Del. Code tit. 10 § 912

Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 476
Section 912 - Clerks of Court; appointment; terms of office; bonds; duties
(a) There shall be a Clerk of Court appointed for the Court in each county and such Deputy Clerks as the Chief Judge deems necessary.
(b) The Clerks and Deputy Clerks of the Court shall give bond to the State in the amount of $200,000 for the Clerk and Deputy Clerks of New Castle County and in the amount of $100,000 for the Clerk and Deputy Clerks of Kent and Sussex Counties to execute faithfully their duties while in office. The State shall bear the cost of the bond premiums required hereunder.
(c) The Clerk, or, in the Clerk's absence, the Deputy Clerk, shall have care of the legal records of the Court which the Clerk or Deputy Clerk serves and shall receive all fees, fines, costs, restitution and cash bail arising out of any proceeding in said Court. The Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall administer all necessary oaths, enter the judgments, issue commitments and executions to enforce the same and make up and keep the records of the Court in all cases therein. The Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall issue all process under his or her hand and the seal of the Court, and shall attest the same in the names of the Judges, or any of them, signing the same by the title of office, and shall tax costs. The Clerk or Deputy Clerk may take bail from persons arrested whether or not the Court is in session, subject to revision by a Judge, and shall do all other acts which the Court shall prescribe.

10 Del. C. § 912

10 Del. C. 1953, § 912; 58 Del. Laws, c. 114, § 1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 141, §4; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;