Delaware

Delaware Code — Title 11, Crimes and Criminal Procedure

1,279 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1001 — Bigamy; class G felony
• § 1002 — Bigamy; defenses
• § 1003 — Bigamous marriage contracted outside the State
• § 1004 — Advertising marriage in another state
• § 101 — Short title
• § 102 — Applicability to offenses committed prior to July 1, 1973
• § 103 — Applicability to offenses committed after July 1, 1973
• § 1100 — Definitions relating to children
• § 1100A — Dealing in children; class E felony
• § 1101 — Abandonment of child; class E felony; class F felony
• § 1102 — Endangering the welfare of a child; class A misdemeanor; class B, C, D, E, or G felony
• § 1102A — Abandonment of a baby at a safe haven as defense
• § 1103 — Child abuse in the fourth degree; class A misdemeanor
• § 1103A — Child abuse in the third degree; class D felony
• § 1103B — Child abuse in the second degree; class B felony
• § 1103C — Child abuse in the first degree; class A felony
• § 1103D — Child torture; class B felony
• § 1103E — Continuous child abuse; class G or B felony
• § 1104 — Treatment of a child by a prayer as a defense to a charge of not providing medical care or treatment
• § 1105 — Crime against a vulnerable adult
• § 1106 — Unlawfully dealing with a child; class B misdemeanor
• § 1107 — Endangering children; unclassified misdemeanor
• § 1108 — Sexual exploitation of a child; class B or D felony
• § 1109 — Dealing in child sexual abuse material; class B or D felony
• § 1110 — Subsequent convictions of § 1108 or § 1109 of this title; class B felony
• § 1110A — Exclusion for §§1108 and 1109 of this title
• § 1111 — Possession of child sexual abuse material; class F felony
• § 1112 — Sexual offenders; prohibitions from school zones
• § 1112A — Sexual solicitation of a child; class C felony; class B felony
• § 1112B — Promoting sexual solicitation of a child
• § 1112C — Enticement for purposes of sexual contact; class F felony
• § 1113 — Criminal nonsupport and aggravated criminal nonsupport
• § 1114 — Body-piercing, tattooing or branding; consent for minors; civil and criminal penalties
• § 1114A — Tongue-splitting; class A misdemeanor; class B misdemeanor; class G felony; additional civil penalties
• § 1115 — Definitions
• § 1116 — Sale or distribution of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes to individuals under the age of 21 years
• § 1117 — Notice
• § 1118 — Distribution of samples or coupons
• § 1119 — Distribution of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes through vending machines
• § 1120 — Distribution of tobacco products
• § 1121 — Penalties
• § 1122 — Affirmative defense
• § 1123 — Liability of employer
• § 1124 — Purchase or receipt of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by minors [Repealed].
• § 1125 — Unannounced inspections; reporting; enforcement
• § 1126 — Jurisdiction
• § 1127 — Preemption
• § 1201 — Bribery; class E felony
• § 1202 — Bribery; defense
• § 1203 — Receiving a bribe; class E felony
• § 1204 — Theft or coercion no defense to receiving a bribe
• § 1205 — Giving unlawful gratuities; class A misdemeanor
• § 1206 — Receiving unlawful gratuities; class A misdemeanor
• § 1207 — Improper influence; class A misdemeanor
• § 1208 — Defect in office no defense
• § 1209 — Definitions relating to bribery and improper influence
• § 1210 — [Reserved.] B Abuse of Office
• § 1211 — Official misconduct; class A misdemeanor, class G, F, D, B felony
• § 1212 — Profiteering; class A misdemeanor
• § 1213 — Definitions relating to abuse of office
• § 1221 — Perjury in the third degree; class A misdemeanor
• § 1222 — Perjury in the second degree; class F felony
• § 1223 — Perjury in the first degree; class D felony
• § 1224 — Definition of “swears falsely.” A person “swears falsely” when the person intentionally makes a false statement or affirms the truth of a false statement previously made, knowing it to be false or not believing it to be true, while giving testimony or under oath in a written instrument or in an unsw
• § 1225 — Inconsistent statements under oath; no need to prove one false; framing indictment; proof of irreconcilable inconsistency; conviction of lesser offense
• § 1231 — Retraction of false statement as affirmative defense
• § 1232 — Perjury; no defense
• § 1233 — Making a false written statement; class A misdemeanor
• § 1234 — Corroboration of testimony of perjury or false written statement
• § 1235 — Perjury and related offenses; definitions
• § 1239 — Wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony; class E felony
