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Title 10 - COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURESPart VII - JUSTICES OF THE PEACEChapter 95 - PROCEDURE
Subchapter II - CIVIL ACTIONS FOR DEBT
Section 9552 - Time of binding of goods and chattels by execution; duration of lien

Del. Code tit. 10 § 9552

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Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 531
Section 9552 - Time of binding of goods and chattels by execution; duration of lien

An execution shall not bind goods and chattels until it is delivered to the constable or other officer to be executed. An execution shall, from the time it is so delivered, bind all the goods and chattels of the defendant, within the bailiwick of such constable or other officer which are actually levied upon within 30 days thereafter. No levy upon goods and chattels, made by virtue of execution process, shall be of any force or effect as against a subsequent execution levied upon the same goods and chattels for a longer period than 3 years from the making of such first mentioned levy.

10 Del. C. § 9552

Code 1852, § 2122; 13 Del. Laws, c. 161, §§ 1, 2; Code 1915, § 4027; Code 1935, §§ 4511, 4513; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 9559; 70 Del. Laws, c. 232, § 7; 77 Del. Laws, c. 295, § 1.;