Revised 09/2018
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.O. Box 743
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Phone: (302) 855-7875
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sussexcountyde.gov
STATE OF DELAWARE
INVENTORY
for
Register of Wills
Date Filed: ___________________
Decedent’s Name:
Residence at Time of Death:
Number and Street
___________________________________________ Decedent’s Social Security #:
City, State and Zip Code
Date of Death: ________________________________ Date Letters Granted:
Testate: Intestate: County: New Castle Kent Sussex
Name of Personal Representative:
Address of Personal Representative:
Name of Personal Representative:
Address of Personal Representative:
Name and Address of Attorney, if any:
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Everyone required to file this Inventory form shall do so within three (3) months after the estate is opened, or within
three (3) months of the date of death when an estate is not opened. Extensions may be granted for good cause at the
discretion of the Register. Any Personal Representative may be subject, personally and individually, to a fine under
12 Del. C.
§ 1906 if the Inventory is not filed on time. 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. It must also list
all real estate the Decedent owned at the date of death and must provide the parcel/lot number of each piece of real estate,
the names/address(es) of the new owner(s) of the real estate, and his/her/their relationship to the Decedent (for example,
son). The Inventory must also be filed in every county of the state in which the Decedent owned real estate at the date of
death. The person who is responsible for preparing and filing the Inventory must swear or affirm that the information in it is
true and correct before the Inventory will be treated as legally filed.
If the Decedent owned no property of the kind described in any of the following schedules, the word “None” should
be written on the page.
If the Decedent died before January 1, 1999, the person responsible for filing this Inventory must file a similar
inventory with the Division of Revenue using its form. This must be done within nine (9) months from the date of death, not
from the date when the estate was opened.
The person who opens an estate for a deceased person is called the “personal representative.” That term includes
an executor, administrator, and any other person responsible for filing an Inventory.
If more space is needed on any of the following schedules, additional sheets of paper of the same size may be
inserted following the appropriate schedule, provided the added sheet refers to the schedule it supplements.
The value to be used for any property listed on this Inventory is the fair market value as of the date of death of the
Decedent.