Delaware House Bill 249 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: Passed on May 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-05-11 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act provides that appraisal for the value of goods and chattel seized by execution shall be done using generally recognized appraisal standards based on the type of property seized and/or the training and experience of the constable. For example, an automobile would be appraised using the generally accepted industry standard of the Kelly Blue Book. If no such standard valuation of goods is available, the officer shall use his or her training, education and experience in valuing the goods, as has been the tradition. Additionally, this Act provides that the Justice of the Peace Court will develop rules and/or policy regarding the bidding process to promote a fair value sale, to the benefit of both the judgment creditor and the judgment debtor.

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Levy And Constable Sales.

Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]
Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]
Sen. Karen Peterson [D]

2016-05-03 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-11	House	Signed by Governor
2016-05-03	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-04-20	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2016-04-13	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2016-04-12	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 37 YES 0 NO 2 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-01-27	House	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable
2016-01-20	House	Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/0bb70aa0ad7fe83c85257f3f005ef564?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+249/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/67b90156d16448e085257fa8006af44d?OpenDocument