Delaware Code

9 Del. C. § 3007 (2026)

Recording unapproved plans; penalty

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section DE-DELCdelcode.delaware.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

(a) The Recorder of Deeds within the County shall not receive for filing any plan of land showing an arrangement of lots or parcels of lands, streets, easements or rights-of-way unless and until said plan shall have been submitted to, and approved by, the Commission and the County Council pursuant to the regulations adopted under this chapter, and until each such approval shall have been endorsed in writing on said plan by the Chairperson or the Executive Director of the Commission and the County Council by the President.

(b) Any plan received by the Recorder of Deeds for filing or recording without the approval of the Commission and the County Council endorsed thereon, shall be null and void and without legal effect and shall upon application of the Commission or the County Council, to the Superior Court, be expunged from the records of the Recorder of Deeds.

(c) Whoever causes any plan to be filed or recorded contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than $100 and not more than $500. The Superior Court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of offenses under this section.

9 Del. C. 1953, § 3007; 55 Del. Laws, c. 49; 60 Del. Laws, c. 468, § 4; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 401, § 15;

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1975–2016 · leading case: Acierno v. Folsom, 337 A.2d 309 (Del. 1975).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Acierno v. Folsom, 337 A.2d 309 (Del. 1975). · cites it 2× “The Trial Court relied upon 9 Del. C. § 3007(a) 4 in support of its conclusion.”

Golf Course Assoc LLC v. New Castle Cnty. (Del. Super. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “The first step in the application of concurrency 8 9 Del. C. § 3007(a). 9 9 Del. C. § 3009. 10 9 Del.”

— 9 Del. C. § 3007(a) — 2 cases

Acierno v. Folsom, 337 A.2d 309 (Del. 1975). “The Trial Court relied upon 9 Del. C. § 3007(a) 4 in support of its conclusion.”

Golf Course Assoc LLC v. New Castle Cnty. (Del. Super. Ct. 2016). “The first step in the application of concurrency 8 9 Del. C. § 3007(a). 9 9 Del. C. § 3009. 10 9 Del.”

— 9 Del. C. § 3007(b) — 1 case

Golf Course Assoc LLC v. New Castle Cnty. (Del. Super. Ct. 2016). “The first step in the application of concurrency 8 9 Del. C. § 3007(a). 9 9 Del. C. § 3009. 10 9 Del.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.