TITLE 10

Courts and Judicial Procedure

Procedure

CHAPTER 49. Executions

Subchapter XII. Scire Facias on Judgments

§ 5071. Issuance for execution on judgments and recognizances; parties.

A writ of scire facias may be sued upon a judgment in a personal, or mixed action, as well as upon a judgment in a real action, as also upon all recognizances, to obtain execution of such judgment, or recognizances. Such writ may be sued by and against the parties to the judgment, or recognizance, and also by and against any other persons entitled, or liable, to the execution thereof, whether as executors, administrators, heirs, terre tenants, or otherwise.

Code 1852, §  2490;  Code 1915, §  4407;  Code 1935, §  4865;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  5071; 

§ 5072. Execution on judgments in civil actions.

(a) An execution may be issued upon a judgment in a civil action at any time within 5 years from the time when such judgment was entered or rendered, or from the time when such judgment became due; or to collect any instalment of a judgment within 5 years from the time when such instalment fell due.

This section shall only apply to cases when no execution has been previously issued to collect such judgment or instalment, and to cases where 1 or more have been issued for such purpose, and it appears by the return of the officer that such judgment or instalment, as the case may be, has not been paid or satisfied. As to all other cases the law shall remain unaffected.

(b) No judgment shall be deemed to be paid or satisfied, in whole or in part, by a levy on execution process, unless it appears otherwise than by the fact of such levy that such payment or satisfaction has been made.

11 Del. Laws, c. 451;  Code 1915, §  4408;  Code 1935, §  4866;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  5072; 

§ 5073. Execution on judgments of the Court of Common Pleas or justices of the peace.

An execution may be issued upon a judgment recovered before the Court of Common Pleas or a justice of the peace, and of which a transcript has been filed and entered in the Superior Court, or on a judgment upon an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas or a justice of the peace, at any time within 5 years from entering the transcript, or giving the judgment on appeal, without scire facias, unless it is necessary to make a party defendant. A party plaintiff may be made by suggesting the facts and stating the proper party on the record, without scire facias, and the proceeding shall be in the name of the proper party so stated.

Code 1852, §  2491;  Code 1915, §  4409;  Code 1935, §  4867;  10 Del. C. 1953, §  5073;