9616. Neglect of duty; penalty.

§ 9616. Neglect of duty; penalty.
For the neglect of any duty prescribed in this chapter, in cases where no other penalty is prescribed, the recorder shall be fined not more than $50.
Code 1852, §  645;  Code 1915, §  1387;  Code 1935, §  1558;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  9616;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9617. Fees in New Castle and Sussex Counties.

§ 9617. Fees in New Castle and Sussex Counties.
The fees of the Recorders of Deeds in New Castle and Sussex Counties shall be established by ordinance.
24 Del. Laws, c. 247, §  3;  Code 1915, §  4862;  Code 1935, §  5357;  41 Del. Laws, c. 217;  44 Del. Laws, c. 182, §  1;  46 Del. Laws, c. 118, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  9617;  51 Del. Laws, c. 185;  52 Del. Laws, c. 162, §  1;  56 Del. Laws, c. 126, §  1;  56 Del. Laws, c. 237, §§  1, 2;  57 Del. Laws, c. 768, §  2;  63 Del. Laws, c. 132, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9619. Fees in Kent County.

§ 9619. Fees in Kent County.
The fees of the Recorder of Deeds in Kent County shall be established by ordinance.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  9620;  56 Del. Laws, c. 126, §  2;  60 Del. Laws, c. 221, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9620. Neglect or refusal to pay fees; penalty.

§ 9620. Neglect or refusal to pay fees; penalty.
Whoever neglects or refuses to pay the fees provided for in §§ 9617 and 9619 of this title, for any service performed, within 10 days after written demand from the recorder to whom such fees are due, shall be fined $10 besides costs of suit.
24 Del. Laws, c. 247, §  4;  24 Del. Laws, c. 246, §  6;  Code 1915, §  4890;  Code 1935, §  5378;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  9620;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9621. Indexing of records in the office of the Recorder of Sussex County.

§ 9621. Indexing of records in the office of the Recorder of Sussex County.
(a) The Recorder of Sussex County shall from time to time, on and after January 10, 1968, under the supervision and subject to the approval of the Resident Judge of the Superior Court residing in Sussex County, change and revise all systems of indexing of, and consolidate all indices to, all records heretofore or hereafter kept, filed or maintained in the Recorder's office, and index and reindex the same, according to some modern and accurate system which may be authorized and approved by such Resident Judge, and continue such system of indexing with regard to the ongoing, current volume of work resulting from the usual course of business of the Recorder's office until such further time as any such system may thereafter be changed or revised under the supervision and subject to the approval of the Resident Judge.
(b) For the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the Recorder of Sussex County may contract for the work of compiling all indices, and for the installation of any such modern system of indexing, and the verification of said indices when made, all under the supervision, direction, and approval of the Resident Judge.
(c) For the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the Recorder of Sussex County may purchase all books, racks, shelves, supplies and other equipment necessary for such purposes and from time to time thereafter purchase the necessary books, racks, shelves, supplies and other equipment to provide for the continuation of any such indexing of records which result from the ongoing, current volume of work resulting from the usual course of business of the Recorder's office.
(d) The total cost of indexing of all such records, as aforesaid, and the cost of the necessary books, racks, shelves, supplies, and other equipment therefor, as well as all additions thereto as may be necessary by reason of the ongoing, current volume of work resulting from the usual course of business of the Recorder's office, shall be paid by the government of Sussex County.
(e) Whenever the several, separate indices of any of the records kept, filed or maintained in the office of the Recorder of Sussex County shall have been consolidated into a single system of indexing in pursuance of the authority vested in the Recorder of Sussex County, under the supervision and subject to the approval of the Resident Judge, the Recorder of Sussex County may discontinue the keeping, compiling and maintaining of the several separate indices thereto, and all acts or parts of acts, requiring the keeping, compiling, and maintaining of separate indices thereto shall thereupon be repealed.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  9621;  56 Del. Laws, c. 246;  76 Del. Laws, c. 213, §§  12-16;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9622. Department of finance construed.

§ 9622. Department of finance construed.
Any reference to “department of finance” shall be deemed to mean and include the Department of Finance in Sussex County and the Office of Finance in New Castle County.
9 Del. C. 1953, §  9622;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  30;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  129;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9623. Required statement in deed conveying certain property in unincorporated suburban community.

