2017 Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedures
CHAPTER 75. RECOGNIZANCES AND BONDS
§ 7501. Benefit of State and injured person.

Universal Citation: 10 DE Code § 7501 (2017)

Every recognizance and bond, acknowledged or executed, pursuant to any law, or by the direction of the Governor, or of any court, by an executor, administrator, sheriff, or other officer, or person, to the State, with condition for the payment of money, or the execution, or performance, of any office, trust, or duties, shall be not only for the benefit of the State, but also upon trust for every person that may be injured by the breach of such condition. The proceeds of any bond forfeited for a party's failure to appear in any civil or criminal child support proceeding shall be paid over to the payee of the child support order and applied to the child support account.

Code 1852, § 2571; Code 1915, § 4502; Code 1935, § 4954; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 7501; 70 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 2.;

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