Delaware § 2711 Disposition of surplus after paying debts

Delaware Statutes

§ 2711 — Disposition of surplus after paying debts

Delaware § 2711

Title12

PartAdministration of Decedents’ Estates

Ch. 27SALE OF LANDS BY EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS

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Del. Code tit. 12, § 2711 (2026).

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If there is any surplus of the sale, after paying all the debts, it shall belong to the person to whom the premises sold belonged at the time of the sale, who shall have the same proportion, quantity and manner of interest in the surplus, as the person had in the premises sold; and an executor or administrator shall not detain the surplus, or any part of it, on account of any mortgage, obligation or recognizance entered into or executed by the decedent with other condition than for the absolute payment of money or interest and which was a lien on the premises sold.

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If there is any surplus of the sale, after paying all the debts, it shall belong to the person to whom the premises sold belonged at the time of the sale, who shall have the same proportion, quantity and manner of interest in the surplus, as the person had in the premises sold; and an executor or administrator shall not detain the surplus, or any part of it, on account of any mortgage, obligation or recognizance entered into or executed by the decedent with other condition than for the absolute payment of money or interest and which was a lien on the premises sold.