§ 9623. Required statement in deed conveying certain property in unincorporated suburban community.
In the event any real property in an unincorporated suburban community with road frontage on a private road or street, constructed or reconstructed pursuant to § 131 of Title 17, which road or street is not to be maintained by the State, is conveyed subsequent to such construction or reconstruction and the deed is presented for recordation, the recorder of the county in which the land is located shall not record such deed unless the deed shall contain a statement that such private street or road is not maintained by the State.
63 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  3;  64 Del. Laws, c. 312, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9626. Transfer of assessment fees.

§ 9626. Transfer of assessment fees.
The New Castle County Recorder of Deeds shall monthly cause to be remitted 1/2 of all fees which are by law payable to the New Castle County Recorder of Deeds pursuant to § 103(c)(6) of Title 8 to the treasury of the City of Wilmington.
75 Del. Laws, c. 218, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 9 - Counties › Chapter 96. RECORDERS › § 9627. Redaction of information.

§ 9627. Redaction of information.
(a) The recorder for each county shall be authorized to establish administrative procedures to allow a party who has previously been a signatory on an instrument for recordation to request that the recorder redact personal identifying information. Personal identifying information shall include:
bank and credit card account numbers; the first 5 digits of a social security number; official state- or government-issued driver's license or identification numbers; alien registration numbers; government passport numbers and employer or taxpayer identification numbers. A person requesting redaction must provide information sufficient to enable the recorder to identify the document to be redacted and verify that the requesting party or parties are the same person or persons named on the previously recorded instrument.
(b) Personal identifying information shall not include information essential to the purposes of public recordation, such as party names, property information including property description, parcel number, parcel address or mailing address. A recorder, in consultation with the county attorney in each respective county, shall be authorized to determine whether information is essential to the purposes of public recordation and thereby not subject to redaction.
(c) The Recorder of Deeds for New Castle County, Kent County and Sussex County shall have no liability for failure to redact personal identifying information.
77 Del. Laws, c. 142, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 101. Place of holding Court.

§ 101. Place of holding Court.
The Supreme Court shall be held at Dover, except in limited circumstances involving a judicial emergency under Chapter 20 of this title or when the Court determines that the education of the Bar or law students, or the public interest would be advanced by having a special session of the Court in another location.
Code 1852, §  1907;  Code 1915, §  3683;  Code 1935, §  4235;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  101;  80 Del. Laws, c. 192, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 102. Offices for the Justices.

§ 102. Offices for the Justices.
The Supreme Court may obtain such office space for each of the Justices thereof as shall be necessary and appropriate to permit the Justices to properly carry out their duties. The offices of the respective Justices need not be in Dover and may be in the counties where the Justices, respectively, reside. Bills for such office rent shall be paid by the State Treasurer when approved in writing by any Justice of the Court.
Code 1935, §  4271;  48 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  102;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 103. Salaries of Justices.

§ 103. Salaries of Justices.
The Chief Justice and each of the Justices of the Supreme Court shall receive such compensation as shall be provided by law.
Code 1852, §  467;  26 Del. Laws, c. 58;  Code 1915, §  395;  30 Del. Laws, c. 44;  37 Del. Laws, c. 41;  Code 1935, §  369;  46 Del. Laws, c. 248;  47 Del. Laws, c. 200;  48 Del. Laws, c. 260;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  103;  52 Del. Laws, c. 113, §  1;  55 Del. Laws, c. 403, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 675, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 472, §  1;  62 Del. Laws, c. 12, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  76 Del. Laws, c. 213, §  17;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 104. Purchase of supplies.

§ 104. Purchase of supplies.
The Supreme Court from time to time may purchase for the Court such furniture, equipment, law books, stationery, and other supplies as may be requisite for the proper operation of the Court.
Code 1935, §  4272B;  48 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  104;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 105. Payment of expenses.

§ 105. Payment of expenses.
The payment of the compensation of the Clerk and all other persons appointed or employed by the Court or any Justice thereof under the provisions of subchapter II of this chapter, and the payment for supplies, equipment and other necessary expenses of the Court, including the traveling expenses of the Justices and the officers of the Court, shall be made by the State Treasurer out of funds regularly appropriated for the Supreme Court.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  105;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 121. Clerk of Supreme Court; bond; duties generally.

