Del. Code tit. 29 § 9013B

Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 531

Section 9013B - Bonds of state row officers

(a) Every state row officer elected or appointed for any county shall, at

the next term of the Superior Court in that county, after the officer's

election or appointment, before entering upon the duties of the office, become

bound to the State with sufficient surety by a joint and several obligation

in the penalty of $3,000 with condition "that if the above named ......who has

been duly elected (or appointed) to be ......shall and do well and diligently

execute the office of ...... as aforesaid and duly and faithfully fulfill and

perform all the trusts and duties to the said office appertaining, and truly

and without delay deliver to the officer's successor in office, the seal and

all the books, records and papers belonging to said office safe and undefaced,

and if the said ...... shall truly and without delay pay over to the State

Treasurer all the fees which it shall be the officer's duty to collect and

which are to be paid to the State Treasurer, then this obligation shall be

void and of no effect, or else shall remain in full force and virtue."

(b) The obligations required by this section shall be forthwith delivered to the recorder of deeds in and for the county in which such officer sits to be recorded and filed.

29 Del. C. § 9013B

66 Del. Laws, c. 185, §14; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 167, § 1.;