Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 6413 – Access of transferee to prior title and power of attorney documents
(a) In circumstances in which a power of attorney has been used pursuant to § 6410 of this title, if a subsequent transferee elects to return to the transferee’s transferor to sign the disclosure on the title when the transferor obtains the title and does not give the transferor a power of attorney to review the title and reassignment documents, upon the transferee’s request, the transferor shall show to the transferee a copy of the power of attorney received from the previous transferor.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 6413
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
- Transferee: means any person to whom ownership in a motor vehicle is transferred by purchase, gift or other means other than by creation of a security interest, and any person who, as agent, signs an odometer disclosure statement for the transferee. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 6402
- Transferor: means any person who transfers ownership of a motor vehicle by sales, gift or any means other than by creation of a security interest, and any person who, as agent, signs an odometer disclosure statement for the transferor. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 6402
(b) Upon request of a purchaser, a transferor who was granted a power of attorney by the previous transferor and who holds the title to the vehicle in the transferor’s own name, must show to the purchaser the copy of the previous owner’s title and the power of attorney form.