§ 121. Clerk of Supreme Court; bond; duties generally.
(a) Every Clerk of the Supreme Court duly appointed, shall, after being appointed and before entering upon the duties of the office, become bound to the State with sufficient surety by a joint and several obligation in the penal sum of $3,000 the condition of which shall be as follows:
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“That if the above named ________________ who has been duly appointed to be Clerk of the Supreme Court shall and do well and diligently execute the duties of the office of Clerk of the Supreme Court as aforesaid and duly and faithfully fulfill and perform all the trusts and duties to the said office appertaining, and truly and without delay deliver to his or her successor in office, the seal and all the books, records and papers belonging to such office, safe and undefaced, then this obligation shall be void and of no effect or else shall remain in full force and virtue.”
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(b) The sufficiency of the surety and the form of the bond shall be subject to the approval of a Justice of the Court.
(c) The Clerk shall be custodian of the seal, the books, the records and the papers of the Court, and shall perform such duties as the Court may direct.
Code 1852, §§  441-443;  14 Del. Laws, c. 42;  16 Del. Laws, c. 24;  23 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  3;  Code 1915, §  379;  30 Del. Laws, c. 43;  Code 1935, §  348;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  121;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  3;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 122. Cancellation of Clerk's bond.

§ 122. Cancellation of Clerk's bond.
The bond of the Clerk of the Supreme Court provided for in § 121 of this title shall be canceled 3 years after the expiration of the Clerk's term of office and shall, after such time cease to be a lien on any property of any kind of the Clerk or the Clerk's bondspersons.
Code 1915, §  379A;  28 Del. Laws, c. 34;  Code 1935, §  349;  46 Del. Laws, c. 56, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  122;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 123. Court reporter; stenographic and clerical assistants.

§ 123. Court reporter; stenographic and clerical assistants.
The Supreme Court may from time to time employ a court reporter and such additional stenographic and clerical assistants as may be necessary for the proper operation of the Court. Any such persons shall receive for their services such amounts as the Supreme Court shall from time to time determine.
Code 1935, §  4272;  48 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  123;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  4;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 124. Office secretaries.

§ 124. Office secretaries.
Each Justice of the Supreme Court may appoint and remove at pleasure 1 competent stenographer, to be designated as office secretary, whose duties shall be to render the Justice such clerical, stenographic, typewriting and secretarial services as may be required, and who shall receive such compensation as the Justices shall from time to time determine.
Code 1935, §  4272A;  48 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  124;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  4;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 125. Certification of appointments.

§ 125. Certification of appointments.
The Supreme Court shall certify to the State Auditor and the State Treasurer the names and addresses of the several persons appointed to the offices and positions authorized by this subchapter, the several dates of their appointments, and the monthly compensation to be paid to them.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  125;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  5;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 128. Administrative Office of the Courts.

§ 128. Administrative Office of the Courts.
(a) The Administrative Office of the Courts is hereby created with a State Court Administrator as head thereof.
(b) The State Court Administrator shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State. In the event the Chief Justice appoints as State Court Administrator an attorney-at-law admitted to practice before the Delaware Supreme Court, such State Court Administrator shall not practice law while serving as State Court Administrator.
(c) The salary of the State Court Administrator shall be determined by the Chief Justice, but in no event shall be greater than the salary of a Judge of the Superior Court.
(d) The function of the office shall be to assist the Chief Justice in carrying out his or her constitutional responsibilities as administrative head of all the courts in the State, and the duties of the office shall be as prescribed by the Chief Justice or by rule of the Supreme Court of the State.
(e) The State Court Administrator may, with the approval of the Chief Justice, appoint such deputies, administrative assistants, and clerical personnel as are required.
(f) The State Court Administrator shall have oversight of the Judicial Information Center, the Office of State Court Collections Enforcement, and the law libraries.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  128;  58 Del. Laws, c. 70;  62 Del. Laws, c. 52, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  72 Del. Laws, c. 190, §  2;  76 Del. Laws, c. 213, §  18;  83 Del. Laws, c. 482, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 129. Law clerks.

