§ 4907. Fees.
§ 4907. Fees. The fees for the service of the freeholders, in making the valuation required by this chapter, shall be the same as are allowed by law to referees before justices of the peace, and the fees to the officer serving the notices shall be the same as are allowed by law for summoning […]
§ 4908. Authority to administer oaths.
§ 4908. Authority to administer oaths. The officer making the sale, and serving the notices required, shall administer the oath required by this subchapter. 14 Del. Laws, c. 562, § 7; Code 1915, § 4327; Code 1935, § 4800; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 4908;
§ 4901. Real estate.
§ 4901. Real estate. Lands, tenements and hereditaments and all right of dower and curtesy therein when no sufficient personal estate can be found may be seized and sold upon judgment and execution obtained. Code 1852, § 2421; Code 1915, § 4320; 36 Del. Laws, c. 269, § 1; Code 1935, § 4792; 10 Del. […]
§ 4902. Exempt property.
§ 4902. Exempt property. (a) Every person residing within this State shall have exempt from execution or attachment process, or distress for rent, the following articles of personal property: The family Bible, school books and family library, family pictures, a seat or pew in any church or place of public worship, a lot in any […]
§ 4903. Head of family exemption.
§ 4903. Head of family exemption. Every person residing in this State, and being the head of a family, shall have exempt from execution or attachment process, in addition to the exemptions in § 4902 of this title, other personal property not exceeding $500, the articles to be selected by the debtor. The exemptions in […]
§ 4904. Claim of exemption by spouses.
§ 4904. Claim of exemption by spouses. All exemptions of property from judgment lien, execution or forced sale allowed by law to the head of the family may be claimed by both spouses jointly, or by either with the written consent of the other, or half of the exemptions may be claimed by each spouse; […]
§ 4905. Evaluation of exempt property; selection of freeholders.
§ 4905. Evaluation of exempt property; selection of freeholders. (a) The property exempt and required to be valued by the provisions of §§ 4902 and 4903 of this title shall be valued by 3 judicious and impartial freeholders. One of the freeholders shall be chosen by the creditor having the oldest execution in the hands […]
§ 4906. Procedure of freeholders.
§ 4906. Procedure of freeholders. The freeholders shall, upon the receipt of the notice and the tender of the fee named in this subchapter for services in making the valuation, to meet at the time and place mentioned in the notice, and before proceeding to make the valuation of property exempt under §§ 4902 and […]