§ 4974. Place for public sale of real estate.
§ 4974. Place for public sale of real estate. (a) As used in this section, “public building” and “public property” mean a building or property that is open to members of the public who wish to attend a sheriff’s sale. “Public building” or “public property” includes a building or property not owned by the government […]
§ 5003. Title under execution and return of writ.
§ 5003. Title under execution and return of writ. The execution and return of a writ of liberari facias shall, without deed, or other act, pass to the party to whom the lands are delivered, the same title and estate therein which is taken by a purchaser of lands sold under execution process, and conveyed […]
§ 4975. Officer conducting sale as barred from purchasing.
§ 4975. Officer conducting sale as barred from purchasing. A sheriff, constable, or other person making sale of goods and chattels by virtue of any process, or order, shall not either directly, or by the agency of another, purchase any of such goods or chattels. Any person offending against this section, shall forfeit and pay […]
§ 5011. Awarding of writ.
§ 5011. Awarding of writ. (a) If lands and tenements are sold by order of the Court of Chancery, or by virtue of execution process, and the defendant, or 1 or more defendants, or any person holding as tenant under such defendant, or defendants, by lease, or contract, posterior to such order, or to the […]
§ 4976. Deed of sheriff’s sale.
§ 4976. Deed of sheriff’s sale. Upon confirmation by the court of any sale of lands and tenements, made by virtue of execution process, the sheriff, or officer making the sale, shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the purchaser a good and sufficient deed for the premises so sold. Code 1852, § 2450; Code 1915, […]
§ 5012. Rule to show cause; requirement.
§ 5012. Rule to show cause; requirement. The Court of Chancery, if the sale is by its order, or the court out of which the execution issued, if the sale is by virtue of an execution, upon application of the purchaser, and oath or affirmation by the purchaser, or some credible person for the purchaser, […]
§ 4977. Grantee’s title.
§ 4977. Grantee’s title. The grantee in any deed, executed under § 4976 of this title, shall hold the premises therein conveyed, with all their appurtenances, as fully and amply, and for such estate and estates, and under such rents and services, as the person or persons, for whose debt, or duty, the property is […]
§ 4978. Rent; time of entitlement; apportionment; proceedings.
§ 4978. Rent; time of entitlement; apportionment; proceedings. (a) In any case of sale, the purchaser shall be entitled to rent for the premises sold from the day of sale. If such premises are in possession of a tenant under rent, such rent shall be apportioned, according to the time; the proportion for the time […]
§ 4979. Petition for deed.
§ 4979. Petition for deed. If a sale is made of lands and tenements by order of the Court of Chancery, or by virtue of an execution, and the officer making such sale, or the purchaser, is dead, or if such officer is out of office, and the purchase money is paid, without a deed […]
§ 4980. Deed executed after petition; effect on title.
§ 4980. Deed executed after petition; effect on title. A deed, executed pursuant to an order made under § 4979 of this title, shall pass to the grantee therein all the title and estate to and in the premises therein conveyed, which, in pursuance of the sale, and of the execution, or order by virtue […]