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2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 341. Matters and causes in equity.

§ 341. Matters and causes in equity.
The Court of Chancery shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters and causes in equity.
Code 1852, §  1932;  Code 1915, §  3844;  Code 1935, §  4367;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  341;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 342. Adequate remedy in other courts.

§ 342. Adequate remedy in other courts.
The Court of Chancery shall not have jurisdiction to determine any matter wherein sufficient remedy may be had by common law, or statute, before any other court or jurisdiction of this State.
Code 1852, §  1933;  Code 1915, §  3844;  Code 1935, §  4367;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  342;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 343. Injunctions staying actions at law, or to prevent waste.

§ 343. Injunctions staying actions at law, or to prevent waste.
The Court of Chancery may grant injunctions for staying actions at law, and to prevent waste, as there may be occasion.
Code 1852, §  1932;  Code 1915, §  3844;  Code 1935, §  4367;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  343;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 345. Power to invest moneys and take security.

§ 345. Power to invest moneys and take security.
The Court of Chancery may, in the securing or investing of a sum or sums of money under orders of the Court, cause to be taken for the same, in any case not otherwise provided for by law, a recognizance, bond or mortgage in the name of the State, with condition for the payment of the money so to be secured in such manner and subject to such provisions as the Court orders, to the end that the money may be secured for the use and benefit of the person or persons who may be entitled to or interested in the same. Upon any recognizance, bond or mortgage so to be taken, a suit may be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the name of the State, but for the use of any person or persons injured by the breach of such recognizance, bond or mortgage, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 75 of this title.
A Judge of the Court of Chancery may by general or special rule or order direct that any or all moneys deposited with the Court of Chancery in connection with any action in such Court:
(1) be deposited in 1 or more interest-bearing accounts or deposits in any bank or savings institution upon such terms as shall be determined by the Court; or (2) be invested in securities of the United States of America of such duration that such money may be available when reasonably required. Any moneys so deposited may be deposited or invested with similar moneys from other actions, provided that records are maintained by the Court to identify the origin of all such moneys so received and deposited or invested.
All income and interest earned on all such deposits and investments are declared to be public moneys and shall from time to time on order of a Judge of such Court be paid to the State Treasurer.
The Register in Chancery in the county in which such funds are deposited or invested shall be responsible for the deposit or investment thereof as provided in this section, provided that the Register shall not be liable for any loss of deposit or investment not caused by his or her own negligence or misconduct.
Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the Court from ordering that moneys deposited in connection with any action be segregated or maintained in a special account or deposit if, in the judgment of the Court, that should be done.
13 Del. Laws, c. 459;  Code 1915, §  3882;  Code 1935, §  4406;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  345;  57 Del. Laws, c. 479;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  6;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 347. Mediation proceedings for business disputes.

§ 347. Mediation proceedings for business disputes.
(a) Without limiting the jurisdiction of any court of this State, the Court of Chancery shall have the power to mediate business disputes when:
(1) The parties have consented to the mediation by the Court of Chancery by agreement or by stipulation;
(2) At least 1 party is a business entity as defined in § 346 of this title;
(3) At least 1 party is a business entity formed or organized under the laws of this State or having its principal place of business in this State;
(4) No party is a consumer, as that term is defined in § 2731 of Title 6, with respect to the business dispute; and
(5) In the case of disputes involving solely a claim for monetary damages, the amount in controversy is no less than $1,000,000 or such greater amount as the Court of Chancery determines by rule.
A mediation pursuant to this section shall involve a request by parties to have a member of the Court of Chancery, or such other person as may be authorized under rules of the Court, act as a mediator to assist the parties in reaching a mutually satisfactory resolution of their dispute. Mediation proceedings shall be considered confidential and not of public record.
(b) By rule, the Court of Chancery may define those types of cases that are eligible for submission as a business dispute mediation. This section is intended to encourage the Court of Chancery to include complex corporate and commercial disputes, including technology disputes, within the ambit of the business dispute mediation rules. The Court of Chancery should interpret its rule-making authority broadly to effectuate that intention.
74 Del. Laws, c. 36, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 348. Disputes involving deed covenants or restrictions.

