Delaware Code (Titles 8, 9, 25, 30)
9 Del. C. § 2212
Sewer lien docket
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# (1)
The County Council of New Castle County shall establish regulations and fees for the issuance of sewer permits required in § 2216 of this title. Upon issuance of the sewer permit, the fees for such permits shall become liens against the property for which the permit is issued. The lien for sewer permits and the lien for sewer service shall be superior and paramount to the interest in such parcel of any owner, lessee, tenant, mortgagee, or other person, except to the lien of taxes.
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The Department of Public Works shall issue the permits and collect the fees arising therefrom for the use of the County Council. The Department of Public Works shall, under supervision and direction of the County Council, prepare a docket to be known as the “New Castle County Sewer Lien Docket” in which shall be recorded the liens for sewer permits. The form of the Docket shall be established by the County Council. No sewer permit lien shall be valid unless duly recorded in the said Docket. All sewer permit liens duly recorded in the Docket shall continue in full force and effect until the liens have been satisfied by payment, and when such liens are satisfied by payment the Department of Public Works, acting under the supervision and direction of the County Council, shall satisfy of record the liens, entering thereon the date of final payment, and signing the Docket. The Department of Public Works, for the use of the County Council, shall receive a fee of $0.50 for each satisfaction so recorded.
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The County Council shall also establish the form in which the record of the sewer service liens shall be kept. Such records shall be in the custody of the Department of Public Works.
# (b)
All proceedings taken and all acts done prior to April 10, 1957, purporting to establish liens for sewer service and for front foot fees are legalized, validated and confirmed, notwithstanding any errors, omissions or irregularities in the act or the establishment of a sewer lien docket or other records relating thereto.
Amendment history
35 Del. Laws, c. 69, § 3; 38 Del. Laws, c. 69; 46 Del. Laws, c. 294, § 2; 51 Del. Laws, c. 33; 55 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 14; 71 Del. Laws, c. 401, § 15
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In this title (40 sections)
- 9-1525 · Creeks or small runs; widening, straightening
- 9-1561 · New Castle County Workhouse [Repealed]
- 9-1562 · New Castle County libraries; Wilmington Institute
- 9-1563 · Private welfare agencies
- 9-1901-1903 · Fire prevention outside of incorporated towns; county…
- 9-2101 · Lighting streets and highways in unincorporated communities…
- 9-2102 · Levy and collection of light tax; penalty for late payment
- 9-2103 · Light tax; administration of fund; surplus
- 9-2104 · Removal of lights
- 9-2201 · Definitions
- 9-2202 · Powers of County
- 9-2203 · Sewerage system within city or town
- 9-2204 · Bonds; authorization, amount, terms, sale and interest rate
- 9-2205 · Authorized signatures on bonds; validity of issuance
- 9-2206 · Payment of bonds; faith and credit of County; tax levy
- 9-2207 · Authorization of covenants in revenue bonds
- 9-2208 · Service charges; amount and application
- 9-2209 · Power to make charges; liability of users; computation of rates
- 9-2210 · Penalties for failure to pay charges
- 9-2211 · Lien of service charges on real estate
- 9-2212 · Sewer lien docket
- 9-2213 · Water consumption statement and other information for…
- 9-2214 · Discontinuance of water supply for failure to pay service…
- 9-2215 · Contract with city or town for disposal or treatment of sewage
- 9-2216 · Connection of property with sewers
- 9-2217 · Licensed plumber to connect property with sewers
- 9-2218 · Misrepresentations in application and unauthorized connections…
- 9-2219 · Surveys and inspections by Department; penalty for refusal to…
- 9-2220 · Construction of chapter with other laws
- 9-2221 · Sewage pumps—Maintenance thereof
- 9-2222 · Established [Repealed]
- 9-2223 · Affidavit; judgment; praecipe; issuance [Repealed]
- 9-2224 · Form [Repealed]
- 9-2225 · Service; written notice; posting; return; alias or pluries…
- 9-2226 · Affidavit of defense [Repealed]
- 9-2227 · Jury trial [Repealed]
- 9-2228 · Discharge of property from lien [Repealed]
- 9-2229 · Writ of venditioni exponas [Repealed]
- 9-2230 · Effect of sale of real estate or interest therein [Repealed]
- 9-2231 · Petition for deed of conveyance [Repealed]