(a) Any executor or administrator who fails to file the inventory, list and statement with the Register of Wills within 3 months after the granting of letters testamentary or of administration shall be subject, personally and individually, to a penalty of $1.00 per day for each day delinquent. This penalty shall not apply until 1 month after notice by the Register of Wills of such delinquency.
(b) Any executor or administrator who fails to file the inventory, list and statement as required by § 1905 of this title, after being ordered to do so by the Court of Chancery, shall be subject to penalty for contempt of Court.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 19. ASSETS OF ESTATES; INVENTORY AND APPRAISAL
§ 1904. Appraisers; appointment.
§ 1906. Failure to file inventory; civil and criminal penalties.
§ 1907. Refusal of a coexecutor or coadministrator to file inventory.
§ 1908. Affidavit of diligent inquiry.
§ 1909. Executor's debt to decedent.
§ 1910. Additional inventory; after discovered assets.
§ 1911. Power of Court to suppress, reject and order another inventory or list.