§ 348. Disputes involving deed covenants or restrictions.
(a) Without limiting the jurisdiction of any court of this State, the Court of Chancery shall, through a Magistrate in Chancery or such other person as may be appointed that Magistrate in Chancery's designee, mediate disputes involving the enforcement of deed covenants or restrictions when:
(1) An action involving the enforcement of deed covenants or restrictions has been filed with the Court;
(2) At least 1 party is an association or other entity representing the homeowners or lot owners of a subdivision, if such an association or entity exists; and
(3) At least 1 party is a homeowner or lot owner in that subdivision. The mediator shall assist the parties in trying to reach a mutually satisfactory resolution of their dispute. Mediation proceedings under this section are confidential and not of public record.
(b) By rule, the Court of Chancery may further define those types of deed covenant or restriction cases which must be mediated.
(c) Upon the filing of an action involving the enforcement of deed covenants or restrictions, the Court shall schedule a mandatory mediation hearing to be held within 60 days of the filing. If the parties fail to resolve the dispute, the Court shall schedule a trial to be held within 120 days of the failed attempt to mediate the dispute, unless for good cause shown the Court in its discretion concludes that a longer period of time is warranted. A Magistrate in Chancery shall preside over the trial.
(d) The parties to a dispute mediated pursuant to the provisions of this section are not required to be represented by an attorney during a mandatory mediation proceeding.
(e) The nonprevailing party at a trial held pursuant to the provisions of this section must pay the prevailing party's attorney fees and court costs, unless the court finds that enforcing this subsection would result in an unfair, unreasonable, or harsh outcome.
75 Del. Laws, c. 379, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 101, § 2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 349. Arbitration proceedings for business disputes.

§ 349. Arbitration proceedings for business disputes.
(a) The Court of Chancery shall have the power to arbitrate business disputes when the parties request a member of the Court of Chancery, or such other person as may be authorized under rules of the Court, to arbitrate a dispute. For a dispute to be eligible for arbitration under this section, the eligibility criteria set forth in § 347(a) and (b) of this title must be satisfied, except that the parties must have consented to arbitration rather than mediation.
(b) Arbitration proceedings shall be considered confidential and not of public record until such time, if any, as the proceedings are the subject of an appeal. In the case of an appeal, the record shall be filed by the parties with the Supreme Court in accordance with its rules, and to the extent applicable, the rules of the Court of Chancery.
(c) Any application to vacate, stay, or enforce an order of the Court of Chancery issued in an arbitration proceeding under this section shall be filed with the Supreme Court of this State, which shall exercise its authority in conformity with the Federal Arbitration Act [68 P.L. 401; 68 Cong. Ch. 213, 43 Stat. 883, codified as 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, 201-208, and 301-307], and such general principles of law and equity as are not inconsistent with that Act.
77 Del. Laws, c. 8, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 350. Voluntary final adjudications before a Magistrate in Chancery.

§ 350. Voluntary final adjudications before a Magistrate in Chancery.
The parties in any matter may stipulate to a final adjudication of the matter by a Magistrate of the Court of Chancery. In such a stipulation, the parties shall consent that the decision of the Magistrate shall have the same effect as a decision of a member of the Court of Chancery. Appeals from decisions of the Magistrate in a matter governed by such a stipulation shall be determined in all respects by the same procedural and substantive standards as are applicable to appeals from decisions of members of the Court of Chancery.
77 Del. Laws, c. 8, §  1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 101, § 3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 351. Voluntary waiver of appeal by parties.

§ 351. Voluntary waiver of appeal by parties.
The parties in any matter may stipulate that the decision of the Court of Chancery, or a Magistrate of the Court of Chancery if they so choose, shall be final and binding and not subject to appeal.
77 Del. Laws, c. 8, §  1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 101, § 4;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 361. Rules of Court.

