A letter of attorney to sell or dispose of lands, tenements or hereditaments, or to acknowledge a deed concerning lands, tenements or hereditaments, may be acknowledged or proved, and the acknowledgment or proof certified, as prescribed in this chapter in respect to the acknowledgment or proof of a deed. If a party making a letter of attorney is out of the State, the provisions of § 129 of this title, concerning the acknowledgment or proof of a deed when the party making it is out of the State, shall apply.

Code 1852, § ?1623; Code 1915, § ?3210; Code 1935, § ?3671; 25 Del. C. 1953, § ?171;

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 171

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • 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