§ 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 […]
§ 4981. Recordation of petition and order; evidentiary value.
§ 4981. Recordation of petition and order; evidentiary value. An order made upon a petition, being duly certified, the petition and order shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds for the county wherein the premises are situate; and such record, or a certified copy thereof, shall be competent evidence of such […]
§ 4982. Deed after execution by sheriff’s predecessor.
§ 4982. Deed after execution by sheriff’s predecessor. A deed for lands and tenements, sold by virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas, directed to the predecessor of the sheriff at the time in office, such predecessor having seized and taken in execution such lands and tenements, shall be valid in law, without petition to, […]
§ 4983. Deed by sheriff after expiration of term.
§ 4983. Deed by sheriff after expiration of term. Whenever an execution for sale of lands and tenements shall be directed and delivered to a sheriff in office, whose term expires before the confirmation of the sale made under and by virtue of the execution, or whose term expires after confirmation of the sale, but […]
§ 4984. Deed by sheriff appointed to fill vacancy.
§ 4984. Deed by sheriff appointed to fill vacancy. Whenever an execution for sale of lands and tenements is directed and delivered to a sheriff in office who dies before the confirmation of the sale made under and by virtue of the execution, or who dies after confirmation of the sale but before the execution […]
§ 4985. Discharge of liens upon execution sale; exceptions.
§ 4985. Discharge of liens upon execution sale; exceptions. Real estate sold by virtue of execution process shall be discharged from all liens thereon against the defendant, or against one or more of the defendants, if there is more than one, whose property such real estate is, except such liens as have been created by […]
§ 4986. Payment into court of unclaimed proceeds from execution sale; disposition by court.
§ 4986. Payment into court of unclaimed proceeds from execution sale; disposition by court. Whenever the sheriff or any other officer cannot pay over the proceeds from sale under execution process because the person or persons entitled to the same or any part thereof is or are absent from the State, unknown or incompetent to […]
§ 4987. Sheriff’s record of sale proceeds.
§ 4987. Sheriff’s record of sale proceeds. The sheriff shall, in proper books, keep a record of the disposition of all moneys arising from the sale of property under execution process, when the same is applicable otherwise than to executions in the sheriff’s hands, as provided in § 2106 of this title. 16 Del. Laws, […]
§ 4973. Notice of public sale of real estate.
§ 4973. Notice of public sale of real estate. (a) Public notice of the sale of lands and tenements under execution process, shall be given by advertisements posted, at least 10 days before the day of sale, in 10 of the most public places of the county where the premises are situated, setting forth the […]