• § 1240 — Terroristic threatening of public officials or public servants; class G felony
• § 1241 — Refusing to aid a police officer; class B misdemeanor
• § 1242 — Limitation of civil liability for aiding a police officer
• § 1243 — Obstructing fire-fighting operations; class A misdemeanor
• § 1244 — Hindering prosecution; class A misdemeanor
• § 1244A — Obstruction of justice; class D felony; class G felony; class A misdemeanor
• § 1245 — Falsely reporting an incident; class A misdemeanor
• § 1245A — Providing a false statement to law enforcement; class G felony; class A misdemeanor
• § 1246 — Compounding a crime; class A misdemeanor
• § 1247 — Defense to compounding a crime
• § 1248 — Obstructing the control and suppression of rabies
• § 1249 — Abetting the violation of driver’s license restrictions
• § 1250 — Offenses against law-enforcement animals
• § 1251 — Escape in the third degree; class A misdemeanor
• § 1252 — Escape in the second degree; class G felony
• § 1253 — Escape after conviction; class B felony; class C felony; class D felony
• § 1254 — Assault in a detention facility; penalty; class B and class D felony
• § 1256 — Promoting prison contraband; class F felony; class A misdemeanor
• § 1257 — Resisting arrest with force or violence, class G felony; resisting arrest, class A misdemeanor
• § 1257A — Use of an animal to avoid capture, class G felony; class A misdemeanor
• § 1258 — Escape and offenses relating to custody; definitions
• § 1259 — Sexual relations in detention facility; class G felony [Repealed].
• § 1260 — Misuse of prisoner mail; class A misdemeanor; class G felony
• § 1261 — Bribing a witness; class E felony
• § 1262 — Bribe receiving by a witness; class E felony
• § 1263 — Tampering with a witness; class E felony
• § 1263A — Interfering with child witness
• § 1264 — Bribing a juror; class E felony
• § 1265 — Bribe receiving by a juror; class E felony
• § 1266 — Tampering with a juror; class A misdemeanor
• § 1267 — Misconduct by a juror; class A misdemeanor
• § 1268 — Communications between jurors not tampering or misconduct
• § 1269 — Tampering with physical evidence; class G felony
• § 1271 — Criminal contempt; class A misdemeanor; class B misdemeanor
• § 1271A — Criminal contempt of a domestic violence protective order, lethal violence protective order, or sexual violence protective order; class A misdemeanor; class F felony
• § 1272 — Criminal contempt; summary punishment
• § 1273 — Unlawful grand jury disclosure; class B misdemeanor
• § 1274 — Offenses relating to judicial and similar proceedings; definitions
• § 1301 — Disorderly conduct; unclassified misdemeanor
• § 1302 — Riot; class F felony
• § 1303 — Disorderly conduct; funeral or memorial service
• § 1304 — Hate crimes; class A misdemeanor, class G felony, class F felony, class E felony, class D felony, class C felony, class B felony, class A felony
• § 1305 — Desecration; class A misdemeanor
• § 1306 — Cross or religious symbol burning; class A misdemeanor
• § 1307 — Civil remedies for violations of hate crimes and related offenses
• § 1308 — Hate crime reporting requirement
• § 1309 — Deprivation of civil rights; class A misdemeanor; class B and D felony
• § 1311 — Harassment; class A misdemeanor
• § 1312 — Stalking; class E felony, class D felony, class C felony
• § 1312A — Stalking; class F felony [Transferred]
• § 1313 — Malicious interference with emergency communications; class B misdemeanor
• § 1315 — Public intoxication; unclassified misdemeanor; violation
• § 1316 — Registration of out-of-state liquor agents; violation
• § 1320 — Loitering on property of a state-supported school, college or university; violation
• § 1321 — Loitering; violation
• § 1322 — Criminal nuisance; unclassified misdemeanor
• § 1323 — Obstructing public passages; violation
• § 1324 — Obstructing ingress to or egress from public buildings; unclassified misdemeanor
• § 1325 — Cruelty to animals; class A misdemeanor; class F felony
• § 1325A — The unlawful trade in dog or cat by-products; class B misdemeanor; class A misdemeanor, penalties
• § 1326 — Animals; fighting and baiting prohibited; class E felony
• § 1327 — Maintaining a dangerous animal; class E felony; class F felony; class A misdemeanor
• § 1330 — Smoking on trolleys and buses
• § 1331 — Desecration; class A misdemeanor [Transferred]
• § 1332 — Abusing a corpse; class A misdemeanor
• § 1333 — Trading in human remains and Associated Funerary Objects
• § 1334 — Unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system; unclassified misdemeanor; class B misdemeanor; class A misdemeanor
