Delaware § 8778 Costs upon sale of lands

Delaware Statutes

§ 8778 — Costs upon sale of lands

Delaware § 8778

JurisdictionDelaware

Title9

PartCounty Taxes

Ch. 87COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT TAXES

Subch.Sale of Land for Delinquent Taxes in Kent and Sussex Counties

This text of Delaware § 8778 (Costs upon sale of lands) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Delaware primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 9, § 8778 (2026).

Text

(a)In cases of sale of lands, under this subchapter, for the payment of taxes, the following costs shall be allowed to be deducted from the proceeds of sale, or chargeable against the owner:

(b)In addition the costs of printing handbills and publication of advertisements of sale under this subchapter, together with the miles necessarily traveled by the tax collecting authority in posting the handbills shall be chargeable as costs. Mileage shall be computed and chargeable at the rate provided by [former] § 9115 [repealed] of this title.

(c)The cost of the deed shall not be chargeable as costs, but shall be paid by the purchaser.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(a) In cases of sale of lands, under this subchapter, for the payment of taxes, the following costs shall be allowed to be deducted from the proceeds of sale, or chargeable against the owner:

(b) In addition the costs of printing handbills and publication of advertisements of sale under this subchapter, together with the miles necessarily traveled by the tax collecting authority in posting the handbills shall be chargeable as costs. Mileage shall be computed and chargeable at the rate provided by [former] § 9115 [repealed] of this title.

(c) The cost of the deed shall not be chargeable as costs, but shall be paid by the purchaser.

Legislative History

28 Del. Laws, c. 82, § 21 ; 30 Del. Laws, c. 82, § 6 ; 33 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 16 ; Code 1935, §§ 1413, 1446; 9 Del. C. 1953, § 8778; 57 Del. Laws, c. 762, § 24G ; 71 Del. Laws, c. 401, § 115