{"data":{"id":"us-de/7-del.-c.-4118","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"7 Del. C. § 4118","heading":"Form of petition.","body":"A petition for the formation of a tax ditch shall be in the following form:\nPETITION\nTo the Superior Court of ________________________________ County through the Board of Supervisors of the Soil Conservation District of ________________________________ County:\nWhereas the undersigned (is) (are) the owner(s) of certain lands subject to overflow or in need of water management situated in ________________________________ Hundred(s) ________________________________ County (Counties), and the State of Delaware, said lands being more particularly described as follows ________________\n________________\n________________\n________________; and\nWhereas the draining and the prevention of flooding of said lands, and/or the management of water for resource conservation on said lands would be a public benefit and conducive to the public health, safety and welfare; and\nWhereas the undersigned desire that a Tax Ditch be formed under the provisions of Chapter 41, Title 7 of the Delaware Code, said Tax Ditch to be known as________________________________ Tax Ditch;\nThe undersigned therefore request the Soil Conservation District of ________________________________ County to make the investigation required under the above cited chapter and, if the findings thereon be favorable, to file this petition in the office of the Prothonotary of ________________________________ County so that the Superior Court of said County may take the necessary steps required by law to issue an order establishing ________________________________ Ditch.\nDated this ________date day of ________________________________month , ________year at ________________________________, Delaware.\n________________\n(Space for Signatures)","path":["Title 7. Conservation","Agricultural and Soil Conservation; Drainage and Reclamation of Lowlands","CHAPTER 41. Drainage of Lands and Management of Waters; Tax Ditches","Subchapter III. Formation of Tax Ditch; Procedure"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title7/c041/sc03/index.html#4118","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:09Z","sha256":"7a353ec2ecc94494057858526b5e479bc22e5739f18cc8477e44096f4f76868f","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/7-del.-c.-4117","next":"us-de/7-del.-c.-4119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}