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LAWS OF DELAWARE
VOLUME 83
CHAPTER 295
151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FORMERLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 274
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHANGE OF NAME.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend Chapter 59, Title 10 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 5903. Publication of petition prior to filing. [For application of this section, see 82 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 5]
Except for petitions under § 5901(b) of this title, no petition for change of name under this chapter shall be granted unless it affirmatively appears that the petition or a notice thereof has been published in a newspaper published in the county in which the proceeding is had, at least once a week for 3 weeks before the petition is filed.
Approved April 28, 2022