§ 8773 — Return of sale; deed upon approval of sale

Every sale of lands and tenements shall be returned by the tax collecting authority to the Superior Court for the county, at the next term thereof, and the Court shall inquire into the circumstances, and either approve the sale, or set it aside. If it be approved, the tax collecting authority making the sale shall make a deed to the purchaser which shall convey the title of the taxable, or of his or her alienee, as the case may be; if it be set aside, the Court may order another sale, and so on until the tax due be collected. The certificate filed, together with the return and deed, shall be presumptive evidence of the regularity of the proceedings.

Legislative History

28 Del. Laws, c. 82, § 20 ; 30 Del. Laws, c. 82, § 5 ; 33 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 15 ; 37 Del. Laws, c. 105, § 5 ; 38 Del. Laws, c. 76, § 1 ; Code 1935, §§ 1412, 1445; 9 Del. C. 1953, § 8773; 57 Del. Laws, c. 762, § 24G ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 71 Del. Laws, c. 401, § 115