Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 572 – Death of licensee; payments to licensee’s estate
If any licensee dies and no application is made for transfer of the license, or the Commissioner refuses to permit the transfer of the license to another person, the Department of Finance shall return to the legal representative of such deceased person a share of the license fee received by the Department proportionate to the number of full calendar months of the unexpired term; and if the alcoholic liquors in possession of the licensee at the time of the licensee’s death are delivered to the Commissioner and the Commissioner ascertains that such alcoholic liquors have been received by the deceased person according to law, the Commissioner shall pay to the representative the amount originally received by the Commissioner for such alcoholic liquors less 10 percent thereof, or the appraised value less 10 percent thereof.
38 Del. Laws, c. 18, § ?31; Code 1935, § ?6160; 4 Del. C. 1953, § ?572; 57 Del. Laws, c. 741, § ?27B; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 486, § ?9;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 572
- alcoholic liquors: include the 5 varieties of liquor defined in this section (alcohol, spirits, wine, beer and alcoholic cider) as well as every liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine, beer or alcoholic cider and capable of being consumed by a human being, and any liquid or solid containing more than 1 of the 5 varieties defined in this section is considered as belonging to that variety which usually has the higher percentage of alcohol. See Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 101
- Commissioner: means the person appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate who serves as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commissioner for the State. See Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 101
- License: means any license or permit to manufacture, to sell, to purchase, to transport, to import or to possess alcoholic liquor authorized or issued by the Commissioner under the provisions of Chapter 5 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 101
- Person: includes an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a club or any other association of individuals. See Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 101