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Estate records from January 20, 1950 to the present can be found in the Delaware County Probate Court. Some of the records are on On-Base (since 2003), some can be located on microfiche and some are on microfilm. Records prior to January 20, 1950 will be located at the Records Center.

(a) If a will of a domiciliary or nondomiciliary decedent is admitted to probate in ance with this title, letters testamentary shall be granted by the Register of Wills of the county in which the decedent was domiciled, or in the case of a nondomiciliary in which the decedent owned real or personal property, to ...

Except where circumstances justify a longer period, an executor or administrator shall have 1 year from the date of letters for settling the estate of the decedent; and until the expiration of that time, the executor or administrator shall not be required to make distribution, nor be chargeable with interest upon the ...

Once a will is filed for a decedent, it becomes public record. Therefore, anyone can get copies or review files in our office. However, we only have information on people who were domiciled in New Castle County at the time of their death.

The Inventory shall be filed in the Office of the Register of Wills of the county in which the estate has been opened, or when no estate is opened, in the county where the Decedent lived at the date of death. The Inventory shall list all personal property the Decedent owned at the date of death.

Whenever there is a death in New Castle County, an estate must be probated if: The decedent had more than $30,000 in personal property in his/her name alone, or. The decedent owned Delaware real estate in his/her name alone, either solely held or as a tenant in common.