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Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 101. Transfer of title to real estate by deed. - Lands, tenements and hereditaments may be aliened, and possession thereof...
§ 102. Effect of deeds by married women. - The deed of a married woman executed by her during...
§ 103. Circumstances under which wife may bar her dower without husband being a party. - In all cases of sales of lands and tenements under...
§ 104. Trustee for wife with a mental disability; barring of dower. - Any married man, seized of any real estate, whose wife...
§ 105. Trustee for husband with a mental disability; barring of curtesy. - Any married woman, seized of any real estate in her...
§ 106. Effect of deed executed by trustee for spouse with a mental disability. - Any deed executed and acknowledged by a trustee for a...
§ 107. Conveyance of real estate by married woman deserted without just cause. - Every married woman abandoned by her husband without just cause,...
§ 108. Deeds and other instruments executed by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation. - (a) Deeds concerning lands or tenements, releases from the lien...
§ 109. Defeasance or contract for reconveyance; recording; acknowledgment or proof. - If a conveyance of lands, tenements or hereditaments is absolute...
§ 110. Certificates of notaries public; validity [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - No official certificate of any notary public shall be invalid...
§ 110. Certificates of notaries public; validity [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - No official certificate of any notary public shall be invalid...
Subchapter II. Form, Acknowledgment and Proof of Deeds and Other Legal Instruments
§ 121. Form of deed; legal effect; other forms as valid. - (a) The following shall be a sufficient form of deed...
§ 122. Acknowledgment and proof of deeds. - A deed concerning lands, tenements or hereditaments may be acknowledged...
§ 123. Certification of acknowledgment or proof. - Acknowledgment or proof shall be certified under the hand and...
§ 124. Acknowledgment and execution of deed by married woman deserted without just cause. - Conveyances made in pursuance of § 107 of this title...
§ 125. Place for taking acknowledgment or proof. - It shall not be necessary that the acknowledgment or proof...
§ 126. Certification of acknowledgments by justices of the peace; form. - (a) Two justices of the peace, when taking or certifying...
§ 127. Acknowledgment of corporate deeds or other instruments. - A deed concerning lands or tenements or any other written...
§ 128. Certification of acknowledgments by Mayor of Wilmington; fee. - The Mayor of Wilmington may take and certify under the...
§ 129. Acknowledgment or proof outside State. - (a) A deed concerning lands, tenements or hereditaments within this...
§ 130. Notarial acts by members of the armed forces. - (a) In addition to the acknowledgment of instruments and the...
§ 131. Validation of certain instruments as deeds. - An instrument which by its terms purports to alienate or...
§ 132. Validity of legal instruments having defective acknowledgments; admissibility in evidence. - The record of all legal instruments which by law are...
§ 133. Address of grantee on deed. - Anyone leaving for record any deed conveying lands and tenements...
§ 134. Authentication and recognition of acknowledgments. - The authentication and recognition of the acknowledgment of a foreign...
§ 135. Tax ditch, tax lagoon, right-of-way, or assessment. - Any deed transferring a parcel of real property listed in...
Subchapter III. Recording
§ 151. Recording of deeds and letters of attorney. - A deed or letter of attorney concerning lands or tenements,...
§ 152. Recording as affecting lands in county of recording. - The recording of a deed or instrument in the recorder's...
§ 153. Priority of deed concerning lands or tenements. - A deed concerning lands or tenements shall have priority from...
§ 154. Deeds and letters of attorney; recording at any time. - All deeds and letters of attorney concerning lands or tenements,...
§ 155. Acknowledgment or proof as evidence of recording; private examination of married woman. - The private examination of a married woman, duly taken and...
§ 156. Recording on date of sealing and delivery. - Any and all deeds and letters of attorney which have...
§ 157. Potter charity leases. - The record or duly certified copies, heretofore made by authority...
§ 158. Enforceability of certain leases and documents pertaining to lands and tenements [For application of this section, see 81 Del. Laws, c. 384, § 3]. - No document defined or described in § 5401(5) of Title...
Subchapter IV. Powers of Attorney
§ 171. Acknowledgment or proof. - A letter of attorney to sell or dispose of lands,...
§ 172. Acknowledgment of deed after recording letter of attorney. - When a letter of attorney to sell and dispose of...
§ 173. Power of married woman to make letter. - A married woman may make a letter of attorney the...
§ 174. Persons serving with armed forces. - (a) No agency created by a power of attorney in...
Subchapter V. Electronic Recording
§ 180. Short title. - This subchapter may be cited as the “Uniform Real Property...
§ 181. Definitions in this subchapter. - (a) “Document” means information that is: (1) Inscribed on a...
§ 182. Validity of electronic documents. - (a) If a law requires, as a condition for recording,...
§ 183. Recording of documents. - (a) A recorder who implements any of the functions described...
§ 184. Uniform standards. - (a) An electronic recording commission is created to adopt standards...