The Bankruptcy Court and U.S. District Court are located in the county seat of Wilmington, which is in New Castle County.

Below is a handy guide for figuring out what’s located where at the county level:

Recorder of Deeds: UCC/fixture filings, federal tax liens and property searches including property tax information, current owner, and deed and mortgage info.

Superior Court (also known as the Prothonotary): State tax liens, judgments, pending suits, assumed names, criminal (felony & misdemeanor cases), civil cases over $50,000

Chancery Court: Civil records

Court of Common Pleas: Misdemeanors, civil cases under $50,000

For corporations, folks tend to file in the county of the registered agent, although there have been plenty of instances in which filings have been recorded in a different county than that of a corporation’s registered agent!

For additional information, each county has its own website:

New Castle County: http://www2.nccde.org/Home/default.aspx

Kent County: http://www.co.kent.de.us/

Sussex County: http://www.sussexcountyde.gov/

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