The school board of any district may issue a new bond to replace an unmatured bond which has been lost, destroyed or defaced, upon the written request of the owner thereof, the owner's legal representatives, successors or assigns, and upon giving:
(1) Proof of ownership;
(2) Proof of loss or destruction, or, in the case of a defaced bond, the bond and coupons, if any;
(3) Adequate security to indemnify the district and the bank or banks at which the bond and coupons are payable against any loss that may be suffered on account of such replaced bond and coupons; and
(4) Payment of the cost of preparation of the new bond and coupons, if any.
Any new bond and coupons shall be executed by the officials (including, in the case of a school district, a member of the board of school trustees of the district) in office at the time of such replacement and shall bear the seal of the district. The coupons, if any, shall be signed by the facsimile of the signatures of the appropriate officers. There shall be endorsed on the new bond a statement in substantially the following form:
“This bond has been reissued to replace a lost, destroyed or defaced bond.”
The replacement shall be authorized by a resolution of the school board which shall set forth a copy of the written request of the owner, the owner's legal representatives, successors or assigns, and the designation, date, maturity, interest rate, denomination and number of the replaced bond.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 21. LOCAL SCHOOL BONDS
§ 2102. Power of district to issue bonds.
§ 2103. Temporary use of funds.
§ 2104. Faith and credit of district; exemption of bonds from taxation.
§ 2105. Validity of bonds; incontestability.
§ 2106. Procedure governing sale of bonds to State.
§ 2107. Limitation on amount of bonds that may be issued.
§ 2108. Terms and form of bonds.
§ 2109. Designation, numbering and date of bonds.
§ 2110. Place of payment of principal and interest.
§ 2111. Signing and sealing bonds.
§ 2113. Cancellation and destruction of paid bonds and coupons.
§ 2114. Replacement of lost, destroyed or defaced bonds.
§ 2115. Rules and regulations governing fiscal records pertaining to bonds.
§ 2116. Taxing power of district.
§ 2117. Assessment list; objections; posting; hearing.
§ 2118. Assessment, levy and collection of taxes.
§ 2119. Report of tax collections and payment of collected taxes.
§ 2120. Jurisdiction of justices of the peace.
§ 2121. Authority to tax; scope of this chapter.
§ 2122. Election to authorize bond issue; rules governing; referendum to transfer tax funds.