§ 361. Rules of Court.
(a) The Chancellor may, from time to time, adopt and promulgate general rules for the Court of Chancery which prescribe, establish and regulate the form, issuance and return of process and writs, the form and system of pleading, and all other practice and procedure with respect to the commencement, trial, hearing, and determination of causes and proceedings in such Court.
(b) Such rules shall be for the purpose of securing the just and, so far as possible, the speedy and inexpensive determination of every such proceeding. The rules shall not abridge, enlarge or modify any substantive right of any party.
(c) The rules so adopted and promulgated, and all amendments thereof, shall, after they have taken effect, supersede all statutory provisions in conflict or inconsistent therewith.
(d) Any inconsistency or conflict between any rule of court promulgated under the authority of this section or prior law, and any of the provisions of this Code or other statute of this State, dealing with practice and procedure in the Court of Chancery, shall be resolved in favor of such rule of court. Nothing in this Code, anything therein to the contrary notwithstanding, shall in any way limit, supersede or repeal any rule heretofore promulgated governing practice or procedure in the Court of Chancery.
Code 1852, §§  1935, 1936;  17 Del. Laws, c. 215, §§  1-3;  26 Del. Laws, c. 265;  27 Del. Laws, c. 270, §  4;  Code 1915, §§  3688, 3847, 3848, 3858;  34 Del. Laws, c. 216, §  1;  Code 1935, §§  4240, 4371, 4372, 4381;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  361;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 362. Subpoenas, summonses and other process; orders and award of process.

§ 362. Subpoenas, summonses and other process; orders and award of process.
The Court of Chancery may issue subpoenas, summonses, and all other process to compel defendants to answer actions in such Court, may make orders and award process, and may do all things necessary to bring causes to hearing.
Code 1852, §  1932;  Code 1915, §  3844;  Code 1935, §  4367;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  362;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 363. Issuance of process upon filing of complaint.

§ 363. Issuance of process upon filing of complaint.
No process shall issue for the appearance of a party in the Court of Chancery until the complaint is regularly filed.
Code 1852, §  1934;  Code 1915, §  3846;  Code 1935, §  4370;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  363;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 364. Removal of defendant from county after service of process.

§ 364. Removal of defendant from county after service of process.
If a defendant shall remove from the county after being served with a summons, or other process, the case may proceed, and further process may be issued into any county.
Code 1852, §  1934;  Code 1915, §  3846;  Code 1935, §  4370;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  364;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 365. Compelling appearance of defendant in absence of personal service.

§ 365. Compelling appearance of defendant in absence of personal service.
If, after summons or other process issued out of the Court of Chancery, any defendant therein named does not appear in obedience to the process and according to the rules of such Court, the Court may, on affidavit that such defendant is out of the State, or cannot be found to be served with process and that there is just ground to believe that the defendant intentionally avoids such service, make an order for his or her appearance on a certain day and publish such order as the Court directs not less than once a week for 3 consecutive weeks. If the defendant does not appear, after such publication, according to the order, the Court may enter judgment by default against the nonappearing defendant, and may thereupon issue process to compel the performance either by seizure of the real and personal property of such defendant or part thereof, sufficient to satisfy the plaintiff's demand, or by causing possession of the estate, or effects, demanded by the complaint, to be delivered to the plaintiff, or otherwise, as the case requires. The Court may also order the plaintiff to be paid the demand out of any property so seized, upon plaintiff's giving approved security, in a sufficient sum, to abide any order of the Court for the restitution thereof upon the defendant's appearing to defend the action, and paying such costs as the Court shall order. If such security is not given, the property seized, or whereof possession is ordered to be delivered, shall remain under the direction of the Court in the hands of a receiver or otherwise, until the defendant's appearance, or until such order is made therein as the Court deems is just.
Code 1852, §  1938;  17 Del. Laws, c. 215;  Code 1915, §  3850;  34 Del. Laws, c. 216, §  2;  35 Del. Laws, c. 217;  36 Del. Laws, c. 268, §  1;  Code 1935, §  4374;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  365;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 366. Compelling appearance of nonresident defendant.

