Delaware § 8723 Form of monition

Delaware Statutes

§ 8723 — Form of monition

Delaware § 8723

JurisdictionDelaware

Title9

PartCounty Taxes

Ch. 87COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT TAXES

Subch.Monition Method of Sale

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Del. Code tit. 9, § 8723 (2026).

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The monition shall be in substantially the following form:

To all persons having or claiming to have any title, interest or lien upon the within described premises, take warning that unless the judgment for the taxes or assessment stated herein is paid within 20 days after the date hereof or within such period of 20 days, evidence of the payment of taxes herein claimed shall be filed in the office of the prothonotary, which evidence shall be in the form of a receipted tax bill or duplicate thereof, bearing date prior to the filing of the lien in the office of the prothonotary for the county where the property is located, the tax collecting authority may proceed to sell the property herein mentioned or described for the purpose of collecting the judgment for the taxes or assessments herein

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The monition shall be in substantially the following form:

To all persons having or claiming to have any title, interest or lien upon the within described premises, take warning that unless the judgment for the taxes or assessment stated herein is paid within 20 days after the date hereof or within such period of 20 days, evidence of the payment of taxes herein claimed shall be filed in the office of the prothonotary, which evidence shall be in the form of a receipted tax bill or duplicate thereof, bearing date prior to the filing of the lien in the office of the prothonotary for the county where the property is located, the tax collecting authority may proceed to sell the property herein mentioned or described for the purpose of collecting the judgment for the taxes or assessments herein stated, including accrued penalties and all costs incurred in the collections process.

Legislative History

Name of person in whose name property is assessed Description of property Year or Years Amount of Judgment Code 1935, § 1381A; 46 Del. Laws, c. 133, § 1 ; 9 Del. C. 1953, § 8723; 55 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 25F ; 60 Del. Laws, c. 675, §§ 3, 4 ; 71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §§ 15, 121