Delaware

Delaware Code — Title 21, Motor Vehicles

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

• § 2707 — License qualifications
• § 2708 — School bus driver’s qualifications
• § 2709 — Out-of-state school bus drivers; qualifications
• § 2710 — Issuance of a Level 1 Learner’s Permit and Class D operator’s license to persons under 18 years of age
• § 2711 — Application for license
• § 2712 — Application for temporary instruction permits and Class D operator’s license for persons age 18 or older
• § 2713 — Examination of applicants; waiver of examination
• § 2714 — Special examination
• § 2715 — Driver license renewal cycle; fees; photograph [For application of this section, see 85 Del
• § 2716 — Permanent license; fees; expiration
• § 2717 — Refusal to issue license; appeal
• § 2718 — Information on licenses [For application of this section, see 85 Del
• § 2719 — Records
• § 2720 — Replacement licenses; requirements; fee [For application of this section, see 85 Del
• § 2721 — Duty to sign and carry license
• § 2722 — Restricted licenses based on driver’s physical limitations
• § 2723 — Medical Advisory Board
• § 2724 — Medical evaluation of drivers; suspension; review
• § 2725 — Standards
• § 2726 — Motorcycle rider education program — Established
• § 2727 — Motorcycle rider education program — Requirements for instructors
• § 2728 — Motorcycle Rider Education Advisory Committee
• § 2731 — Duty of courts and police officers
• § 2732 — Mandatory revocation or suspension of license or refusal to renew or issue a duplicate license
• § 2733 — Discretionary suspension or revocation of license or driving privileges
• § 2734 — Appeal
• § 2735 — New license after revocation; exception
• § 2736 — Notice; evidence of motor vehicle records
• § 2737 — Fee for return of suspended license and/or driving privileges
• § 2738 — Fee for return of revoked license or driving privileges
• § 2739 — Fee for occupational and conditional license
• § 2739A — Suspension resulting from active military duty; reinstatement
• § 2740 — Consent to submit to chemical test; probable cause; test required
• § 2741 — Administration of test; refusal to take test
• § 2742 — Revocation; notice; hearing [Effective upon fulfillment of the contingency in 81 Del
• § 2743 — Duration of revocation
• § 2744 — Appeal
• § 2745 — Results of test available upon request
• § 2746 — Persons qualified to administer tests
• § 2747 — Alternate tests; physical incapacity
• § 2748 — Civil liability
• § 2749 — Refusal to submit as admissible in evidence
• § 2750 — Admissibility in evidence of results of chemical test
• § 2751 — Unlawful application for or use of license or identification card
• § 2752 — False statements
• § 2753 — Operation of vehicle by unlicensed minor
• § 2754 — Employment of unlicensed person
• § 2755 — Authorizing or permitting the operation of a motor vehicle by another
• § 2756 — Driving vehicle while license is suspended or revoked; penalty
• § 2757 — Penalties
• § 2758 — Driving during period of denial; penalties
• § 2759 — Liability for towing expenses
• § 2760 — Duplication, reproduction, manufacture and sale, altering, or counterfeiting of driver licenses or identification cards; presenting fraudulent identification and driving authority source documents
• § 2761 — Licensing of taxicab and limousine operators
• § 2762 — License endorsed for taxicab and limousine
• § 2763 — Qualifications for taxicab and limousine license
• § 2764 — Fee for taxicab authorization [For application of this section, see 85 Del
• § 2765 — Out-of-state taxi and limousine drivers; qualifications
• § 2801 — Declaration of policy
• § 2802 — “Habitual offender” defined
• § 2803 — Certification of record to Attorney General
• § 2804 — Attorney General to initiate court proceeding; petition
• § 2805 — Service of petition; order to show cause
• § 2806 — Hearing; procedure
• § 2807 — Court’s findings; judgment; prothonotary to submit copy
• § 2808 — Appeals
• § 2809 — Prohibition against issuance of driver’s license or operation of motor vehicle; restoration of privilege
• § 2810 — Driving after judgment prohibited; penalty; jurisdiction
• § 2811 — Determination by the Attorney General
• § 2812 — No existing law modified
• § 2813 — Computation of number of convictions
• § 2814 — Additional penalty when convicted of an offense which would render an individual an habitual offender
• § 2901 — Motor vehicles exempted
• § 2902 — Motor vehicle liability policy
• § 2903 — Certain policies unaffected by chapter
• § 2904 — Self-insurers
• § 2905 — Assigned risks
• § 2906 — Cancellation or termination of insurance policy
• § 2907 — Disclosure of information relating to insurance
• § 2908 — Administration and enforcement
• § 2909 — Availability of other remedies
• § 2910 — Rights of bona fide transferees and lienors unaffected
• § 2911 — Construction with other laws
• § 2912 — Uniformity of interpretation
• § 2913 — Insurance for automobile transports
• § 2927 — Security required of nonresidents involved in accidents in this State
• § 2941 — Court reports on nonpayment of judgments
• § 2942 — Suspension of license for nonpayment of judgments
• § 2943 — Duration of suspension of license
• § 2944 — Satisfaction of judgments
• § 2945 — Installment payment of judgments; default
• § 2947 — Methods of giving proof
• § 2948 — Certificate of insurance as proof
• § 2949 — Certificate furnished by nonresident as proof
• § 2950 — Bond as proof
• § 2951 — Money or securities as proof
• § 2953 — Substitution of proof
• § 2954 — Requirement of other proof
• § 2955 — [Reserved.] Subchapter IV Penalties
• § 2971 — Penalties
• § 2972 — Surrender of license
• § 301 — General duty of Departments
• § 302 — Rules and regulations
• § 303 — Forms
• § 304 — Examiners for operators’ licenses; appointment; use of local officers
• § 305 — Privacy act governing the release of motor vehicle driving history and license records
