Delaware § 2711 Sale of goods; possession; rights of vendor’s creditors

Delaware Statutes

§ 2711 — Sale of goods; possession; rights of vendor’s creditors

Delaware § 2711

Title6

Ch. 27CONTRACTS

Subch.Statute of Frauds and Perjuries

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Del. Code tit. 6, § 2711 (2026).

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(a)No sale, whether with or without bill of sale, of any goods or chattels, within this State, shall be good in law (except as against the vendor), or shall change or alter the property in such goods or chattels, unless a valuable consideration for the same is paid, or in good faith secured to be paid, and unless the goods and chattels sold are actually delivered into the possession of the vendee, as soon as it is convenient after the making of such sale.

(b)If the goods and chattels, so sold, afterwards come into and continue in the possession of the vendor, that vendor shall be liable to the demands of all creditors.

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(a) No sale, whether with or without bill of sale, of any goods or chattels, within this State, shall be good in law (except as against the vendor), or shall change or alter the property in such goods or chattels, unless a valuable consideration for the same is paid, or in good faith secured to be paid, and unless the goods and chattels sold are actually delivered into the possession of the vendee, as soon as it is convenient after the making of such sale.

(b) If the goods and chattels, so sold, afterwards come into and continue in the possession of the vendor, that vendor shall be liable to the demands of all creditors.