Title 25 — Property
44 chapters · 315 sections in this title.
25 Del. C. § 1101. Unauthorized removal of landmarks and marking of boundary trees; penalty.
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§ 1101. Unauthorized removal of landmarks and marking of boundary trees; penalty. No person shall cut, fell, alter or remove any boundary tree or other landmark, nor shall any person, without lawful authority, mark any boundary tree upon any land that is not person’s own, under p…
25 Del. C. § 1102. Perpetuating testimony of boundaries.
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§ 1102. Perpetuating testimony of boundaries. (a) Any person interested in perpetuating testimony respecting boundaries or landmarks may file a petition in the Court of Chancery representing the case, and naming the tenants and the owners of adjoining land, and praying for an ord…
25 Del. C. § 1103. Marking and bounding lands; procedure.
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§ 1103. Marking and bounding lands; procedure. (a) Any person seised of any estate in possession, reversion or remainder, or possessed of any term, not less than 15 years, in any lands, the bounds of which are unknown or are in danger of being lost, may apply to the Superior Cour…
25 Del. C. § 1104. Notice of commission meeting; powers of commission; recording of certificate.
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§ 1104. Notice of commission meeting; powers of commission; recording of certificate. The commissioners shall give at least 20 days notice of their meeting to execute the commission by advertisements at the courthouse door and at 5 public places in the 100 where the land lies; an…
25 Del. C. § 1105. Effect of commission’s return; savings provision.
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§ 1105. Effect of commission’s return; savings provision. If suit is not brought within 7 years from the return to controvert the decision of the commissioners, or in which the accuracy of the bounds or lines fixed by them is questioned, the record of the return shall be conclusi…
25 Del. C. § 1106. Boundaries fixed by agreement of parties.
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§ 1106. Boundaries fixed by agreement of parties. If any lines or boundaries are ascertained and fixed by agreement of parties, they shall not be disturbed by any commission, as between the same parties or those claiming under either of them. If any persons agree to ascertain and…
25 Del. C. § 1107. Right of holders of separate parts of tract or of younger survey to a commission.
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§ 1107. Right of holders of separate parts of tract or of younger survey to a commission. When several persons hold separate parts of the same tract, they, or any of them, may have a commission to mark and bound the whole, as well as the several parts thereof. When any person hol…
25 Del. C. § 1108. Fees of commissioners, surveyors, chain carriers and witnesses.
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§ 1108. Fees of commissioners, surveyors, chain carriers and witnesses. Each commissioner shall be entitled to $1.00 per day for each such commissioner’s services, each surveyor to $2.00 per day, the chain carriers to 80 cents per day, and each witness to 50 cents per day, to be …