The sheriff shall sell the goods and chattels seized and attached in accordance with this subchapter at public auction, after notice as in the case of sale of goods and chattels under execution process and shall, without delay, pay over the proceeds, thence arising to the Escheator for deposit in the General Fund. The sheriff shall be accountable, as in other cases, to the Escheator for money which by virtue of this section, shall come into the sheriff's hands.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Subchapter I. Intestate Property
§ 1102. Escheator of the State [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 59, § 25.].
§ 1103. Suit to determine escheat.
§ 1104. Final hearing and order.
§ 1106. Seizure of escheated personalty.
§ 1107. Sale of seized property by sheriff.
§ 1108. Return of writ of seizure.
§ 1109. Lease, retention or sale of real property.
§ 1110. Conveyance of realty to purchaser after sale.
§ 1111. Nature of title of purchaser of realty.
§ 1113. Claims to proceeds of sale.
§ 1115. Expenses of Escheator.
§ 1116. Conveyance of certain escheated real property previously owned by a religious body.