Delaware § 4975 Officer conducting sale as barred from purchasing

Delaware Statutes

§ 4975 — Officer conducting sale as barred from purchasing

Delaware § 4975

JurisdictionDelaware

Title10

PartProcedure

Ch. 49EXECUTIONS

Subch.Sale Under Execution

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 10, § 4975 (2026).

Text

A sheriff, constable, or other person making sale of goods and chattels by virtue of any process, or order, shall not either directly, or by the agency of another, purchase any of such goods or chattels. Any person offending against this section, shall forfeit and pay double the value of the goods, or chattels, so purchased, to be recovered as debts of like amount are recoverable, one half for the use of the State, and the other half for the use of the person suing.

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A sheriff, constable, or other person making sale of goods and chattels by virtue of any process, or order, shall not either directly, or by the agency of another, purchase any of such goods or chattels. Any person offending against this section, shall forfeit and pay double the value of the goods, or chattels, so purchased, to be recovered as debts of like amount are recoverable, one half for the use of the State, and the other half for the use of the person suing.