§ 9125. Chief deputies.
§ 9125. Chief deputies. (a) The clerk of the peace, Sheriff, Recorder of Deeds and Register of Wills in New Castle County each may select and employ 1 chief deputy who shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing officeholder. The provisions of this section shall not authorize any elected officeholder to increase the number […]
§ 9201. Duties and responsibilities of officers appointing deputies and clerks.
§ 9201. Duties and responsibilities of officers appointing deputies and clerks. All deputies and clerks shall be under the control of the officer by whom they are selected and employed, who may discharge any such deputy or clerk at any time. The officer shall be responsible for all the official acts, neglects and defaults of […]
§ 9202. Powers and duties of chief deputies.
§ 9202. Powers and duties of chief deputies. The chief deputy or, if there is no chief deputy, the deputy employed by each of the officers shall be possessed of all the authority of their respective offices, and in the absence or disability of the duly elected officer, the chief deputy or deputy of such […]
§ 9203. Payment of salaries.
§ 9203. Payment of salaries. The salaries of deputies and clerks, payable by Kent County, shall be paid to them by warrants drawn by the government of Kent County on the Receiver of Taxes and County Treasurer, upon the certificate in writing of the officer employing them that they have faithfully performed their duties during […]
§ 9112. Liability for fees.
§ 9112. Liability for fees. Each county officer is made liable upon his or her respective official bond, for the payment to the receiver of taxes and county treasurer or the department of finance of the county of such officer of all the fees which such officer shall collect. All the official bonds to be […]
§ 9204. Employment of extra clerks.
§ 9204. Employment of extra clerks. (a) Except as provided otherwise by law, the Resident Judge of New Castle County may authorize any county officer in his or her County, whose office is a constitutional office, to employ clerks in addition to those specified by law when such Judge deems such employment necessary for the […]
§ 9113. Penalties for failure to collect and pay over fees.
§ 9113. Penalties for failure to collect and pay over fees. (a) If any county officer fails, neglects or refuses for 10 days to pay over all fees, costs, allowances and perquisites he or she receives and collects for use of the county of such officer, or fails to collect the fees required to be […]
§ 9205. Application in New Castle County.
§ 9205. Application in New Castle County. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to New Castle County. In New Castle County the provisions of [former] subchapter IX of Chapter 13 of this title [repealed] shall apply. 9 Del. C. 1953, § 9206; 55 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 27B;
§ 9114. Bonds of coroner, recorder, clerk of the peace and register of wills.
§ 9114. Bonds of coroner, recorder, clerk of the peace and register of wills. (a) Every coroner, recorder and clerk of the peace, elected or appointed for any county shall, at the next term of the Superior Court in that county, after his or her election or appointment, before entering upon the duties of his […]
§ 9206. Application in Sussex County.
§ 9206. Application in Sussex County. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to Sussex County. In Sussex County, the provisions of § 7006 of this title shall apply. 9 Del. C. 1953, § 9207; 57 Del. Laws, c. 762, § 26B;