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11 DE Code § 862. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 862. Possession of forgery devices; class G felony.

§ 862. Possession of forgery devices; class G felony. A person is guilty of possession of forgery devices when:  (1) The person makes or possesses with knowledge of its character and intending to use it unlawfully any plate, die or other device, apparatus, equipment or article specifically designed for use in counterfeiting or otherwise forging written instruments; or (2) The person makes or possesses any device, apparatus, equipment or article capable of or adaptable to use for purposes of forgery, intending to use it unlawfully. Possession of forgery devices is a class G felony. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  862;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 203, §  22;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 863. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 863. Forgery and related offenses; definition.

§ 863. Forgery and related offenses; definition. “Written instrument” means any instrument or article containing written or printed matter or the equivalent thereof, used for the purpose of reciting, embodying, conveying or recording information or constituting a symbol or evidence of value, right, privilege or identification. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  863;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;
11 DE Code § 871. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 871. Falsifying business records; class A misdemeanor.

§ 871. Falsifying business records; class A misdemeanor. (a) For purposes of this section, “medical record” means a record that pertains to a person's medical history, evaluations, tests, diagnoses, prognoses, laboratory reports, medical imaging, treatments, prescriptions, or any other information used in assessing a person's physical, mental, or emotional condition. (b) A person is guilty of falsifying business records when, with intent to defraud, the person:  (1) Makes or causes a false entry in the business records of an enterprise; or (2) Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true entry in the business records of an enterprise; or (3) Omits to make a true entry in the business records of an enterprise in violation of a duty to do so which the person knows to be imposed by law or by the nature of the person's position; or (4) Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission thereof in the business records of an enterprise; or (5) Alters or modifies, or causes the alteration or modification of the medical record of any person; or (6) Creates or causes to be created any false medical record.  (c) Falsifying business records is a class A misdemeanor. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  871;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 275, § 1;
11 DE Code § 872. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 872. Falsifying business records; defense.

§ 872. Falsifying business records; defense. In any prosecution for falsifying business records it is an affirmative defense that the defendant was a clerk, bookkeeper or other employee who, without personal benefit, merely executed the orders of the employer or of a superior officer or employee generally authorized to direct the defendant's activities. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  872;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 873. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 873. Tampering with public records in the second degree; class A misdemeanor.

§ 873. Tampering with public records in the second degree; class A misdemeanor. A person is guilty of tampering with public records in the second degree when, knowing that the person does not have the authority of anyone entitled to grant it, the person knowingly removes, mutilates, destroys, conceals, makes a false entry in or falsely alters any record or other written instrument filed with, deposited in or otherwise constituting a record of a public office or public servant. Tampering with public records in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  873;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 876. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 876. Tampering with public records in the first degree; class E felony.

§ 876. Tampering with public records in the first degree; class E felony. A person is guilty of tampering with public records in the first degree when, with intent to defraud, and knowing that the person does not have the authority of anyone entitled to grant it, the person knowingly removes, mutilates, destroys, conceals, makes a false entry in or falsely alters any record or other written instrument filed with, deposited in or otherwise constituting a record of a public office or public servant. Tampering with public records in the first degree is a class E felony. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  876;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 877. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 877. Offering a false instrument for filing; class A misdemeanor.

§ 877. Offering a false instrument for filing; class A misdemeanor. A person is guilty of offering a false instrument for filing when, knowing that a written instrument contains a false statement or false information, and intending to defraud the State, a political subdivision thereof or another person, the person offers or presents it to a public office or a public servant with the knowledge or belief that it will be filed with, registered or recorded in or otherwise become a part of the records of the public office or public servant. Offering a false instrument for filing is a class A misdemeanor. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  877;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 878. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 878. Issuing a false certificate; class G felony.

§ 878. Issuing a false certificate; class G felony. A person is guilty of issuing a false certificate when, being a public servant authorized by law to make or issue official certificates or other official written instruments, and with intent to defraud, deceive or injure another person, the person issues such an instrument, or makes the same with intent that it be issued, knowing that it contains a false statement or false information. Issuing a false certificate is a class G felony. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  878;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 881. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 881. Bribery; class A misdemeanor.

§ 881. Bribery; class A misdemeanor. A person is guilty of bribing when:  (1) The person offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon any employee, agent or fiduciary without the consent of the latter's employer or principal, with intent to influence the latter to take some action with regard to the latter's employer's or principal's affairs which would not be warranted upon reasonable consideration of the factors which that person should have taken into account; or (2) The person offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon duly appointed representative of a labor organization or duly appointed trustee or representative of an employee welfare trust fund, with intent to influence the latter in respect to any of that person's acts, decisions or duties as a representative or trustee; or (3) The person offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon a participant in a sports contest, with intent to influence that the participant not to give the best effort in a sports contest; or (4) The person offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon an official in a sports contest, with intent to influence the official to perform duties improperly. Bribing is a class A misdemeanor. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  881;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 882. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 882. Bribe receiving; class A misdemeanor.