§ 129. Law clerks.
Law clerks hold major, nontenured advisory positions for the Justices of the Court. The Supreme Court may appoint and remove at pleasure such judicial law clerks as shall be necessary for the proper operation of the Court.
78 Del. Laws, c. 51, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers; Time for Taking Appeals › § 141. Advisory opinions of Justices upon request of Governor and General Assembly.

§ 141. Advisory opinions of Justices upon request of Governor and General Assembly.
(a) The Justices of the Supreme Court, whenever the Governor of this State or a majority of the members elected to each House may by resolution require it for public information, or to enable them to discharge their duties, may give them their opinions in writing touching the proper construction of any provision in the Constitution of this State, or of the United States, or the constitutionality of any law or legislation passed by the General Assembly, or the constitutionality of any proposed constitutional amendment which shall have been first agreed to by 2/3 of all members elected to each House.
(b) The Justices of the Supreme Court may appoint 1 or more members of the Delaware Bar, duly qualified to practice before said Court, for the purpose of briefing or arguing the legal issues submitted by the Governor or General Assembly.
(c) If the Governor should request an advisory opinion from the Court, the Governor shall, within 5 days, notify the leadership of both Houses by sending them a copy of such request. If the General Assembly should request an advisory opinion from the Court, the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall within 5 days notify the Governor by sending a copy of such request.
(d) Upon receipt of such advisory opinion from the Supreme Court the governor or the General Assembly shall, within 5 days, notify the opposite party by sending a copy of such advisory opinion.
Code 1852, §  482;  Code 1915, §  402;  Code 1935, §  374;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  141;  58 Del. Laws, c. 514;  64 Del. Laws, c. 214, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers; Time for Taking Appeals › § 142. Writs of certiorari.

§ 142. Writs of certiorari.
Writs of certiorari, issuable out of the Supreme Court, shall be writs of right and not of grace, and shall be sued out of and be issued out of the Court without petition therefor or the allocatur of any Judge or order of the Court.
21 Del. Laws, c. 118;  Code 1915, §  3710;  Code 1935, §  4263;  48 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  142;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers; Time for Taking Appeals › § 143. Time for appeal from interlocutory order or decree.

§ 143. Time for appeal from interlocutory order or decree.
No appeal from an interlocutory order, judgment or decree shall be received in the Supreme Court, unless such appeal is filed in the Supreme Court within 30 days after such order, judgment or decree is entered.
Code 1852, §  2755;  Code 1915, §  4686;  Code 1935, §  5144;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  143;  57 Del. Laws, c. 460.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers; Time for Taking Appeals › § 144. Failure to appeal from interlocutory order; consideration on final appeal.

§ 144. Failure to appeal from interlocutory order; consideration on final appeal.
A failure to appeal from an interlocutory order, judgment or decree of the Court of Chancery or Superior Court shall not bar a party from making any objection to such interlocutory order, judgment or decree on appeal from the final order, judgment or decree.
Code 1852, §  2756;  Code 1915, §  4687;  Code 1935, §  5145;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  144;  57 Del. Laws, c. 459.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers; Time for Taking Appeals › § 145. Time for appeal from final judgment of the Court of Chancery.

§ 145. Time for appeal from final judgment of the Court of Chancery.
No appeal from a final judgment or decree of the Court of Chancery shall be received or entertained in the Supreme Court unless the praecipe or notice of appeal is duly filed in the office of the Clerk thereof within 30 days after the date of the judgment or decree.
This section shall not affect the time for cross-appeals provided in § 149 of this title.
Code 1852, §  2757;  Code 1915, §  4688;  38 Del. Laws, c. 204;  Code 1935, §  5146;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  145;  51 Del. Laws, c. 346, §  1;  58 Del. Laws, c. 20, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers; Time for Taking Appeals › § 146. Time for appeal of infants or mentally incompetent persons not represented by a guardian or trustee.

