Delaware § 4984 Deed by sheriff appointed to fill vacancy

Delaware Statutes

§ 4984 — Deed by sheriff appointed to fill vacancy

Delaware § 4984

JurisdictionDelaware

Title10

PartProcedure

Ch. 49EXECUTIONS

Subch.Sale Under Execution

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 10, § 4984 (2026).

Text

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 and acknowledgment of the deed to be made in pursuance thereof, then and in either case the sheriff appointed to fill the vacancy may make, execute and acknowledge a deed for the lands and tenements so sold to the purchaser thereof in pursuance of the confirmation, and the deed so made, executed and acknowledged by that sheriff shall be good and valid in law.

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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 and acknowledgment of the deed to be made in pursuance thereof, then and in either case the sheriff appointed to fill the vacancy may make, execute and acknowledge a deed for the lands and tenements so sold to the purchaser thereof in pursuance of the confirmation, and the deed so made, executed and acknowledged by that sheriff shall be good and valid in law.

Legislative History

17 Del. Laws, c. 617, § 1 ; 19 Del. Laws, c. 247, § 1 ; 19 Del. Laws, c. 771, § 1 ; Code 1915, § 4372; Code 1935, § 4830; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 4984; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1