Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 4736 – Federal court judgments
(a) Transcripts of judgments rendered in the United States District Court or in any other federal court of competent jurisdiction within this State shall be filed and docketed in the office of the prothonotary of each county of this State other than the county in which such judgment was rendered and when so filed and docketed, and only when so filed and docketed, such judgments, shall have the same force and effect as a lien as judgments rendered and docketed in the Superior Court of this State in any county of the State.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 4736
- Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) When transcripts of any judgments of any federal court in this State have been filed and docketed as provided in subsection (a) of this section then said judgments shall be liens on the real estate of the judgment debtor within the county in which such judgment has been filed and docketed in the same manner and to the same extent and under the same conditions as if such judgments had been rendered in the Superior Court of any county of this State.
(c) The prothonotary of each county upon being presented with a transcript of a judgment rendered in any federal court within this State, and upon receiving a fee of $1.00, shall immediately file such transcript, and docket and index the judgment in the same manner as prescribed by law for the docketing and indexing of judgments rendered in the Superior Court of this State.
Code 1935, § ?4773A; 47 Del. Laws, c. 366; 10 Del. C. 1953, § ?4736;