Delaware § 5093 Liability of officer for escape; action against officer

Delaware Statutes

§ 5093 — Liability of officer for escape; action against officer

Delaware § 5093

JurisdictionDelaware

Title10

PartProcedure

Ch. 49EXECUTIONS

Subch.Miscellaneous Provisions

This text of Delaware § 5093 (Liability of officer for escape; action against officer) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Delaware primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 10, § 5093 (2026).

Text

If a person arrested, or imprisoned, by virtue of an execution, be suffered to escape, the sheriff, constable, or other officer having the custody of such person at the time of the person’s escape, shall be answerable for the full amount payable according to the execution. The person at whose suit the execution was issued, or for whose use it is endorsed, or such person’s executors, or administrators, shall have a civil action therefor, against such sheriff, constable, or other officer, or such officer’s executors, or administrators. The nonpayment of the amount shall be a breach of the condition of the official recognizance, or obligation, of such sheriff, constable, or officer.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

If a person arrested, or imprisoned, by virtue of an execution, be suffered to escape, the sheriff, constable, or other officer having the custody of such person at the time of the person’s escape, shall be answerable for the full amount payable according to the execution. The person at whose suit the execution was issued, or for whose use it is endorsed, or such person’s executors, or administrators, shall have a civil action therefor, against such sheriff, constable, or other officer, or such officer’s executors, or administrators. The nonpayment of the amount shall be a breach of the condition of the official recognizance, or obligation, of such sheriff, constable, or officer.