12 Del. C. § 1906: Failure to file inventory; civil and criminal penalties.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 12. Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations
- Administration of Decedents’ Estates
- CHAPTER 19. Assets of Estates; Inventory and Appraisal
(a) Any executor or administrator who fails to file the inventory, list and statement with the Register of Wills within 3 months after the granting of letters testamentary or of administration shall be subject, personally and individually, to a penalty of $1.00 per day for each day delinquent. This penalty shall not apply until 1 month after notice by the Register of Wills of such delinquency.
(b) Any executor or administrator who fails to file the inventory, list and statement as required by § 1905 of this title, after being ordered to do so by the Court of Chancery, shall be subject to penalty for contempt of Court.
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