§ 8728 — Petition by purchasers for deed of conveyance

If the owner of the property or the owner’s legal representatives fail to redeem the property as provided in this subchapter, the purchaser of the property or the purchaser’s legal representatives, successors or assigns may present a petition to the Superior Court setting forth the appropriate facts in conformity with this subchapter and pray that the Superior Court make an order directing the Sheriff, then in office, to execute, acknowledge and deliver a deed conveying the title to the property to the petitioner; and thereupon the Superior Court shall have power, after a hearing upon the petition, to issue an order directing the Sheriff to execute, acknowledge and deliver a deed as prayed for in the petition. A description of the property as the same shall appear upon the assessment rolls, and a description by metes and bounds where obtainable shall be a sufficient description in any such deed.

Legislative History

Code 1935, § 1381A; 46 Del. Laws, c. 133, § 1 ; 9 Del. C. 1953, § 8727; 55 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 25H ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 72 Del. Laws, c. 138, § 1