When a document is lodged for recording in the recorder's office and the fees paid, the recorder shall note upon it the day, month and year, and in case of any mortgage, the hour and minute of its being so lodged, and shall record the same, with all certificates, annexations, and endorsements, without delay. The recording shall be dated as of the time it was lodged in the office. The recorder shall certify the recording, under hand and official seal, upon each deed or writing recorded, with proper reference to the book and page. The recorder shall also, if required, give a certificate of the lodging of any paper in his or her office for record.
Structure Delaware Code
§ 9601. Election; term of office.
§ 9603. Deputies and employees.
§ 9605. Recordation of instruments.
§ 9606. Recordation of instruments; duties.
§ 9609. Separate books for maps and plots.
§ 9610. Recording of official obligations; notation of cancellation.
§ 9611. Recordation of instruments containing certificate of notarial act.
§ 9612. Recorded instrument or certified copy thereof as evidence.
§ 9615. Delivery of records to Delaware Public Archives; photocopies; evidence.
§ 9616. Neglect of duty; penalty.
§ 9617. Fees in New Castle and Sussex Counties.
§ 9620. Neglect or refusal to pay fees; penalty.
§ 9621. Indexing of records in the office of the Recorder of Sussex County.
§ 9622. Department of finance construed.
§ 9623. Required statement in deed conveying certain property in unincorporated suburban community.
§ 9626. Transfer of assessment fees.