§ 146. Time for appeal of infants or mentally incompetent persons not represented by a guardian or trustee.
When an infant or a mentally incompetent person is a party to an action and was not represented in the action in the lower court by a guardian ad litem, general guardian or trustee, the time within which such infant or mentally incompetent person may appeal to the Supreme Court shall begin to run at the ceasing of such disability and not at the time of signing the judgment or decree.
Code 1852, §§  2758, 2762;  Code 1915, §§  4689, 4693;  Code 1935, §§  5147, 5151;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  146;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers; Time for Taking Appeals › § 147. Time for appeal from Superior Court in criminal actions.

§ 147. Time for appeal from Superior Court in criminal actions.
No appeal from the Superior Court in a criminal action shall be received or entertained in the Supreme Court unless the praecipe or notice of appeal is duly filed in the office of the Clerk thereof within 30 days after the date of the judgment or decree.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  147;  51 Del. Laws, c. 346, §  2;  58 Del. Laws, c. 22, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers; Time for Taking Appeals › § 148. Time for appeal from final judgment of the Superior Court in civil actions.

§ 148. Time for appeal from final judgment of the Superior Court in civil actions.
No appeal from a final judgment of the Superior Court in a civil action shall be received or entertained in the Supreme Court unless the praecipe or notice of appeal is duly filed in the office of the Clerk thereof within 30 days after the date of the judgment or decree.
This section shall not affect the time for cross-appeals provided in § 149 of this title.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  148;  51 Del. Laws, c. 346, §  3;  58 Del. Laws, c. 21, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers; Time for Taking Appeals › § 149. Time for cross-appeal in civil actions.

§ 149. Time for cross-appeal in civil actions.
In any civil action where a timely notice of appeal to the Supreme Court is filed by a party, any other party may file a notice of appeal within 15 days of the date on which the first notice of appeal was filed or within the time otherwise prescribed by this title, whichever expires last.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  149;  57 Del. Laws, c. 461.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers; Time for Taking Appeals › § 150. Time for appeal from Superior Court in concealed carry permit actions.

§ 150. Time for appeal from Superior Court in concealed carry permit actions.
Any applicant or licensee may, at any time within 30 days from the date of any adverse decision or action of the Superior Court made pursuant to its administration of the provisions of § 1441 of Title 11, appeal that decision or action to the Supreme Court.
73 Del. Laws, c. 111, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 161. Rules of Court and special orders.

§ 161. Rules of Court and special orders.
(a) The Supreme Court may, from time to time, adopt and promulgate general rules, or where it deems it best for the advancement of justice may make special orders, which establish terms of the Court, provide for the holding of regular and special sessions, fix the time of and otherwise regulate the return of process issued out of the Court, fix the fees which shall be paid and the costs which shall be taxed in the Court, provide for the conduct of the business of the Court, and regulate the practice and procedure governing causes and proceedings in the Court.
(b) The Rules of the Supreme Court shall, after they have taken effect, supersede all statutory provisions in conflict or inconsistent therewith.
(c) The rules shall not abridge, enlarge or modify any substantive right of any party.
Code 1852, §  1912;  18 Del. Laws, c. 218, §  1;  21 Del. Laws, c. 116;  24 Del. Laws, c. 236;  25 Del. Laws, c. 227, §  1;  27 Del. Laws, c. 270, §  4;  Code 1915, §§  3684, 3688, 3707;  Code 1935, §§  4236, 4240, 4261;  43 Del. Laws, c. 222, §§  1, 2;  48 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  161;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 162. Judgment docket; indices.

§ 162. Judgment docket; indices.
Whenever a judgment is entered, or signed, in the Supreme Court, the Clerk of that Court shall set down on the docket thereof, the day, month and year of actually entering or signing it. The Clerk shall also keep 2 indices to his or her judgment docket, and make the entries therein, as required of the prothonotary in Chapter 23 of this title, under the penalties prescribed by Chapter 23 of this title, the provisions of which are, for this purpose, extended to the Clerk of the Supreme Court.
Code 1852, §  683;  Code 1915, §  3722;  Code 1935, §  4268;  48 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  162;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 1. SUPREME COURT › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 163. Prepayment, and bill of costs; refunds; penalty for neglect by Clerk.