§ 366. Compelling appearance of nonresident defendant.
(a) If it appears in any complaint filed in the Court of Chancery that the defendant or any one or more of the defendants is a nonresident of the State, the Court may make an order directing such nonresident defendant or defendants to appear by a day certain to be designated. Such order shall be served on such nonresident defendant or defendants by mail or otherwise, if practicable, and shall be published in such manner as the Court directs, not less than once a week for 3 consecutive weeks. The Court may compel the appearance of the defendant by the seizure of all or any part of his or her property, which property may be sold under the order of the Court to pay the demand of the plaintiff, if the defendant does not appear, or otherwise defaults. Any defendant whose property shall have been so seized and who shall have entered a general appearance in the cause may, upon notice to the plaintiff, petition the Court for an order releasing such property or any part thereof from the seizure. The Court shall release such property unless the plaintiff shall satisfy the Court that because of other circumstances there is a reasonable possibility that such release may render it substantially less likely that plaintiff will obtain satisfaction of any judgment secured. If such petition shall not be granted, or if no such petition shall be filed, such property shall remain subject to seizure and may be sold to satisfy any judgment entered in the cause. The Court may at any time release such property or any part thereof upon the giving of sufficient security.
(b) The Court may make all necessary rules respecting the form of process, the manner of issuance and return thereof, the release of such property from seizure and for the sale of the property so seized, and may require the plaintiff to give approved security to abide any order of the Court respecting the property.
(c) Any transfer or assignment of the property so seized after the seizure thereof shall be void and after the sale of the property is made and confirmed, the purchaser shall be entitled to and have all the right, title and interest of the defendant in and to the property so seized and sold and such sale and confirmation shall transfer to the purchaser all the right, title and interest of the defendant in and to the property as fully as if the defendant had transferred the same to the purchaser in accordance with law.
Code 1852, §  1938;  17 Del. Laws, c. 215;  Code 1915, §  3850;  34 Del. Laws, c. 216, §  2;  35 Del. Laws, c. 217;  36 Del. Laws, c. 268, §  1;  Code 1935, §  4374;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  366;  50 Del. Laws, c. 379, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 367. Failure of defendant to appear; service of judgment before execution.

§ 367. Failure of defendant to appear; service of judgment before execution.
If a defendant, brought into the Court of Chancery by service of process, does not appear therein according to the rules of such Court, the Court may proceed to hear and determine the cause as if the defendant had actually appeared.
If any such defendant is in custody, or within the county, a copy of any judgment, made in the case, shall be served upon the defendant before any process shall issue in execution, or for the performance thereof.
Code 1852, §§  1939, 1940;  Code 1915, §  3851;  Code 1935, §  4375;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  367;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 368. Commissions for taking answers and examining witnesses.

§ 368. Commissions for taking answers and examining witnesses.
The Court of Chancery may award commissions for taking answers and examining witnesses, in all causes brought before it.
Code 1852, §  1932;  Code 1915, §  3844;  Code 1935, §  4367;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  368;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 369. Issues of fact triable by jury.

§ 369. Issues of fact triable by jury.
When matters of fact, proper to be tried by a jury, arise in any cause depending in Chancery, the Court of Chancery may order such facts to trial by issues at the Bar of the Superior Court.
Code 1852, §  1933;  Code 1915, §  3844;  Code 1935, §  4367;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  369;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 370. Enforcement of judgments.

§ 370. Enforcement of judgments.
The Court of Chancery may enforce obedience to its judgments by imprisonment of the body, or by sequestration of lands.
Code 1852, §  1932;  Code 1915, §  3844;  Code 1935, §  4367;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  370;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 371. Sale of land to enforce judgment.

§ 371. Sale of land to enforce judgment.
All real estate, within this State, shall be liable to be sold, by order of the Court of Chancery, on such terms and in such manner as the Court directs, by the sheriff, or by any party to a civil action in Chancery, when such sale shall be necessary to give effect to, and carry into execution a judgment of the Court of Chancery. When any such real estate is so sold, and there is a surplus of money, arising from the sale, above, what is sufficient for the purposes of the sale, such surplus shall be paid over, or applied, as the Court orders. Such sales shall be as available in law to the vendees, as sales of land seized and sold upon judgment and execution are available by virtue of any law in this State. If any such judgment, under which any real estate is so sold, is reversed by the Supreme Court, none of the real estate, so sold, shall be restored, nor shall the sale thereof be avoided, but restitution shall be made, in such cases, of the money for which such real estate was sold. No sale shall be valid until return thereof is made to the Court of Chancery, and it is approved and confirmed by the Court.
Code 1852, §  1946;  Code 1915, §  3857;  Code 1935, §  4380;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  371;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 372. Power to appoint Magistrates in Chancery.

