{"data":{"id":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1906","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"12 Del. C. § 1906","heading":"Failure to file inventory; civil and criminal penalties.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 12. Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations","Administration of Decedents’ Estates","CHAPTER 19. Assets of Estates; Inventory and Appraisal"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/c019/index.html#1906","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:15Z","sha256":"f24922b6f4d9834ac008571922ad16f52cfdb8840af3b4a8dca58188cae8e9ef","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1905","next":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1907"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}