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2025 Delaware Code
Title 9 - Counties
Chapter 3. COUNTY GOVERNMENTS GENERALLY
Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 317. Title to real estate owned by county.
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§ 317. Title to real estate owned by county.
(a) Title to land acquired by a county shall be taken and held in the name of the county wherein the land is situated. Title to land held by a county as heretofore provided by this section is hereby changed to the name of the county.
(b) Title to county land may be conveyed by the county pursuant to an ordinance, or a resolution where ordinances are not provided for, duly advertised and adopted by the county authorizing the conveyance of the specific land, irrespective of whether title was acquired as heretofore provided by this section.
26 Del. Laws, c. 255, §§ 1, 2; 27 Del. Laws, c. 4; Code 1915, § 1053; 31 Del. Laws, c. 13, § 12; Code 1935, § 1217; 9 Del. C. 1953, § 378; 59 Del. Laws, c. 366, § 1;
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