GroundRules
← Search the law
Delaware · Through 2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424) · Newer source version available

12 Del. C. § 1116: Conveyance of certain escheated real property previously owned by a religious body.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 12. Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations
  2. Descent and Distribution; Escheat
  3. CHAPTER 11. Escheats
  4. Subchapter I. Intestate Property

The Secretary of State shall convey to a properly organized corporation of this State whatever title the State may have in any real property which was formerly held by or for a religious body and which has or may have escheated provided that:

(1) The Secretary is satisfied that the grantee corporation is the proper successor to the body previously holding equitable or legal title to the property;

(2) A certified copy of the recorded certificate of incorporation of the grantee corporation is provided;

(3) Prior notice of any such proposed conveyance is given by registered mail to the record title holders where known; and

(4) Notice of such proposed conveyance is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the property is situated each week for 3 weeks prior to the execution of the conveyance.

All expenses of such conveyance and notices shall be paid by the grantee corporation.

Collected 2026-09-05T23:02:15Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection