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2025 Delaware Code
Title 9 - Counties
Chapter 87. COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT TAXES
Subchapter IV. Sale of Land for Delinquent Taxes in Kent and Sussex Counties
§ 8779. Payment of excess from proceeds to owner.
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§ 8779. Payment of excess from proceeds to owner.
After satisfying the tax due and the costs and expenses of sale from the proceeds of sale under this subchapter, the amount remaining shall be paid at once to the owner of the land, or upon the refusal of the owner to accept the same, or if the owner is unknown or cannot be found, the amount remaining shall be deposited in some bank in the county either to the credit of the owner, or in a manner by which the fund may be identified.
28 Del. Laws, c. 82, § 25; 33 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 20; Code 1935, §§ 1417, 1450; 9 Del. C. 1953, § 8779;
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