§ 1107 — Sale of seized property by sheriff

The sheriff shall sell the goods and chattels seized and attached in accordance with this subchapter at public auction, after notice as in the case of sale of goods and chattels under execution process and shall, without delay, pay over the proceeds, thence arising to the Escheator for deposit in the General Fund. The sheriff shall be accountable, as in other cases, to the Escheator for money which by virtue of this section, shall come into the sheriff’s hands.

Legislative History

Code 1852, § 1594; Code 1915, § 130; Code 1935, § 119; 12 Del. C. 1953, § 1107; 57 Del. Laws, c. 741, § 48B ; 60 Del. Laws, c. 292, § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1