§ 372. Power to appoint Magistrates in Chancery.
(a) Unless expressly prohibited by a statute pursuant to which a particular cause has been initiated in the Court of Chancery, the Court of Chancery may, in any cause pending in the Court of Chancery of this State, appoint a Magistrate in Chancery, pro hac vice.
(b) The Court may make and promulgate rules regulating the duties and compensation of Magistrates in Chancery appointed under subsection (a) of this section, and regulating the practice in all particulars relating to such Magistrates in Chancery. The compensation of such Magistrates in Chancery shall be paid under the rules of court by the parties to the causes in which they are appointed.
22 Del. Laws, c. 449, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §  3860;  Code 1935, §  4383;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  372;  73 Del. Laws, c. 201, §  1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 101, § 5;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 373. Appointment of Magistrates for purpose of executing certain instruments.

§ 373. Appointment of Magistrates for purpose of executing certain instruments.
In all cases where the Court of Chancery orders the execution of any conveyance, assignment, release, acquittance or other instrument and the party against whom the judgment is made does not comply therewith within the time mentioned in the judgment, the Court may appoint a Magistrate for such purpose. Such conveyance, assignment, release, acquittance or other instrument when executed by such Magistrate and approved by the Court shall be as valid and effectual as if done by the party required by the judgment to make the same. Any such instrument shall be recorded by the Magistrate if it is necessary.
Code 1915, §  3860A;  33 Del. Laws, c. 229;  Code 1935, §  4384;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  373;  84 Del. Laws, c. 101, § 6;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 374. Relief from forfeitures.

§ 374. Relief from forfeitures.
The Court of Chancery shall not relieve from any forfeiture incurred, by the nonperformance of any condition contained in or annexed to any gift, grant or contract to which the State is or may be a party. Such forfeiture, when insisted on and declared by the General Assembly and the cause thereof ascertained or admitted to exist, shall be absolutely final and unrelievable.
12 Del. Laws, c. 215;  Code 1915, §  3861;  Code 1935, §  4385;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  374;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 3. COURT OF CHANCERY › Subchapter IV. Procedure › § 375. Recording of bonds and other obligations.

§ 375. Recording of bonds and other obligations.
All bonds or obligations taken pursuant to any order or judgment of the Court of Chancery in this State, shall be recorded in such Court in such manner as the Court directs. The record of any such bond or obligation so recorded, shall, upon proof of the loss of the original, be received as evidence in all courts within this State.
14 Del. Laws, c. 83;  Code 1915, §  3887;  Code 1935, §  4411;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  375;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 501. Places of holding Court.

§ 501. Places of holding Court.
The Superior Court 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, §  1907;  16 Del. Laws, c. 133, §  5;  Code 1915, §  3683;  Code 1935, §  4235;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  501;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 502. Terms of Court.

§ 502. Terms of Court.
The designation and the duration of the terms of the Superior Court in and for each county, and the nature of the proceedings to be conducted at each such term, shall be determined by the Superior Court and shall be announced by rule of court, duly adopted and promulgated pursuant to the authority vested in the Superior Court by the provisions of § 561 of this title and § 5121 of Title 11, provided that not less than 4 terms of Court a year shall be established in each county of the State.
Code 1852, §  1911;  16 Del. Laws, c. 134, §  1;  17 Del. Laws, c. 214;  24 Del. Laws, c. 236;  25 Del. Laws, c. 227;  26 Del. Laws, c. 261;  Code 1915, §  3684;  Code 1935, §  4236;  48 Del. Laws, c. 223;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  502;  50 Del. Laws, c. 53, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 503. Salaries of Superior Court Judges.

§ 503. Salaries of Superior Court Judges.
The President Judge and each Judge of the Superior 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, §  503;  52 Del. Laws, c. 113, §  3;  55 Del. Laws, c. 403, §  3;  57 Del. Laws, c. 675, §  3;  59 Del. Laws, c. 472, §  3;  62 Del. Laws, c. 12, §  3;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  76 Del. Laws, c. 213, §  20;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 504. Expenses of Court.

§ 504. Expenses of Court.
All necessary expenses connected with the sitting of the Superior Court in any county, shall, upon approval thereof by a Judge of the Court, be paid by the State Treasurer.
The State Treasurer shall pay to each county out of funds regularly appropriated for operation of the Superior Court rent based upon the cost of servicing and maintenance and carrying charges applicable to the space occupied by the Superior Court, 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.
19 Del. Laws, c. 254;  21 Del. Laws, c. 298, §  1;  Code 1915, §  3801;  Code 1935, §  4313;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  504;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  32C;  57 Del. Laws, c. 228, §§  11-5, 11-43;  75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  21(5);
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 506. Deposit or investment of money paid into Court.

