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.
- § 4373A — Mandatory expungement; automatic
- § 4374 — Discretionary expungement; application to court
- § 4375 — Discretionary expungement following a pardon
- § 4376 — Disclosure of expunged records
- § 4377 — Notification to federal government
- § 4378 — Expungement of offenses resolved by probation before judgment and the first offenders controlled substances diversion program [Repealed]
- § 4381 — Earned good time
- § 4382 — Forfeiture of good time
- § 4383 — Earned compliance credit for probation
- § 4384 — [Reserved.] Subchapter IX House Arrest
- § 4391 — Definitions
- § 4392 — Identification and selection of participants
- § 4393 — Requirements for participation
- § 4394 — Requirements for continued participation
- § 441 — Ignorance or mistake of fact as defense
- § 4501 — Formal defects and clerical errors
- § 4502 — Stay of execution on writ of error or certiorari; requirements
- § 4503 — Convictions before alderman or mayor; advising accused of right to trial by Court of Common Pleas
- § 4504 — Postconviction remedy
- § 451 — Consent of victim to acts not involving physical injury as defense
- § 452 — Consent of victim to inflictions of physical injury as defense
- § 453 — Circumstances negativing consent as defense
- § 454 — Knowledge of victim’s age
- § 461 — Justification — A defense
- § 462 — Justification — Execution of public duty
- § 463 — Justification — Choice of evils
- § 464 — Justification — Use of force in self-protection
- § 465 — Justification — Use of force for the protection of other persons
- § 466 — Justification — Use of force for the protection of property
- § 467 — Justification — Use of force in law enforcement
- § 468 — Justification — Use of force by persons with special responsibility for care, discipline or safety of others
- § 469 — Justification — Person unlawfully in dwelling
- § 470 — Provisions generally applicable to justification
- § 471 — Definitions relating to justification
- § 472 — Mitigating factors and defenses based on a victim’s sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, or sex assigned at birth
- § 475 — Immunity as an affirmative defense
- § 476 — Racketeering activities; excluded defenses
- § 477 — Organized crime; renunciation
- § 501 — Criminal solicitation in the third degree; class A misdemeanor
- § 502 — Criminal solicitation in the second degree; class F felony
- § 503 — Criminal solicitation in the first degree; class E felony
- § 5101 — Writs or precepts to take persons indicted
- § 5102 — Subpoenas and warrants generally; enforcement
- § 5103 — Assignment of counsel
- § 5104 — Composition of Court in cases tried without jury; concurrence of all Judges sitting
- § 5105 — Legal counsel for public officers and employees
- § 5106 — Plea negotiations by the State
- § 511 — Conspiracy in the third degree; class A misdemeanor
- § 512 — Conspiracy in the second degree; class G felony
- § 5121 — Adoption; scope
- § 5122 — Conflict between rules and statutes
- § 513 — Conspiracy in the first degree; class E felony
- § 5131 — Legislative intent
- § 5132 — Definitions
- § 5133 — Expedited proceedings
- § 5134 — Additional rights and services
- § 521 — Conspiracy
- § 522 — Joinder and venue in conspiracy prosecutions
- § 523 — Criminal solicitation and conspiracy unaffected by matters relating to the complicity of other persons
- § 5301 — General provisions
- § 5302 — Rules of criminal procedure
- § 5303 — Election by accused to have case tried by Court when proceeding brought before justice of the peace
- § 5304 — Contempt; issuance of process in aid of jurisdiction
- § 5305 — Bail and commitment upon election to trial by Court
- § 5306 — Witness fees
- § 5307 — Legal counsel for public officers and employees
- § 5308 — Preliminary hearing
- § 531 — Attempt to commit a crime
- § 532 — “Substantial step” defined
- § 533 — Conduct intended to aid another to commit a crime
- § 541 — Criminal solicitation, conspiracy, attempt to commit a crime; defense of renunciation
- § 542 — Exemption of law-enforcement officers
- § 5901 — Advising accused of right to trial by Court of Common Pleas
- § 5902 — Assault; trial procedure
- § 5903 — Arrest upon complaint; escaped persons
- § 5906 — Examination of law-enforcement officer’s warrant of arrest; form
- § 5907 — Disposition of complaint by third person of an assault and battery [Repealed]
- § 5908 — Execution of warrant of arrest
- § 5909 — Proceedings on arrest
- § 5910 — Use of audiovisual devices
- § 5911 — Procedure where probable ground for accusation is found
- § 5912 — Subpoenas and warrants in criminal cases; enforcement
- § 5913 — Endorsing names of witnesses on commitments and recognizances
- § 5914 — Transcripts of docket entries
- § 5915 — Fines, costs and restitution; collection and disposition
- § 5916 — Collecting costs according to statute; acting as collecting agent; penalties [Repealed]
- § 5917 — Jurisdiction over violations of ordinances, codes and regulations of the governments of the several counties and municipalities; penalty; appeal; disposition of fines
- § 5918 — Records of warrants and bonds
- § 5919 — Legal counsel for public officers and employees [Repealed]
- § 5920 — Appeals
- § 601 — Offensive touching; unclassified misdemeanor; class A misdemeanor
- § 602 — Menacing; unclassified misdemeanor
- § 603 — Reckless endangering in the second degree; class A misdemeanor
- § 604 — Reckless endangering in the first degree; class E felony
