Deputies may administer oaths in all cases in which, by the laws of this State, an oath is authorized and required to be administered by the sheriff. In all cases in which the oath is administered by a deputy, whose appointment is recorded in the recorder's office in the county in which the sheriff and deputy reside, it shall be as effectual in law as though it had been done by the sheriff.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
§ 2103. Sheriffs and regular deputies.
§ 2104. Attendance on courts; duties of Sheriff of Kent County as to Supreme Court.
§ 2105. Summoning jurors and witnesses.
§ 2106. Sale of property under execution process; records.
§ 2107. Endorsement on documents of sheriffs' fees.
§ 2108. Entry of constable's sales.
§ 2109. Reception of sum due on capias ad satisfaciendum.
§ 2110. Penalty for nonpayment of funds collected.