§ 506. Deposit or investment of money paid into Court.
The Superior Court may deposit, in the name of the Court in any savings bank of this State, or invest in the name of the State in the funded debt of this State or of the United States, or upon bond or mortgage, or both, any money paid into the Court when the person entitled to the same is a nonresident of this State, unknown or incompetent to receive the same, or when for any sufficient cause it is impossible or improper to pay the same to the party interested therein.
The money so deposited or invested may be called in, collected, redeposited, reinvested or paid to the parties entitled to the same, as the Court from time to time directs. Costs incurred under this section shall be payable out of the fund.
16 Del. Laws, c. 526;  Code 1915, §  2733;  Code 1935, §  4283;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  506;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 507. Purchase of supplies.

§ 507. Purchase of supplies.
The Superior Court may from time to time purchase for the Court such furniture, equipment, stationery and other supplies as may be requisite for the proper operation of the courtrooms, judicial chambers and other quarters used or occupied by the Judges, court officers and employees.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  507;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  9;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 508. Payment of expenses.

§ 508. 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 court reporters, shall be made by the State Treasurer out of funds regularly appropriated for the operation of the Superior Court.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  508;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  9;  57 Del. Laws, c. 228, §§  11-7;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 509. Additional judges.

§ 509. Additional judges.
There shall be at least 14 judges and no more than 16 judges in addition to the President Judge and the 4 judges specifically required by article IV, § 2 of the Delaware Constitution.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  509;  53 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  2;  55 Del. Laws, c. 309, §  1;  58 Del. Laws, c. 449;  65 Del. Laws, c. 51, §  1;  66 Del. Laws, c. 375, §  1;  69 Del. Laws, c. 117, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 363, §  1;  76 Del. Laws, c. 213, §§  21-23;  77 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  51;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 511. Commissioners of the Superior Court; appointment; terms of office; removal.

§ 511. Commissioners of the Superior Court; appointment; terms of office; removal.
(a) The Governor may appoint, with the consent of a majority of all members elected to the Senate, suitable persons to act as Commissioners of the Superior Court, all of whom shall hold office for a term of 4 years. Vacancies in office shall be filled for a term of 4 years by the Governor, with the consent of a majority of all members elected to the Senate. Upon second and subsequent appointments and confirmations, a Commissioner of the Superior Court shall hold office for a term of 6 years. Appointees shall be residents of the State, shall be duly admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of this State, and shall not engage in the practice of law nor any business, occupation, or employment inconsistent with the expeditious, proper and impartial performance of their duties as judicial officers. The number of Commissioners from 1 major political party shall not exceed the number of Commissioners from another major political party by more than 1.
(b) Individuals appointed as Commissioners under this section shall take the oath or affirmation prescribed by article XIV, §  1 of the Delaware Constitution before they enter upon the duties of their office.
(c) The salaries of Commissioners shall be part of the annual budget of the Superior Court. The salary of a Commissioner shall not be reduced during the term being served below the salary fixed at the beginning of that term.
69 Del. Laws, c. 420, §  1;  74 Del. Laws, c. 165, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter I. Organization and Operation › § 513. . . Assignment of retired Commissioners to active duty.

§ 513. . Assignment of retired Commissioners to active duty.
(a) The President Judge, with the approval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, may designate a retired Commissioner to serve temporarily in the Superior Court if all of the following apply:
(1) The retired Commissioner was serving in good standing as a Commissioner at the time of retirement.
(2) The retired Commissioner assents to such designation.
(3) The retired Commissioner is not involved or employed in any position which would create a conflict of interest with the position of Commissioner, including the private practice of law, holding of any state office, or employment by the State in any capacity.
(b) (1) The Superior Court shall compensate a retired Commissioner who accepts an active duty designation on a per diem basis on the formula representing 1/260 of the annual salary for a Commissioner. The per diem pay for a retired Commissioner may not exceed the maximum per diem pay for retired judges as provided in § 5610(b) of Title 29 and the total annual compensation of a retired Commissioner may not equal or exceed the current annual salary for a Commissioner.
(2) The Superior Court shall reimburse a retired Commissioner who accepts an active duty designation for travel necessarily incurred for the performance of such active duty. The President Judge must approve travel by a retired Commissioner who accepts an active duty designation before reimbursement is permitted.
(c) The Superior Court shall make expenditures for work performed under this section from funds appropriated for this purpose, or from other court funds approved to be expended for this purpose.
80 Del. Laws, c. 243, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 521. Prothonotary as Clerk.

