Every recognizance or obligation acknowledged for a penal sum, with condition for the performance, by an officer, of the duties of the officer's office, or of any public trust, shall, from the caption of such recognizance, or from the time of the acknowledging and approving of such obligation, be a lien upon all the lands and tenements of the officer, being the principal obligor therein, within the county wherein such recognizance or obligation is taken or acknowledged. The recognizance or obligation shall not be a lien upon the lands and tenements of the sureties therein.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
Chapter 75. RECOGNIZANCES AND BONDS
§ 7501. Benefit of State and injured person.
§ 7502. Right of action by injured person; title of action.
§ 7503. Judgment for less than penalty; security for further damages.
§ 7504. Limitation of liability.
§ 7505. Inadequate penalty; priority of claims.
§ 7506. Installment payments, recovery of.
§ 7507. Proceedings to compel entry of satisfaction.
§ 7508. Applicability of §§ 7501-7507 to judgments on warrant of attorney.
§ 7509. Lien on lands of public officer as obligor.
§ 7510. Entry of satisfaction.
§ 7511. Default in satisfaction; amount of damages.
§ 7512. Copy as evidence; production of original.
§ 7513. Written obligation without penalty.
§ 7514. Location of realty of persons signing bonds or recognizances.