Delaware Code (Titles 8, 9, 25, 30)
25 Del. C. § 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 30 and not exempt from transfer tax on the basis of § 5401(1) of Title 30 or otherwise, shall be enforceable in any court of this State unless such document, or a memorandum thereof identifying the parties thereto, the premises, and the duration of the interest created thereby, including any renewals and purchase options, shall have been recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in the county in which the premises or any part thereof are located within 15 days of the commencement of the term provided by such document; provided, however, that upon recordation and payment of any and all taxes, penalties and other charges relating thereto, any document rendered unenforceable by this statute or any predecessor statute shall be renewed and revived with the same force and effect as if it had never been unenforceable.
Amendment history
59 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 6; 70 Del. Laws, c. 252, § 1; 81 Del. Laws, c. 384, § 1
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In this title (40 sections)
- 25-123 · Certification of acknowledgment or proof
- 25-124 · Acknowledgment and execution of deed by married woman deserted…
- 25-125 · Place for taking acknowledgment or proof
- 25-126 · Certification of acknowledgments by justices of the peace; form
- 25-127 · Acknowledgment of corporate deeds or other instruments
- 25-128 · Certification of acknowledgments by Mayor of Wilmington; fee
- 25-129 · Acknowledgment or proof outside State
- 25-130 · Notarial acts by members of the armed forces
- 25-131 · Validation of certain instruments as deeds
- 25-132 · Validity of legal instruments having defective…
- 25-133 · Address of grantee on deed
- 25-134 · Authentication and recognition of acknowledgments
- 25-135 · Tax ditch, tax lagoon, right-of-way, or assessment
- 25-151 · Recording of deeds and letters of attorney
- 25-152 · Recording as affecting lands in county of recording
- 25-153 · Priority of deed concerning lands or tenements
- 25-154 · Deeds and letters of attorney; recording at any time
- 25-155 · Acknowledgment or proof as evidence of recording; private…
- 25-156 · Recording on date of sealing and delivery
- 25-157 · Potter charity leases
- 25-158 · Enforceability of certain leases and documents pertaining to…
- 25-171 · Acknowledgment or proof
- 25-172 · Acknowledgment of deed after recording letter of attorney
- 25-173 · Power of married woman to make letter
- 25-174 · Persons serving with armed forces
- 25-180 · Short title
- 25-181 · Definitions in this subchapter
- 25-182 · Validity of electronic documents
- 25-183 · Recording of documents
- 25-184 · Uniform standards
- 25-201 · Short title
- 25-202 · Definitions
- 25-203 · Applicability
- 25-204 · Nonexclusivity
- 25-205 · Transfer on death deed authorized
- 25-206 · Transfer on death deed revocable
- 25-207 · Transfer on death deed nontestamentary
- 25-208 · Capacity of transferor
- 25-209 · Requirements
- 25-210 · Notice, delivery, acceptance, consideration not required