§ 521. Prothonotary as Clerk.
The prothonotary of each county shall be the clerk of the Superior Court in and for that county.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  521;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 522. Bailiffs, criers and pages; compensation; duties.

§ 522. Bailiffs, criers and pages; compensation; duties.
(a) The Superior Court may appoint and remove at pleasure such number of bailiffs, criers, and pages as shall be necessary for the proper operation of the Court. They shall receive such compensation as shall from time to time be determined by the Superior Court. They shall perform such duties and have such powers in connection with attendance upon the Court as the Court may from time to time prescribe and shall receive no other fees or compensation.
(b) From its staff of bailiffs, criers, and pages, the Court may appoint by court order peace officers, who shall have, during the stated terms of such appointment, unless sooner rescinded by court order, such powers normally incident to peace officers, including, but not limited to, the power to make arrests in a criminal case provided that the exercise of such powers shall be limited to any building or real property maintained or used as a courthouse or in support of judicial functions.
Code 1852, §  1916;  13 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  2;  22 Del. Laws, c. 290;  27 Del. Laws, c. 75;  Code 1915, §  3692;  37 Del. Laws, c. 257, §  1;  Code 1935, §  4244;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  522;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  20;  53 Del. Laws, c. 241;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§  32D, E;  57 Del. Laws, c. 228, §§  11-8;  58 Del. Laws, c. 475;  78 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 523. Law clerks.

§ 523. Law clerks.
Law clerks hold major, nontenured advisory positions for the Judges of the Court. The Superior Court 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, §  523;  54 Del. Laws, c. 367;  57 Del. Laws, c. 228, §§  11-9;  65 Del. Laws, c. 87, §  38;  78 Del. Laws, c. 51, §  3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 524. Crier's fees, costs and allowances; collection and payment.

§ 524. Crier's fees, costs and allowances; collection and payment.
(a) All fees, costs, allowances and other perquisites collected by any officer of the county or State for the use of the crier shall be paid by the officer collecting the same to the State Treasurer.
(b) All fees, costs, allowances and other perquisites, taxable as crier's fees, shall be charged and collected by the county or state officers and by such officers paid to the respective State Treasurer.
24 Del. Laws, c. 79, §§  1, 2;  26 Del. Laws, c. 72, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §  3693;  31 Del. Laws, c. 63;  37 Del. Laws, c. 258;  Code 1935, §  4245;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  526;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  32F;  57 Del. Laws, c. 228, §§  11-10;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 525. Court reporters.

§ 525. Court reporters.
The Superior Court may from time to time employ such number of skilled court reporters and other employees, as may be necessary to create a verbatim record for the proper operation of the Court. The duties of these employees shall be to attend all sessions of the Superior Court in the several counties and such hearings before any Judge or judicial officers thereof, as may be required, to create a verbatim record of all evidence, opinions and other matters as the Superior Court may require and to perform such other duties as the Superior Court may prescribe. These employees shall receive such compensation as the Court shall from time to time determine. Before entering upon his or her duties to create the court record, every employee under this section shall take and subscribe the oath of office as required by the Delaware Constitution.
19 Del. Laws, c. 253, §§  1, 2;  21 Del. Laws, c. 115, §§  1, 2;  23 Del. Laws, c. 59;  27 Del. Laws, c. 72;  Code 1915, §  3694;  29 Del. Laws, c. 243;  35 Del. Laws, c. 216;  Code 1935, §  4246;  43 Del. Laws, c. 221;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  527;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  12;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 487, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 526. Office secretaries.

§ 526. Office secretaries.
Each Judge of the Superior Court may appoint and remove at pleasure 1 competent stenographer, to be designated as office secretary, whose duties shall be to render such Judge of the Superior Court such clerical, stenographic, typewriting and secretarial services as may be required, and who shall receive such compensation as the Superior Court shall from time to time determine.
19 Del. Laws, c. 253, §§  1, 2;  21 Del. Laws, c. 115, §§  1, 2;  23 Del. Laws, c. 59;  27 Del. Laws, c. 72;  Code 1915, §  3694;  29 Del. Laws, c. 243;  35 Del. Laws, c. 216;  Code 1935, §  4246;  43 Del. Laws, c. 221;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  528;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  12;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 527. Temporary appointments.