§ 163. Prepayment, and bill of costs; refunds; penalty for neglect by Clerk.
The plaintiff or appellant, shall, on docketing a cause in the Supreme Court, pay the Clerk such fee as the Supreme Court shall have prescribed by its Rules. Upon the determination of the cause, the Clerk shall enter on the record a bill of the costs, and after deducting his or her own fees shall, on demand, refund any portion of the sum that may be due to the plaintiff or appellant.
If the Clerk wilfully fails or neglects to comply with this section, he or she shall be fined in such amount or imprisoned for such term, or both, as the trial court, in its discretion, may determine; and shall forfeit his or her office.
Code 1852, §  684;  Code 1915, §  3723;  Code 1935, §  4269;  48 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  163;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 301. Places of holding Court.

§ 301. Places of holding Court.
The Court of Chancery shall be held:
(1) In New Castle County, at Wilmington;
(2) In Kent County, at Dover; and
(3) In Sussex County, at Georgetown.
Code 1852, §  1910;  16 Del. Laws, c. 133, §  5;  Code 1915, §  3683;  Code 1935, §  4235;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  301;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 302. Terms of Court.

§ 302. Terms of Court.
The Court of Chancery in and for each county of the State shall have 1 term each year which shall coincide with the calendar year.
Code 1852, §  1910;  17 Del. Laws, c. 216;  19 Del. Laws, c. 256;  21 Del. Laws, c. 120;  22 Del. Laws, c. 450;  Code 1915, §  3684;  Code 1935, §  4236;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  302;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 303. Disqualification of Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor.

§ 303. Disqualification of Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor.
Neither the Chancellor nor any Vice-Chancellor shall sit in any cause in which his or her parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, or sister, nephew, or niece, uncle or aunt, brother-in-law, or son-in-law, is a party.
Code 1852, §  1950;  Code 1915, §  3886;  Code 1935, §  4410;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  303;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 304. Salaries of Chancellor and Vice-Chancellors.

§ 304. Salaries of Chancellor and Vice-Chancellors.
The Chancellor and each Vice-Chancellor shall receive such compensation as shall be provided by law.
Code 1852, §  467;  26 Del. Laws, c. 58;  Code 1915, §  395;  30 Del. Laws, c. 44;  37 Del. Laws, c. 41;  Code 1935, §  369;  46 Del. Laws, c. 248;  47 Del. Laws, c. 200;  48 Del. Laws, c. 260;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  304;  52 Del. Laws, c. 113, §  2;  55 Del. Laws, c. 403, §  2;  57 Del. Laws, c. 675, §  2;  59 Del. Laws, c. 472, §  2;  62 Del. Laws, c. 12, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  76 Del. Laws, c. 213, §  19;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 305. Purchase of supplies.

§ 305. Purchase of supplies.
The Chancellor may from time to time purchase for the Court such furniture, equipment, law books, stationery and other supplies as may be requisite for the proper operation of the Court.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  305;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  6;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 306. Payment of expenses.

§ 306. Payment of expenses.
The payment of the compensation of all persons appointed or employed by the Court under the provisions of this chapter and the payment for supplies, equipment and other necessary expenses of the Court, including the traveling expenses of the Judges and the officers of the Court, shall be made by the State Treasurer out of funds regularly appropriated for the operation of the Court of Chancery.
The State Treasurer shall pay to each county out of funds regularly appropriated for operation of the Court of Chancery rent based upon the cost of servicing and maintenance and carrying charges applicable to the space occupied by the Court of Chancery, its Judges, officers, employees and facilities, in such amounts as shall be fixed annually by agreement between the State Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Levy Court or County Executive of each county; provided that if agreement cannot be reached, final determination of such amounts shall be made by a panel of 3, 1 member to be designated by the State Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 1 member to be designated by the Levy Court or County Executive, and 1 member to be selected by the other 2 members.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  306;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  6;  57 Del. Laws, c. 228, §§  11-1, 11-42;  75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  21(5);
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 307. Additional Vice-Chancellors.

§ 307. Additional Vice-Chancellors.
In addition to the Chancellor specifically required by article IV, § 2 of the Delaware Constitution, the Court of Chancery consists of 6 Vice-Chancellors.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  307;  53 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 218, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 1, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 288, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 322. Court reporters.

