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Title 10 - COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURESPart V - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
Chapter 81 - PERSONAL ACTIONS
Section 8117 - Defendant's absence from State

Del. Code tit. 10 § 8117

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Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 254
Section 8117 - Defendant's absence from State

If at the time when a cause of action accrues against any person, such person is out of the State, the action may be commenced, within the time limited therefor in this chapter, after such person comes into the State in such manner that by reasonable diligence, such person may be served with process. If, after a cause of action shall have accrued against any person, such person departs from and resides or remains out of the State, the time of such person's absence until such person shall have returned into the State in the manner provided in this section, shall not be taken as any part of the time limited for the commencement of the action.

10 Del. C. § 8117

Code 1852, § 2751; 20 Del. Laws, c. 594; 25 Del. Laws, c. 234; Code 1915, § 4680; Code 1935, § 5138; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 8116; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;