- § 605 — Abuse of a pregnant female in the second degree; class C felony
- § 606 — Abuse of a pregnant female in the first degree; class B felony
- § 607 — Strangulation or suffocation; class B or D felony; penalty; affirmative defense
- § 607A — Aggravated strangulation; penalty; defenses
- § 611 — Assault in the third degree; class A misdemeanor
- § 612 — Assault in the second degree; class C or D felony
- § 613 — Assault in the first degree; class B felony
- § 614 — Abuse of a sports official; class G felony; class A misdemeanor
- § 615 — Assault by abuse or neglect; class B felony [Transferred]
- § 616 — Gang participation
- § 617 — Criminal youth gangs
- § 621 — Terroristic threatening
- § 622 — Hoax device; class F felony
- § 625 — Unlawfully administering drugs; class A misdemeanor
- § 626 — Unlawfully administering controlled substance or counterfeit substance or narcotic drugs; class G felony
- § 627 — Prohibited acts as to substances releasing vapors or fumes; unclassified misdemeanor
- § 628 — Vehicular assault in the third degree; class B misdemeanor [Transferred]
- § 628A — Vehicular assault in the second degree; class A misdemeanor
- § 629 — Vehicular assault in the first degree; class F felony
- § 630 — Vehicular homicide in the second degree; class D felony; minimum sentence; juvenile offenders
- § 630A — Vehicular homicide in the first degree; class C felony; minimum sentence; juvenile offenders
- § 631 — Criminally negligent homicide; class D felony
- § 632 — Manslaughter; class B felony
- § 633 — Murder by abuse or neglect in the second degree; class B felony
- § 634 — Murder by abuse or neglect in the first degree; class A felony
- § 635 — Murder in the second degree; class A felony
- § 636 — Murder in the first degree; class A felony
- § 641 — Extreme emotional distress
- § 645 — Promoting suicide; class F felony
- § 6501 — Establishment
- § 6502 — Purposes and construction; custody of inmates
- § 6503 — Definitions [Effective until Feb
- § 6504 — General powers and duties of the Department
- § 6505 — Powers of the Board [Repealed]
- § 6506 — Employment of personnel
- § 651 — Abortion; class F felony [Repealed]
- § 6516 — Commissioner in charge
- § 6517 — Duties and responsibilities of the Commissioner
- § 6518 — Adult Correction Healthcare Review Committee
- § 652 — Self-abortion; class A misdemeanor [Repealed]
- § 6520 — Establishment of bureaus
- § 6521 — Division of Field Services [Repealed]
- § 6523 — Rehabilitation services
- § 6524 — Special problem groups
- § 6525 — Treatment of inmates with mental illnesses and serious mental disorders; transfer
- § 6526 — Special facilities for witnesses and those awaiting trial
- § 6527 — Creation and responsibility of classification boards
- § 6529 — Institutional Classification Board; discretion of Department in adopting classification systems
- § 6529A — Institutional Release Classification Board
- § 653 — Issuing abortional articles; class B misdemeanor [Repealed]
- § 6530 — Classification committee; information
- § 6531 — Treatment and rehabilitation programs
- § 6531A — Education programs
- § 6532 — Work by inmates
- § 6533 — Outside employment; work release
- § 6534 — Payment of compensation
- § 6534A — Claims for costs of support; lien
- § 6534B — Delaware Correctional Industries Special Fund
- § 6535 — Discipline
- § 6536 — Medical care [For application of this section, see 85 Del
- § 6536A — Medical care [Effective July 21, 2026]
- § 6536B — Breastfeeding and lactation program [Effective July 21, 2026]
- § 6537 — Inmate contacts outside institution
- § 6538 — Furloughs
- § 6539 — Supervised custody program
- § 654 — “Abortion” defined [Repealed]
- § 6540 — Discharge allowance
- § 6541 — Publication of names of inmates on supervised custody, work release or furloughs
- § 6550 — Seal; authentication
- § 6551 — Cooperation with other departments and agencies
- § 6552 — Discharge of employees
- § 6553 — Compensation of employees [Repealed]
- § 6554 — Bond of officers and employees [Repealed]
- § 6556 — Facilities, equipment and supplies
- § 6557 — Offices and quarters
- § 6558 — Lands and buildings
- § 6559 — Contracts; limitations for interest
- § 6560 — Annual reports
- § 6561 — Police powers of correction officers, employees and internal affairs investigators
- § 6562A — Furnishing contraband; penalty
- § 6562B — Confiscated Contraband Interdiction Fund
- § 6563 — Incarceration upon arrest by private detective [Repealed]
- § 6564 — Violation of § 6563 of this title [Repealed]
- § 6565 — Mandatory training of correctional officers; exceptions; appropriations
- § 6570 — Title
- § 6571 — Interstate Corrections Compact
- § 6572 — Powers
- § 6573 — Execution
- § 6575 — Authorization
- § 6580 — Established; composition; purpose
- § 6581 — Sentencing guidelines
- § 6581A — Additional duties of the Commission
- § 6582 — Treatment Access Committee established
- § 6590 — Comprehensive plan
- § 6591 — Procedure
- § 6592 — Action for noncompliance with site selection process
- § 6593 — Private detention facilities; conduct prohibited
- § 6594 — Definitions
- § 6595 — Applicability
- § 6596 — Public display or public posting of a correctional officer’s personal information by government agencies
- § 6597 — Public display or public posting of a correctional officer’s personal information by persons
- § 6598 — Procedure for completing a written request
- § 6601 — Findings and purposes
- § 6602 — Definitions
- § 6603 — Use of restraints on pregnant prisoners; other prohibitions
- § 6604 — Enforcement