Delaware § 4736 Federal court judgments

Delaware Statutes

§ 4736 — Federal court judgments

Delaware § 4736

JurisdictionDelaware

Title10

PartProcedure

Ch. 47JUDGMENTS

Subch.Entry of Judgments

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Del. Code tit. 10, § 4736 (2026).

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(a)Transcripts of judgments rendered in the United States District Court or in any other federal court of competent jurisdiction within this State shall be filed and docketed in the office of the prothonotary of each county of this State other than the county in which such judgment was rendered and when so filed and docketed, and only when so filed and docketed, such judgments, shall have the same force and effect as a lien as judgments rendered and docketed in the Superior Court of this State in any county of the State.

(b)When transcripts of any judgments of any federal court in this State have been filed and docketed as provided in subsection (a) of this section then said judgments shall be liens on the real estate of the judgment debtor within the county in which such judgment has b

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(a) Transcripts of judgments rendered in the United States District Court or in any other federal court of competent jurisdiction within this State shall be filed and docketed in the office of the prothonotary of each county of this State other than the county in which such judgment was rendered and when so filed and docketed, and only when so filed and docketed, such judgments, shall have the same force and effect as a lien as judgments rendered and docketed in the Superior Court of this State in any county of the State.

(b) When transcripts of any judgments of any federal court in this State have been filed and docketed as provided in subsection (a) of this section then said judgments shall be liens on the real estate of the judgment debtor within the county in which such judgment has been filed and docketed in the same manner and to the same extent and under the same conditions as if such judgments had been rendered in the Superior Court of any county of this State.

(c) The prothonotary of each county upon being presented with a transcript of a judgment rendered in any federal court within this State, and upon receiving a fee of $1.00, shall immediately file such transcript, and docket and index the judgment in the same manner as prescribed by law for the docketing and indexing of judgments rendered in the Superior Court of this State.