(a) A will shall be proved before the Register of Wills of the county in which the testator was domiciled at the time of death. If the testator was not domiciled in this State, it may be proved before the Register of any county in this State wherein there are any goods or chattels, rights or credits, or lands or tenements of the deceased.
(b) To be effective to prove a transfer of any property or to nominate an executor, a will must be declared to be valid by admission to probate.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 13. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 1301. Production of will; liability.
§ 1303. Notice and subpoena to persons interested.
§ 1304. Unavailability of witnesses.
§ 1306. Choice of law as to execution and proving of wills.
§ 1307. Will of nondomiciliary; admission, recording and evidence.
§ 1308. Caveat against allowance of instrument as will; procedure.
§ 1309. Review of proof of will; procedure.
§ 1310. Formal testacy proceedings; contested cases; testimony of attesting witnesses.
§ 1311. Pre-mortem will validation [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5].