Home/Delaware/Statutes/Title: 7/Part: Agricultural and Soil Conservation; Drainage and Reclamation of Lowlands/Ch. 41: DRAINAGE OF LANDS AND MANAGEMENT OF WATERS; TAX DITCHES/Subch.: Formation of Tax Ditch; Procedure/§ 4116
Delaware Statutes

§ 4116 — Nature of a tax ditch

Delaware § 4116
JurisdictionDelaware
Title7
PartAgricultural and Soil Conservation; Drainage and Reclamation of Lowlands
Ch. 41DRAINAGE OF LANDS AND MANAGEMENT OF WATERS; TAX DITCHES
Subch.Formation of Tax Ditch; Procedure

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Bluebook
Del. Code tit. 7, § 4116 (2026).

Text

A tax ditch organized under this chapter shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this State and a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public powers.

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Legislative History

48 Del. Laws, c. 151, § 43 ; 7 Del. C. 1953, § 4116

Nearby Sections

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§ 4101
Declaration of policy
§ 4102
Purpose
§ 4103
Definitions
§ 4104
Application; effect on previously established drainage organizations and on earlier drainage laws
§ 4105
Limitation of easement or right-of-way
§ 4106
Ditch commissioners; membership; qualifications; term; vacancies; secretary
§ 4107
Disqualification of members
§ 4108
Chairperson; quorum; voting
§ 4109
Compensation; expenses and reimbursement
§ 4110
Employment of qualified personnel
§ 4111
Employment of personnel; purchase of supplies and equipment
§ 4116
Nature of a tax ditch
§ 4117
Petition for formation of a tax ditch; assistance of Division of Watershed Stewardship
§ 4118
Form of petition
§ 4119
Name of tax ditch
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