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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MORTGAGES. | This Act amends the Real Estate Code to modernize the definition of purchase money mortgage under Delaware law to include lenders other than the seller of the mortgaged property who provide financing to purchase the property. Additionally, this Act extends the time period to record a purchase money mortgage from 5 days to 10 days and explicitly subordinates a mechanic’s lien under Chapter 27 of Title 25 to a purchase money mortgage. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 150 | SB 245 | Delaware SB 245 (150) |
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Delaware SB 245 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MORTGAGES.
This Act amends the Real Estate Code to modernize the definition of purchase money mortgage under Delaware law to include lenders other than the seller of the mortgaged property who provide financing to purchase the property. Additionally, this Act extends the time period to record a purchase money mortgage from 5 days to 10 days and explicitly subordinates a mechanic’s lien under Chapter 27 of Title 25 to a purchase money mortgage.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-06-12 Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate
introduction - 2020-06-23 Suspension of Rules in Senate
- 2020-06-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2020-06-23 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2020-06-25 Suspension of Rules in House
- 2020-06-25 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
passage - 2020-09-28 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa61da8c-4f86-4caa-95a2-5fbaf8991770. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).