Searching Public Records in Delaware at the County Level

FCS/PCTS — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:15:12 +0000

If you need to search for anything at the county level in Delaware, you only have three counties from which to choose: New Castle (northernmost), Kent (middle), and Sussex (southernmost).

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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Renewal Filings in Delaware

FCS/PCTS — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:48:39 +0000

Until the last couple of years, the annual report was not required to be filed in order for a corporation to remain in good standing with the Delaware Secretary of State. Now is a different story, however, and it’s changed the renewal-for-void process a bit. If your corporation went void on 3/1/09 or later, you’ll be required to pay all tax, penalties, and interest PLUS file ALL annual reports which were due at the time your corporation was declared void. The reasoning here is that 2009 is the first year a corporation would be voided for not filing the annual report. A quick note about this – if the corp did file their required annual reports and was voided for non-payment of their taxes, they’re not required to file the A/Rs again.

If you ever have questions or reservations about filing a document involving taxes or annual report, the folks in the franchise tax department are extremely knowledgeable and helpful. They’re easily reached, too! You can call them at 302-739-3077, email them at dosdoc_ftax@state.de.us, or even chat with them live online: http://corp.delaware.gov/contact.shtml (scroll down to the last option on the page).

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Searching Public Records in Delaware at the County Level

Renewal Filings in Delaware