§ 322. Court reporters.
The Chancellor shall have power from time to time to appoint and remove at pleasure such number of skilled and competent stenographers, to be designated as court reporters, as shall be necessary for the proper operation of the Court, together with such additional clerical assistants as may be required. The duties of the court reporters shall be to attend all sessions of the Court of Chancery in the several counties and all hearings before the Chancellor or the Vice-Chancellor, as may be required, to report all evidence, opinions and other matters as the Chancellor or the Vice-Chancellor may require, and to perform such other duties as the Chancellor may prescribe. The court reporters and assistants shall receive such compensation as the Chancellor shall from time to time determine. The court reporters before entering upon their duties shall take and subscribe the oath of office as required by the Constitution.
23 Del. Laws, c. 76;  24 Del. Laws, c. 119;  Code 1915, §  3888;  30 Del. Laws, c. 224;  35 Del. Laws, c. 218;  Code 1935, §  4412;  43 Del. Laws, c. 226, §  1;  44 Del. Laws, c. 172, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  322;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  7;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 323. Office secretaries.

§ 323. Office secretaries.
Each of the Judges of the Court of Chancery may appoint and remove at pleasure 1 competent stenographer, to be designated as office secretary, whose duties shall be to render to such Judge such clerical, stenographic, typewriting and secretarial services as may be required, and who shall receive such compensation as the Chancellor shall from time to time determine.
23 Del. Laws, c. 76;  24 Del. Laws, c. 119;  Code 1915, §  3888;  30 Del. Laws, c. 224;  35 Del. Laws, c. 218;  Code 1935, §  4412;  43 Del. Laws, c. 226, §  1;  44 Del. Laws, c. 172, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  323;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  7;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 324. Temporary appointments.

§ 324. Temporary appointments.
If for any reason any of the court reporters or office secretaries shall be unable to perform his or her duties, the Chancellor may appoint a suitable and competent substitute to serve as a temporary court reporter or office secretary for such time and for such compensation as he or she shall determine. Substitute court reporters shall take the same oath of office as is required of a court reporter, and their acts shall have the same force and effect as if done by an official court reporter. Such oath shall not be recorded, but shall be filed with the Register.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  324;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  7;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 325. Court reporters' charges.

§ 325. Court reporters' charges.
The Chancellor may regulate the charges to be made by court reporters for the furnishing of transcriptions of evidence, opinions, records, arguments or hearings.
23 Del. Laws, c. 76;  24 Del. Laws, c. 119;  Code 1915, §  3888;  30 Del. Laws, c. 224;  35 Del. Laws, c. 218;  Code 1935, §  4412;  43 Del. Laws, c. 226, §  1;  44 Del. Laws, c. 172, §  1;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  325;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  7;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 326. Bailiffs, criers and pages; compensation; duties.

§ 326. Bailiffs, criers and pages; compensation; duties.
The Chancellor may appoint and remove at pleasure such number of bailiffs, criers and pages as shall be necessary for the proper operation of the Court, not to exceed 1 bailiff, 1 crier and 1 page in each of the several counties. They shall receive such compensation as the Chancellor shall from time to time determine. They shall perform such duties and have such powers in connection with attendance upon the Court of Chancery as the Chancellor may from time to time prescribe.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  326;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  8;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§  35A, 35B;  57 Del. Laws, c. 228, §§  11-2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 327. Certification of appointments.

§ 327. Certification of appointments.
The Chancellor shall certify to the State Auditor and the State Treasurer the names and addresses of the several persons appointed to the offices and positions authorized under the provisions of this chapter, the several dates of their appointments, and the monthly compensation to be paid to them.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  327;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  8;  57 Del. Laws, c. 228, §§  11-3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 328. Budgetary powers of Supreme Court.

§ 328. Budgetary powers of Supreme Court.
Nothing contained in this subchapter shall affect the powers of the Supreme Court conferred by § 6331 of Title 29.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  328;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  8;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 329. Law clerks.

§ 329. Law clerks.
Law clerks hold major, nontenured advisory positions for the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellors of the Court. The Court of Chancery may appoint and remove at pleasure such judicial law clerks as shall be necessary for the proper operation of the Court.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  329;  55 Del. Laws, c. 208;  57 Del. Laws, c. 228, §§  11-4;  78 Del. Laws, c. 51, §  2;