Delaware · Delaware Code — Title 21, Motor Vehicles

Del. Code (Title 21) § 4414: Penalty; prima facie evidence of wilful abandonment; jurisdiction

What this law says, in plain English

Wilfully abandoning a vehicle on a highway or another's property without consent is punishable by a fine of $28.75 to $115. Not retrieving a vehicle within 7 days is evidence of wilful abandonment.

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