§ 527. Temporary appointments.
If for any reason any of the court reporters or office secretaries shall be unable to perform his or her duties, the Superior Court 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 the Court 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 prothonotary.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  529;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  12;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 528. Court reporters' charges.

§ 528. Court reporters' charges.
The Superior Court may regulate the charges to be made by court reporters for the furnishing of transcriptions of evidence, opinions, records, arguments or hearings.
21 Del. Laws, c. 115, §§  1, 2;  23 Del. Laws, c. 59;  27 Del. Laws, c. 72;  Code 1915, §  3694;  29 Del. Laws, c. 243;  35 Del. Laws, c. 216;  Code 1935, §  4246;  43 Del. Laws, c. 221;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  530;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  12;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 529. Certification of appointments.

§ 529. Certification of appointments.
The Superior 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 §§ 525, 526 and 527 of this title, the several dates of their appointments, and the monthly compensation to be paid to them.
10 Del. C. 1953, §  531;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  13;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter II. Officers and Employees › § 530. Budgetary powers of Supreme Court.

§ 530. 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, §  532;  50 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  13;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 541. Jurisdiction generally.

§ 541. Jurisdiction generally.
The Superior Court shall have such jurisdiction as the Constitution and laws of this State confer upon it.
Code 1852, §  1915;  Code 1915, §  3725;  Code 1935, §  4274;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  541;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 542. Powers generally.

§ 542. Powers generally.
(a) The Superior Court shall have full power and authority to examine, correct and punish the contempts, omissions, neglects, favors, corruptions and defaults of all justices of the peace, sheriffs, clerks and other officers, within this State.
(b) The Court shall award process for levying all fines, forfeitures and amercements imposed, or recovered, in the Court.
(c) The Court shall minister justice to all persons, and exercise the jurisdictions and powers granted it, concerning the premises, according to law and equity.
Code 1852, §  1918;  Code 1915, §  3726;  Code 1935, §  4275;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  542;  84 Del. Laws, c. 117, § 4;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 543. Unavailability of Resident Judge.

§ 543. Unavailability of Resident Judge.
During the illness, absence from the county or unavailability for any reason of any Resident Judge, the powers and duties required by any statute of this State to be exercised and performed by such Judge in relation to any matter except appointments to any office or position, may be as fully and effectually exercised and performed in all respects by the President Judge, or any other Judge, as by the Resident Judge.
20 Del. Laws, c. 118;  Code 1915, §  3690;  Code 1935, §  4242;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  543;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  76 Del. Laws, c. 213, §§  24-27;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 544. Power to take recognizances.

§ 544. Power to take recognizances.
The Judges of the Superior Court may severally in or out of sessions, take all manner of recognizances and obligations to the State.
Code 1852, §  1930;  Code 1915, §  3799;  33 Del. Laws, c. 225;  Code 1935, §  4311;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  544;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT › Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers › § 545. Power to receive appeals involving personnel administration of the Delaware court system.

§ 545. Power to receive appeals involving personnel administration of the Delaware court system.
(a) Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon Superior Court to hear and determine appeals of nonjudicial employees and of the appointing authority of the Delaware court system from administrative decisions of such authority rendered under the “Personnel Rules for Nonjudicial Employees of the Delaware Court System.”
(b) Such appeals may be taken by either the aggrieved employee or the appointing authority on the question of whether the appointing authority acted in accordance with law. The burden of proof in either case is on the party making the appeal, and all such appeals shall be undertaken by filing a notice of appeal with the court within 30 days of receipt of the written decision of the hearing officer.
(c) Review by the Superior Court shall be on the record, without a trial de novo. When factual determinations are at issue, the court shall take account of the experience and specialized competence of the hearing officer. The court review of factual issues shall be limited to a determination of whether the hearing officer's decision was supported by substantial evidence on the record.
(d) In the event that the appeal involves a nonjudicial employee of the Superior Court, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall designate a member of the Court of Chancery to hear the appeal.
69 Del. Laws, c. 424, §  1;