• § 307 — Deposits and disbursements
• § 308 — Contingent fund for refund of renewal registration fees
• § 309 — Sale of motor vehicle in possession of Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security
• § 310 — Notice to Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security of motor vehicles in possession of imprisoned persons
• § 3101 — Identification cards
• § 3102 — Application
• § 3103 — Issuance fee; renewal; qualifications
• § 3104 — Contents of identification cards
• § 3105 — Issuance of replacement cards; fee [For application of this section, see 85 Del
• § 3106 — Signature
• § 3107 — False statements
• § 3108 — Penalties
• § 311 — Notice to Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security of motor vehicles stored and unmoved for 30 days
• § 31113 — (28) “Foreign vehicle” includes every motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer which is brought into this State otherwise than in the ordinary course of business by or through a manufacturer or dealer and which has not been registered in this State
• § 312 — Report of stolen or recovered motor vehicles; index
• § 313 — Accident statistics and reports; evidence
• § 31309 — (6) “CDLIS motor vehicle record” means a report generated from the CDLIS driver record meeting the requirements for access to CDLIS information and provided by states to users authorized in 49 C.F.R
• § 314 — Uncollectible fees; penalties
• § 315 — Failure to report change of address; penalty
• § 316 — Exceptions from application of certain provisions of this title
• § 318 — Notarial fees; penalty
• § 3201 — Definitions
• § 3202 — Applicability
• § 3203 — Power of attorney is durable
• § 3204 — Execution of personal power of attorney — Requirements; notice; certification
• § 3205 — Execution of personal power of attorney— Validity; limited durable power of attorney; copies
• § 3206 — Nomination of guardian of person or property; relation of agent to court-appointed fiduciary
• § 3207 — When the personal power of attorney is effective
• § 3208 — Termination of personal power of attorney or agent’s authority
• § 3209 — Concurrent agents, joint agents, and successor agents
• § 3210 — Reimbursement and compensation of agent
• § 3211 — Agent’s acceptance
• § 3212 — Agent’s duties
• § 3213 — Exoneration of agent
• § 3214 — Judicial relief
• § 3215 — Agent’s resignation; notice
• § 3216 — Acceptance of and reliance upon acknowledged personal power of attorney
• § 3217 — Acceptance of electronic signatures
• § 3301 — Transporter license requirements
• § 3302 — Transporter location and business requirements
• § 3303 — Issuance of transporter license
• § 3304 — Expiration and renewal of transporter license
• § 3305 — Prohibited acts
• § 3306 — Acts of officers, directors, partners, employees, and agents
• § 3307 — Denial of an application for licensure or renewal of a transporter license; suspension or revocation of a transporter license
• § 3308 — Notification of intent to suspend or revoke a license or deny an original or renewal application
• § 3309 — Effect of denial of original or renewal application or revocation on applicant or licensee
• § 3310 — Hearings
• § 3311 — Return of license and transporter plates
• § 3312 — Cease and desist orders and injunctive relief
• § 401 — Power of Secretary to make agreements with other states; general character; conditions
• § 402 — Equalizing fee on vehicles registered to nonresidents
• § 403 — Base state registration reciprocity
• § 404 — Declarations of extent of reciprocity; when
• § 405 — Extension of reciprocal privileges to lessees authorized
• § 406 — Automatic reciprocity; when
• § 407 — Suspension of reciprocity benefits
• § 408 — Agreements to be written, filed and available for distribution
• § 409 — Reciprocity agreements in effect on May 5, 1964
• § 410 — Protection of State’s income
• § 4101 — Provisions refer to vehicles upon highways; exceptions; powers of local authorities
• § 4102 — Required obedience to traffic laws
• § 4103 — Obedience to authorized persons directing traffic
• § 4104 — Persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles
• § 4105 — Persons and vehicles working on highways and utilities; exceptions
• § 4106 — Authorized emergency vehicles
• § 4107 — Obedience to and required traffic-control devices
• § 4108 — Traffic-control signal legend
• § 4109 — Pedestrian-control signals
• § 4110 — Traffic signals
• § 4111 — Display of unauthorized signs, signals or markings
• § 4112 — Interference with official traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals or other street signs
• § 4112A — Traffic control signal preemption devices
• § 4114 — Driving on right side of roadway; exceptions
• § 4114A — Lane travel restrictions on certain roadways
• § 4115 — Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions
• § 4116 — Overtaking a vehicle or bicycle on the left
• § 4117 — When overtaking on the right is permitted
• § 4118 — Limitations on overtaking on the left
• § 4119 — Further limitations on driving to left of center of roadway
• § 4120 — No-passing zones; exceptions
• § 4121 — One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands
• § 4122 — Driving on roadways laned for traffic
• § 4123 — Following too closely
• § 4124 — Driving on divided highways
• § 4125 — Turning off roadway by slow-moving vehicle
• § 4126 — Unlawful use of controlled-access highways; penalties
• § 4127 — Unlawful evasion of Delaware Turnpike and the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway; harassment of toll collectors; penalty; appeal; jurisdiction; payment of minimum fine before trial
• § 4128 — Delaware Memorial Bridge; toll evasion; payment of minimum fine before trial
• § 4129 — Civil penalty for evasion of tolls
• § 4130 — Vehicle obstructing traffic
• § 4131 — Vehicle approaching or entering intersection
• § 4132 — Vehicle turning left
• § 4133 — Vehicle entering roadway