485BPOS 1 delstatetax_485bpos.htm POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT FILED PURSUANT TO SECURITIES ACT RULE 485(B)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

File No. 002-57791
File No. 811-02715
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 /X/              
 
       Pre-Effective Amendment No. ________ /   /
 
  Post-Effective Amendment No.        63        /X/
 
and/or
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940   /X/
 
Amendment No.        63      
 
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
 
DELAWARE GROUP STATE TAX-FREE INCOME TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
        2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania       19103-7094
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 523-1918
 
David F. Connor, Esq., 2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7094
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

      /X/              immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
/   / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
/   /   60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  /   /     on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/   /   75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
/   / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

      /   /              this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.



SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on this 18th day of July, 2013.

DELAWARE GROUP STATE TAX-FREE INCOME TRUST  
   
   
By:   /s/ Patrick P. Coyne  
       Patrick P. Coyne  
  Chairman/President/Chief Executive Officer  

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Signature               Title       Date
/s/ Patrick P. Coyne       Chairman/President/Chief Executive Officer   July 18, 2013
Patrick P. Coyne       (Principal Executive Officer) and Trustee    
             
Thomas L. Bennett   *   Trustee   July 18, 2013
Thomas L. Bennett            
             
Joseph W. Chow * Trustee July 18, 2013
Joseph W. Chow      
       
John A. Fry   *   Trustee   July 18, 2013
John A. Fry            
             
Anthony D. Knerr   *   Trustee   July 18, 2013
Anthony D. Knerr            
             
Lucinda S. Landreth   *   Trustee   July 18, 2013
Lucinda S. Landreth            
             
Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa   *   Trustee   July 18, 2013
Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa            
 
Thomas K. Whitford * Trustee July 18, 2013
Thomas K. Whitford
             
Janet L. Yeomans   *   Trustee   July 18, 2013
Janet L. Yeomans            
             
J. Richard Zecher   *   Trustee   July 18, 2013
J. Richard Zecher            
             
Richard Salus   *   Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer   July 18, 2013
Richard Salus       (Principal Financial Officer)    
 
       *By:    /s/ Patrick P. Coyne       
Patrick P. Coyne  
as Attorney-in-Fact for each of the persons indicated
(Pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed)



INDEX TO EXHIBITS
(Delaware Group® State Tax-Free Income Trust N-1A)

Exhibit No.              Exhibit  
EX-1-101.INS XBRL Instance Document
 
EX-1-101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
EX-1-101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
 
EX-1-101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
 
EX-1-101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase