Delaware Code (Titles 8, 9, 25, 30)
9 Del. C. § 9606
Recordation of instruments; duties
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.
Amendment history
16 Del. Laws, c. 130; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1
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In this title (40 sections)
- 9-9404 · Clerk of the county government
- 9-9405 · Duties as clerk of the county government
- 9-9406 · Deposit of public moneys; penalty
- 9-9407 · Monthly accounting to State Treasurer; penalties
- 9-9408 · Audit; penalty
- 9-9409 · Transcripts concerning county accounts
- 9-9410 · Assessment lists; delivering copies
- 9-9411 · Penalty
- 9-9412 · Certification of appointed constables
- 9-9413 · Marriage licenses
- 9-9414 · Furnishing marriage licenses to justices of the peace
- 9-9415 · Record of marriage licenses
- 9-9416 · Administering oaths
- 9-9417 · Destruction of county papers
- 9-9418 · License fees
- 9-9601 · Election; term of office
- 9-9602 · Compensation
- 9-9603 · Deputies and employees
- 9-9604 · Inventory of books and records [Repealed]
- 9-9605 · Recordation of instruments [For application of this section,…
- 9-9606 · Recordation of instruments; duties
- 9-9607 · Collection of recording fees; certain taxes; Housing…
- 9-9608 · Assignment record
- 9-9609 · Separate books for maps and plots
- 9-9610 · Recording of official obligations; notation of cancellation
- 9-9611 · Recordation of instruments containing certificate of notarial…
- 9-9612 · Recorded instrument or certified copy thereof as evidence
- 9-9613 · Certificate of scire facias [Repealed]
- 9-9614 · Report of real estate transfers to boards of assessment and…
- 9-9615 · Delivery of records to Delaware Public Archives; photocopies;…
- 9-9616 · Neglect of duty; penalty
- 9-9617 · Fees in New Castle and Sussex Counties
- 9-9618 · Fees in Sussex County [Repealed]
- 9-9619 · Fees in Kent County
- 9-9620 · Neglect or refusal to pay fees; penalty
- 9-9621 · Indexing of records in the office of the Recorder of Sussex…
- 9-9622 · Department of finance construed
- 9-9623 · Required statement in deed conveying certain property in…
- 9-9624 · Integration of documents from the office of the Secretary of…
- 9-9625 · Fee, charges and rules for public access [Repealed]