Delaware § 2509 Chief Register in Chancery; duties and power

Delaware Statutes

§ 2509 — Chief Register in Chancery; duties and power

Delaware § 2509

Title10

PartCourt Officers and Employees

Ch. 25REGISTER IN CHANCERY OFFICE

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 10, § 2509 (2026).

Text

(a)The Chief Register in Chancery is an employee of the Register in Chancery Office who shall be selected by the Court of Chancery to hold office at the pleasure of the Court. Subject to the supervision of the Court, the Chief Register shall serve as the Clerk of the Court of Chancery and be the administrative head of the Register of Chancery Office and its operations in each county. The Chief Register in Chancery may also appoint other deputies, employ others, issue process, and enter judgment, and do such other things as are according to law and the practice of the Court.

(b)The Chief Register in Chancery may delegate to the Registers in Chancery in each county and other employees of the Register in Chancery Office such duties as the Chief Register deems advisable.

(c)The Chief Regi

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(a) The Chief Register in Chancery is an employee of the Register in Chancery Office who shall be selected by the Court of Chancery to hold office at the pleasure of the Court. Subject to the supervision of the Court, the Chief Register shall serve as the Clerk of the Court of Chancery and be the administrative head of the Register of Chancery Office and its operations in each county. The Chief Register in Chancery may also appoint other deputies, employ others, issue process, and enter judgment, and do such other things as are according to law and the practice of the Court.

(b) The Chief Register in Chancery may delegate to the Registers in Chancery in each county and other employees of the Register in Chancery Office such duties as the Chief Register deems advisable.

(c) The Chief Register in Chancery shall appoint, with the concurrence of the Court, a Register in Chancery in each county who shall be an employee of the Register in Chancery Office and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Court. The Chief Register in Chancery shall also hire and be responsible for the ultimate supervision, discipline and discharge of the Registers in Chancery and the other employees of the Register in Chancery Office, subject to the provisions of the judicial personnel rules and, in the case of the Registers in Chancery only, approval of the Court.

(d) The Chief Register in Chancery shall furnish to the Board of Assessment or the Department of Finance in each county a report of the changes of ownership of real estate as shown by the records of the Register in Chancery Office. The report shall contain a short description of the property and the names of the persons from whom title was derived and in whom title is vested, as such information appears in the transfers of title.

Legislative History

10 Del. C. 1953, §§ 2501, 2504; 23 Del. Laws, c. 60, § 8 ; 24 Del. Laws, c. 86, § 2 ; 26 Del. Laws, c. 61 ; 27 Del. Laws, c. 73, §§ 1, 2 ; Code 1915, § 1439; 28 Del. Laws, c. 82, § 28 ; 29 Del. Laws, c. 91 ; 31 Del. Laws, c. 13, § 16 ; 32 Del. Laws, c. 67 ; 33 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 23 ; Code 1935, §§ 1420, 1453; 35 Del. Laws, c. 79, §§ 1, 2 ; 40 Del. Laws, c. 139, § 2 ; Code 1935, §§ 1191, 1598; 43 Del. Laws, c. 120, § 1 ; 44 Del. Laws, c. 100, §§ 1, 2 ; 44 Del. Laws, c. 101 ; 45 Del. Laws, c. 109, §§ 1, 2 ; 45 Del. Laws, c. 140, § 1 ; 46 Del. Laws, c. 298, §§ 1, 2 ; 47 Del. Laws, c. 192 ; 48 Del. Laws, c. 111, § 1 ; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 2503; 52 Del. Laws, c. 332, § 2 ; 53 Del. Laws, c. 36 ; 55 Del. Laws, c. 38 ; 55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§ 32O, 32P ; 55 Del. Laws, c. 87 ; 57 Del. Laws, c. 216, § 2 ; 57 Del. Laws, c. 762, § 31B ; 60 Del. Laws, c. 217, § 1 ; 61 Del. Laws, c. 485, § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 73 Del. Laws, c. 91, § 7