(a) A corporate surety bond shall be executed to the State by the milk dealer, as principal, and by a corporate surety company. The Department of Agriculture shall have no power to reject any corporate surety bond which is so executed by a corporate surety company authorized to do business in this State as surety.

(b) An individual surety bond shall be executed to the State by the milk dealer, as principal, and by 1 or more individuals, as surety or sureties, who shall have sole title to real estate, the fair valuation of which, free and clear, or in excess of all encumbrances, shall be at least equal to the amount of the bond.

(c) A collateral bond shall be executed to the State by the milk dealer, as principal, shall set forth therein the collateral posted with such bond, and shall have attached thereto the collateral properly assigned and transferred to the State. The collateral posted with such bond shall be cash in an amount equal to the amount of the bond; or such bond shall be secured by an actual deposit with the Department of Agriculture, or with a bank, bank and trust company, or national bank within the State, of money to the full amount of the bond; or by securities to such amount, consisting of interest-bearing obligations of the United States government, of this State, or of any political subdivision of this State, or by any other security or securities approved by the Department of Agriculture. The security or securities deposited therewith shall constitute a trust fund for producers from whom the dealer purchases milk.

Code 1935, § 654D; 48 Del. Laws, c. 376, § 1; 3 Del. C. 1953, § 3165; 57 Del. Laws, c. 763, § 12.