§ 882. Bribe receiving; class A misdemeanor. A person is guilty of bribe receiving if:  Being an employee, agent or fiduciary and, without the consent of the employer or principal, the person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that the benefit will influence the person to take some action with regard to the employer's or principal's affairs which would not be warranted upon reasonable consideration of the factors which the person should have taken into account; or Being a duly appointed representative of a labor organization or a duly appointed trustee or representative of an employee welfare trust fund, the person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that the benefit will influence the person in respect to any of the person's acts, decisions or duties as representative or trustee; or Being a participant in a sports contest, the person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that the person will thereby be influenced not to give the best effort in a sports contest; or Being an official in a sports contest, the person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that the person will perform duties improperly. Bribe receiving is a class A misdemeanor. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  882;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 891. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 891. Defrauding secured creditors; class A misdemeanor.

§ 891. Defrauding secured creditors; class A misdemeanor. A person is guilty of defrauding secured creditors if the person destroys, removes, conceals, encumbers, transfers or otherwise deals with property subject to a security interest, intending to defeat enforcement of that interest. Defrauding secured creditors is a class A misdemeanor. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  891;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 892. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 892. Fraud in insolvency; class A misdemeanor.

§ 892. Fraud in insolvency; class A misdemeanor. A person is guilty of fraud in insolvency when, with intent to defraud any creditor and knowing that a receiver or other person entitled to administer property for the benefit of creditors has been appointed, or that any other composition or liquidation for the benefit of creditors has been made, the person:  (1) Conveys, transfers, removes, conceals, destroys, encumbers or otherwise disposes of any part of or any interest in the debtor's estate; or (2) Obtains any substantial part of or interest in the debtor's estate; or (3) Presents to any creditor or to the receiver or administrator any writing or record relating to the debtor's estate knowing the same to contain a false material statement; or (4) Misrepresents or fails or refuses to disclose to the receiver or administrator the existence, amount or location of any part of or any interest in the debtor's estate, or any other information which the person is legally required to furnish to the administrator. Fraud in insolvency is a class A misdemeanor. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  892;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 893. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 893. Interference with levied-upon property; class A misdemeanor.

§ 893. Interference with levied-upon property; class A misdemeanor. A person is guilty of interference with levied-upon property when the person hides, destroys or removes from the county in which it is situated when levied upon or seized any property which the person knows has been levied upon or seized under execution, attachment process or distress for rent. Interference with levied-upon property is a class A misdemeanor. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  893;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 900. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 900. Issuing a bad check; class A misdemeanor; class G felony.

§ 900. Issuing a bad check; class A misdemeanor; class G felony. (a) A person is guilty of issuing a bad check when the person issues or passes a check knowing that it will not be honored by the drawee. For the purpose of this section, as well as in any prosecution for theft committed by means of a bad check, it is prima facie evidence of knowledge that the check (other than a postdated check) would not be honored that:  (1) The issuer had no account with the drawee at the time the check was issued; or (2) Payment was refused by the drawee upon presentation because the issuer had insufficient funds or credit, and the issuer failed to make good within 10 days after receiving notice of that refusal. Issuing a bad check is a class A misdemeanor unless the amount of the check is $1,500 or more, in which case it is a class G felony. (b) The failure of any business or other commercial entity, prior to the completion of a transaction (other than a transaction by mail) for which a check is accepted in person by the payee as consideration for goods or services provided by the payee, to:  (1) Request and inspect the person's valid driver's license or other photo identification card, which lists the person's name, address, date of birth and approximate height and weight, to validate the identity of the person presenting the check; and (2) Record on the check being presented the person's name, driver's license number, if such person has a driver's license, date of birth and address, may result in the refusal of a law-enforcement agency to investigate violations of subsection (a) of this section. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  900;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 125, §  1;  65 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  6;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 211, §  7;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 501, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 133, §  8;
11 DE Code § 900A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 900A. Conditional discharge for issuing a bad check as first offense.

