Delaware Code
Chapter 71. CRIMINAL NUISANCE ABATEMENT
§ 7106. Jurisdiction; complaint; notice of lis pendens.

(a) Any action under this chapter shall be brought in the Superior Court of the county in which the property is located.
(b) At or before the commencement of the action a verified complaint alleging the facts constituting the criminal nuisance shall be filed in the office of the prothonotary of Superior Court, together with a notice of the pendency of the action, containing the names of the parties, the object of the action, and a brief description of the property affected thereby. Such notice of lis pendens shall be immediately recorded by the prothonotary.
(c) The Court shall have in rem jurisdiction over the premises alleged to be a criminal nuisance, and the complaint initiating the civil action pursuant to this chapter shall name as a defendant the premises involved, describing it by block, lot number and street address, or by such means as are appropriate in the circumstances.

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Delaware Code

Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure

Chapter 71. CRIMINAL NUISANCE ABATEMENT

§ 7101. Short title.

§ 7102. Purpose; construction.

§ 7103. Definitions.

§ 7104. Maintaining a criminal nuisance.

§ 7105. Action to abate criminal nuisance.

§ 7106. Jurisdiction; complaint; notice of lis pendens.

§ 7107. Affirmative defenses.

§ 7108. Notice to interested parties.

§ 7110. Delay and dismissal of actions.

§ 7111. Temporary abatement hearing; order; procedure.

§ 7112. Enforcing ex parte and temporary abatement orders.

§ 7113. Permanent abatement for all criminal nuisance actions; hearing; admissible evidence.

§ 7114. Duty of Attorney General; proceeds of sale in all criminal nuisance actions.

§ 7115. Lease void if building used for criminal nuisance.

§ 7118. Notification and provision of treatment resources.

§ 7119. Premises involving multiple residences or businesses.

§ 7121. Presumption against closure; vacating closure after abatement of nuisance and proof nuisance is not likely to occur.

§ 7122. Standard of proof.

§ 7123. Admissibility of evidence to prove criminal nuisance.

§ 7124. Relationship to criminal proceedings.

§ 7125. Release of premises upon inspection or repair.

§ 7126. Penalties.

§ 7127. Settlements.

§ 7128. Recovery of costs.

§ 7129. Contempt.

§ 7130. Cumulative remedies.

§ 7131. Liability for damage to closed properties.

§ 7132. Civil immunity.

§ 7133. Civil action for damages resulting from criminal nuisance.

§ 7134. Presumptions.