§ 572 — Death of licensee; payments to licensee’s estate

Delaware § 572

• Jurisdiction: Delaware
• Title: 4
• Ch. 5: LICENSES AND TAXES
• Subch.: Transfer of License; Death of Licensee

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If any licensee dies and no application is made for transfer of the license, or the Commissioner refuses to permit the transfer of the license to another person, the Department of Finance shall return to the legal representative of such deceased person a share of the license fee received by the Department proportionate to the number of full calendar months of the unexpired term; and if the alcoholic liquors in possession of the licensee at the time of the licensee’s death are delivered to the Commissioner and the Commissioner ascertains that such alcoholic liquors have been received by the deceased person according to law, the Commissioner shall pay to the representative the amount originally received by the Commissioner for such alcoholic liquors less 10 percent thereof, or the appraised value less 10 percent thereof.

Legislative History

38 Del. Laws, c. 18, § 31 ; Code 1935, § 6160; 4 Del. C. 1953, § 572; 57 Del. Laws, c. 741, § 27B ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 72 Del. Laws, c. 486, § 9