§ 900A. Conditional discharge for issuing a bad check as first offense. (a) Whenever any person who has not previously been convicted of issuing or passing a bad check under § 900 of this title or under any statute of the United States or of any state relating to the issuing or passing of bad checks pleads guilty to issuing or passing a bad check in violation of § 900 of this title in an amount under $1,500 at the time of arraignment, the court without entering a judgment of guilt and with the consent of the accused may defer further proceedings and place the accused on probation upon terms and conditions, which terms and conditions shall include payment of full restitution in the amount of the check plus any reasonable service fee in connection therewith to the victim of the offense and payment to the State of any court costs associated with the offense. Upon violation of a term or condition, the court may enter an adjudication of guilt and proceed as otherwise provided. (b) Upon fulfillment of the terms and conditions, the court shall discharge the person and dismiss the proceedings against the person and shall simultaneously with said discharge and dismissal submit to the State Bureau of Identification pursuant to Chapter 85 of this title the disposition specifying the name of the person and the nature of the proceedings which dispositional information shall be retained by the State Bureau of Identification in accordance with its standard operating procedures. (c) Discharge and dismissal under this section shall be without adjudication of guilt and is not a conviction for purposes of disqualifications or disabilities imposed by law upon conviction of a crime. There may be only 1 discharge and dismissal under this section with respect to any person and no person who is charged with multiple violations of § 900 of this title is eligible for treatment as a first offender under this section. 66 Del. Laws, c. 252, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 211, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 133, §  9;
11 DE Code § 901. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 901. Definition of “issues” and “passes.”

§ 901. Definition of “issues” and “passes.” (a) “Issues.” — A person issues a check when, as drawer thereof or as a person who signs a check as drawer in a representative capacity or as agent of the person whose name appears thereon as the principal drawer or obligor, the person delivers it or causes it to be delivered to a person who thereby acquires a right against the drawer with respect to the check. One who draws a check with intent that it be so delivered is deemed to have issued it if the delivery occurs. (b) “Passes.” — A person passes a check when, being a payee, holder or bearer of a check which previously has been or purports to have been drawn and issued by another, the person delivers it, for a purpose other than collection to a third person who thereby acquires a right with respect thereto. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  901;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 902. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 902. Issuance of bad check by employee as affirmative defense.

§ 902. Issuance of bad check by employee as affirmative defense. In any prosecution for issuing a bad check, it is an affirmative defense that the accused, in acting as drawer in a representative capacity or as agent of the person whose name appears on the check as principal drawer or obligor, did so as an employee who, without personal benefit, merely executed the orders of the employer or of a superior officer or employee generally authorized to direct the accused's activities. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  902;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 903A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 903A. Reencoder and scanning devices.

§ 903A. Reencoder and scanning devices. (a) Any person who knowingly, wilfully, and with the intent to defraud, possesses a scanning device, or who knowingly, wilfully, and with intent to defraud, uses a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card is guilty of a class D felony. (b) Any person who knowingly, wilfully, and with the intent to defraud, possesses a reencoder, or who knowingly, wilfully, and with intent to defraud, uses a reencoder to place encoded information on the computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card or any electronic medium that allows an authorized transaction to occur, without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card from which the information is being reencoded is guilty of a class D felony. (c) Any scanning device or reencoder described in subsection (e) of this section allegedly possessed or used in violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be seized and upon conviction shall be forfeited. (d) Any computer, computer system, computer network, or any software or data, owned by the defendant, which is used during the commission of any public offense described in this section or any computer, owned by the defendant, which is used as a repository for the storage of software or data illegally obtained in violation of this section shall be subject to forfeiture. (e) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:  (1) “Reencoder” means an electronic device that places encoded information from the computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card onto the computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a different payment card or any electronic medium that allows an authorized transaction to occur. (2) “Scanning device” means a scanner, reader, or any other electronic device that is used to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card. (f) Nothing in this section shall preclude prosecution under any other provision of law. 74 Del. Laws, c. 248, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 260, §  3;
11 DE Code § 904. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 904. Definition of “payment card”.

§ 904. Definition of “payment card”. “Payment card” includes any instrument or device, whether known as a credit card, credit plate, bank service card, banking card, check guarantee card, electronic benefits transfer (“EBT”) card, or debit card or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in obtaining money, goods, services, or anything else of value on credit, by the withdrawing of funds from a deposit account, or through the use of value stored on the card. “Payment card” also includes the number that is assigned to the card even if the physical card, instrument or device is not used or presented. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  904;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 260, §  1;
11 DE Code § 905. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5. Specific Offenses|Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property|§ 905. Intention and ability to meet obligations as affirmative defense.

§ 905. Intention and ability to meet obligations as affirmative defense. In any prosecution for unauthorized use of a payment card under § 903(a)(4) of this title it is an affirmative defense that the accused had the intention and ability to meet all obligations to the issuer arising out of the use of the card. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  905;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 260, §  4;