Editing New Castle County, Delaware (section)

====County row offices====
The county retains the concept of "row offices" from Pennsylvania, so-called because all of these county offices could be found in a row in smaller courthouses. In Delaware, these offices are [[Clerk of the Peace|clerk of the peace]], [[Recorder of Deeds|recorder of deeds]], register of wills, and [[sheriff]].

The office of clerk of the peace is unique among the 50 states; the office-holder's function is almost exclusively to perform marriages. The current incumbent is Kenneth W. Boulden Jr. (D)

The [[Recorder of Deeds|recorder of deeds]] is Michael Kozikowski (D). His office is responsible for receiving and recording [[deed]]s, [[mortgage law|mortgages]] and satisfactions thereof, assignments, commissions of [[judge]]s, [[notary public|notaries]], and military officers. The recorder of deeds' office is heavily computerized; electronic images of all recent documents and many others are available the office is in the process of imaging further back with the eventual goal of all documents in the office's possession being available electronically. Computerized indexing and searching is also available.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncc-deeds.com/ |title=New Castle County Recorder of Deeds Public Web Access |publisher=Ncc-deeds.com |date=May 1, 2007 |access-date=August 20, 2011 |archive-date=May 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516050330/http://www.ncc-deeds.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The register of wills is Ciro Poppiti, III. His office receives and records [[will (law)|will]]s and small-estate affidavits upon an individual's death, and issues [[letters of administration]] to estate [[executor]]s.

The [[sheriff]] of New Castle County has two divisions, criminal and civil. The criminal division is based in the New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington. The deputies assigned to this division organize and manage [[Mittimusses|capias]] returns. They also transport prisoners for Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas, and Family Court. The civil division serves legal process, performs levies & impounds and sells property in satisfaction of [[Judgment (law)|judgment]]s. The civil division also locates and apprehends individuals wanted for civil capias. The current sheriff is Scott T. Phillips.