DE · rules
Del. Ct. Com. Pl. Civ. R. 58A
Transfer of judgment to Superior Court
(a) Motion not required. Judgments entered into the judgment docket in the Court of Common Pleas shall
not constitute a lien upon real estate pursuant to 10 Del. C. § 1325, but the judgment creditor may file a
duty certified transcript of the docket entries of the judgment in the Office of the Prothonotary of the
Superior Court. The Prothonotary, without necessity of a motion or an order, shall enter in his or her
judgment docket the names of the parties, the amount of the judgment, the name of the court in which the
judgment was recovered, the time from which interest runs and the amount of the costs, with the true date
of filing and entry. The judgment, so transferred, shall, from that date, become a lien on all the real estate
of the debtor in the county in the same manner and as fully as judgments rendered in the Superior Court
as liens, and may be executed and enforced in the same manner as judgments of the Superior Court.
(b) Effect of filing transcript. The filing of a transcript with the Prothonotary constitutes a transfer of the
judgment to the Superior Court.
(c) Retention of jurisdiction. The Court of Common Pleas shall retain jurisdiction for purposes of all post-
judgment proceedings with the exception of execution upon the judgment and/or sale of real estate
property.
History
Amended, effective Feb. 24, 1997; Apr. 26, 2002, effective June 24, 2002.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- 2026-09-23
- Content hash
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