• § 1335 — Violation of privacy; class A misdemeanor; class G felony
• § 1336 — Wiretapping and electronic surveillance [Repealed]
• § 1337 — Definitions relating to riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses
• § 1338 — Bombs, incendiary devices, Molotov cocktails and explosive devices; class D felony
• § 1339 — Adulteration; class G felony; class E felony; class A felony
• § 1340 — Desecration of burial place [Transferred]
• § 1341 — Lewdness; class B misdemeanor
• § 1342 — Prostitution; class B misdemeanor
• § 1343 — Patronizing a prostitute prohibited
• § 1344 — Prostitution and patronizing a prostitute; no defense
• § 1345 — Screening for sexually transmissible diseases
• § 1351 — Promoting prostitution in the third degree; class F felony
• § 1352 — Promoting prostitution in the second degree; class E felony
• § 1353 — Promoting prostitution in the first degree; class C felony
• § 1354 — Promoting prostitution; attempt to promote prostitution; corroboration
• § 1355 — Permitting prostitution; class B misdemeanor
• § 1356 — Definitions relating to prostitution
• § 1361 — Obscenity; acts constituting; class E felony or class G felony; subsequent violations
• § 1362 — Obscenity; defenses
• § 1363 — Obscenity; presumption
• § 1364 — Definition of obscene
• § 1365 — Obscene literature harmful to minors; class A misdemeanor
• § 1366 — Outdoor motion picture theaters
• § 1367 — Unauthorized promotion of boxing, mixed martial arts or of a combative sports or combative sports entertainment or combative fighting match, contest, or event; class A misdemeanor
• § 1368 — Unauthorized participation in a boxing, mixed martial arts or in a combative sports or combative sports entertainment or combative fighting match, contest, or event; class A misdemeanor
• § 1401 — Advancing gambling in the second degree; class A misdemeanor
• § 1402 — Foreign lotteries; prima facie evidence; class A misdemeanor
• § 1403 — Advancing gambling in the first degree; class A misdemeanor
• § 1404 — Providing premises for gambling; class A misdemeanor; unclassified misdemeanor
• § 1405 — Possessing a gambling device; class A misdemeanor
• § 1406 — Being concerned in interest in keeping any gambling device; class A misdemeanor
• § 1407 — Engaging in a crap game; violation
• § 1408 — Merchandising plans are not gambling
• § 1408A — Savings promotion raffle not gambling
• § 1409 — Exemption of law-enforcement officer
• § 1411 — Unlawfully disseminating gambling information; class A misdemeanor
• § 1412 — Revocation of service contracts or denial of application for service; exemption from liability
• § 1413 — Exemption for operations of lottery under State control
• § 1421 — Obstructions; service of notice
• § 1422 — Posting of notice
• § 1423 — Contents of notice
• § 1424 — Hearing
• § 1425 — Findings of Court; order for removal
• § 1426 — Official removal upon noncompliance with removal order
• § 1427 — Collection of removal expenses; status of contractor; amount of lien
• § 1428 — Maintaining an obstruction; class A misdemeanor; a violation
• § 1431 — Telephone messages received or overheard by police as evidence
• § 1432 — Gambling; definitions
• § 1441 — License to carry concealed deadly weapons
• § 1441A — State implementation of the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (18 U.S.C
• § 1441B — State implementation of the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (18 U.S.C
• § 1442 — Carrying a concealed deadly weapon; class G felony; class D felony
• § 1443 — Carrying a concealed dangerous instrument; class A misdemeanor
• § 1444 — Possessing a destructive weapon; class E felony
• § 1445 — Unlawfully dealing with a dangerous weapon; unclassified misdemeanor; Class E or G felony
• § 1446 — Unlawfully dealing with a switchblade knife; unclassified misdemeanor [Repealed]
• § 1446A — Undetectable knives; commercial manufacture, import for commercial sale, or offers for commercial sale; or possession
• § 1447 — Possession of a deadly weapon during commission of a felony; class B felony
• § 1447A — Possession of a firearm or projectile weapon during commission of a felony; class B felony
• § 1448 — Possession and purchase of deadly weapons by persons prohibited; penalties
• § 1448A — Background checks and handgun qualified purchaser permit required for sales of firearms [For application of this section, see 84 Del
• § 1448B — Background checks and handgun qualified purchaser permit required for sales of firearms — Unlicensed persons [For application of this section, see 84 Del