Kent County Taxes Due September 30th : Extended Hours

Kent County officials are reminding residents that county property taxes are due by Tuesday, September 30, 2025. To accommodate taxpayers and ensure timely payments, the Tax Office will remain open until 7:00 PM on Tuesday, September 30th.

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Notice of Smoke Testing- Kent County Sewer

Kent County Department of Public Works and Duke’s Root Control (Duke’s) will be smoke testing the sewer lines throughout the County.
Please see below link for further information.
If you have any questions, please contact our office at 302-744-2430.

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WDEL reports on Eliminating Illegal Restrictive Covenants & ID data

Published on March 05, 2025

Read the transcript of the radio news report on Redaction of illegal restrictive covenants and personally identifying data.

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Delaware State News reports on rooting out racist language in deeds

Published on February 27, 2025

The Delaware State News covers the Deeds office project of asking the public to help find illegal restrictive covenants which contain racist and other unlawful language of the past.

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WBOC reports on eliminating illegal restrictive covenants

Published on February 27, 2025

WBOC reports that racist language exists in older deeds and the public's help is requested to help eliminate it. The coverage fails to mention that only illegal and unenforceable language in Restrictive Covenants will be eliminated, the deeds are historic and will not be altered even if racist, sexist, or other illegal language exists.

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Recorder's Press Release about illegal covenants based on race

Published on February 21, 2025

Read Recorder Thornton's press release during Black History Month about redaction of illegal restrictive covenants based on race and other characteristics.

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Illegal Restrictive Covenants Exist in Historic Deeds

Published on February 13, 2025

Recorder Thornton explains how the public can help find illegal restrictive covenants in historic deeds to eliminate them.

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California Resident helps erase Racist Language in property Deeds

Published on December 22, 2024

Learn how a California man is helping to erase racist language directed against Asians. Learn how AI may make this task more manageable in the future.

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States grapple with racist language in real estate deeds

Published on November 16, 2024

The State of Delaware and many others allow homeowners to erase discriminatory language in restrictive covenants. One State is trying to erase the effects caused by illegal restrictive covenants according to this Stateline article carried by AP.

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Many Property Deeds, even former Joe Biden home, had racist language

Published on October 07, 2022

Read how racist language was found in a deed for a property once owned by President Joe Biden. It's more common than you think. Here is what you can do if you find it in your deed or HOA/Condominium documents.

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Homeowners Fight Deeds that Exclude Buyers based on Race

Published on January 05, 2021

Read how a Maryland woman discovered racist language in the deed of her 1940-era home near Washington DC and how she gathered a dozen neighbors together to find similar language so the Recorder could eliminate the offensive language from property documents.

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Kent County Taxes Due September 30th : Extended Hours

Notice of Smoke Testing- Kent County Sewer

In the News

WDEL reports on Eliminating Illegal Restrictive Covenants & ID data

Delaware State News reports on rooting out racist language in deeds

WBOC reports on eliminating illegal restrictive covenants

Recorder's Press Release about illegal covenants based on race

Illegal Restrictive Covenants Exist in Historic Deeds

California Resident helps erase Racist Language in property Deeds

States grapple with racist language in real estate deeds

Many Property Deeds, even former Joe Biden home, had racist language

Homeowners Fight Deeds that Exclude Buyers based on Race

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