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23 DE Code § 1104. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 11. Obstructing Navigation|§ 1104. Obstructions interfering with use of shore or harbor.

§ 1104. Obstructions interfering with use of shore or harbor. Whoever causes any obstruction to be erected or placed or remain upon the shore of any navigable river in this State so as to interfere with the public use of the river shore or harbor of any city or town situated upon the bank of such river, and, after notice, allows the obstruction to remain unabated for the period of 30 days, shall be guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, and shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000. Upon conviction thereof, the defendant shall be required by order of court to remove such obstruction. Prosecutions under this section shall be brought in the county where such obstruction exists. The Attorney General, upon a proper representation by the authorities of any city or town of the existence of any obstruction in the harbor of such city or town, shall institute the proceedings as provided in this section. 15 Del. Laws, c. 117, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §  2952;  Code 1935, §  3460;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1104;
23 DE Code § 1105. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 11. Obstructing Navigation|§ 1105. Mistreatment of buoy, beacon and daymark; notice; penalty; disposition of fine.

§ 1105. Mistreatment of buoy, beacon and daymark; notice; penalty; disposition of fine. Whoever moors any vessel or vessels of any kind or name whatsoever or any raft or any part of a raft to any buoy, beacon or daymark placed in the waters of Delaware by the authority of the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, or, in any manner, hangs on with any vessel, raft or part of a raft to any such buoy, beacon or daymark, or wilfully removes, damages or destroys any such buoy, beacon or daymark, or cuts down, removes, damages or destroys any beacon or beacons erected on land in this State by the authority of the Commandant, or having, through unavoidable accident, run down, dragged from its position, or in any way injured any buoy, beacon or daymark, and fails to give notice as soon as practicable of having done so to the Coast Guard inspection official of the district in which the buoy, beacon or daymark may be located, shall for every such offense be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 3 months. Two thirds of the fine shall be paid to the Commandant to be used in repairing the buoys and beacons. 16 Del. Laws, c. 156, §  1;  Code 1915, §  2953;  Code 1935, §  3461;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1105;
23 DE Code § 1106. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 11. Obstructing Navigation|§ 1106. Anchoring on range line of range lights; penalty.

§ 1106. Anchoring on range line of range lights; penalty. No vessel shall anchor on the range line of any range lights established by the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard in this State. The master of any vessel so anchoring shall be fined not more than $50. 16 Del. Laws, c. 156, §  2;  16 Del. Laws, c. 310, §  1;  Code 1915, §  2954;  Code 1935, §  3462;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1106;
23 DE Code § 1107. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 11. Obstructing Navigation|§ 1107. Lien on vessel causing damage.

§ 1107. Lien on vessel causing damage. The cost of repairing or replacing any buoy, beacon or daymark which has been misplaced, damaged or destroyed by any vessel or raft whatsoever, having been made fast to any such buoy, beacon or daymark, shall, when the same has been legally ascertained, be a lien upon such vessel or raft, and may be recovered against such vessel or raft and the owner or owners thereof in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction in the State. 16 Del. Laws, c. 156, §  3;  Code 1915, §  2955;  Code 1935, §  3463;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1107;
23 DE Code § 1108. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 11. Obstructing Navigation|§ 1108. Obstructions of navigation in St. Jones' River; penalties.

§ 1108. Obstructions of navigation in St. Jones' River; penalties. Whenever any obstruction to the navigation of the St. Jones' River occurs, by reason of dirt or other material falling or being washed into the River, in consequence of any wharf thereon being out of proper repair, the owner of the wharf shall remove the obstruction without delay. If the owner fails to do so, the owner shall be fined not less than $20 nor more than $500. The court shall, if the nuisance exists at the time of the conviction, make an order for its abatement. This section shall not apply in the case of obstructions arising from the nonrepair of any wharfing upon the River done by authority of the Department of Highways and Transportation for protection of a public road, but the Department of Highways and Transportation shall remove such obstructions, and the Department of Highways and Transportation shall be chargeable with the expenses thereof. 11 Del. Laws, c. 425, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §  2956;  40 Del. Laws, c. 107, §  1;  Code 1935, §  3464;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1108;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
23 DE Code § 1109. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 11. Obstructing Navigation|§ 1109. Anchoring regulations in St. Jones' River.

§ 1109. Anchoring regulations in St. Jones' River. No captain or commander of any vessel, boat, barge or scow shall moor, anchor or make fast in any manner to the west side of the St. Jones' River, commonly known as the Murderkill side, within 1/2 mile of the mouth of the River. All vessels, boats, barges or scows lying within 1/2 mile of the mouth of the river shall be anchored, moored or made fast upon the east or what is commonly known as the St. Jones' side of the river, and in such case not more than 2 shall lie abreast and in no case shall extend beyond the middle of the stream, and when so anchored, moored or made fast, the vessel, boat, barge or scow, being next to the channel, shall show the lights as prescribed by law. All vessels awaiting wind or tide above the limit shall moor or make fast (avoiding the channel) upon the convex or point side of the river, keeping the channel and the concave or bend side clear for vessels passing up or down. All vessels, boats, barges and scows going with the tide shall have the right-of-way, those going against the tide shall be considered as waiting tide or tide bound. The captain or commander of any vessel, boat, barge or scow upon entering the river shall house the anchor or anchors, that is to say, so place them that they will not protrude over the railings of their respective crafts. In case of damage resulting from collision or otherwise by reason of the violation of any of the provisions of this section, the owner or owners of the vessel, boat, barge or scow whose captain or commander has violated such provisions shall, as well as the captain or commander, be liable to the owner or owners whose vessel, boat, barge or scow is injured by reason of the violation as for gross negligence, and shall pay to the owner or owners of the vessel, boat, barge or scow suffering such injury all the actual damages sustained, together with damages caused from detention by reason of the injury, with cost of suit, to be recovered by a civil action. 18 Del. Laws, c. 618, §§  1-5;  Code 1915, §  2957;  Code 1935, §  3465;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1109;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
23 DE Code § 1110. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 11. Obstructing Navigation|§ 1110. Obstruction of navigation in Murderkill River and Spring Creek.

§ 1110. Obstruction of navigation in Murderkill River and Spring Creek. Whoever fills up or designedly or intentionally injures or obstructs any canal already cut between the waters of Murderkill River and Spring Creek, or either of the streams and the branches of the other, or injures or obstructs the navigation of the streams of the branches of Spring Creek, or either of them, by wears, hedges or in any other manner whatsoever, shall severally forfeit and pay $100, 1 moiety thereof to the use of the county and the other moiety thereof to the use of the person or persons who will sue for the same before any justice of the peace in Kent County. The justice shall have full power and authority to hear and determine all questions arising under this section. Upon an affidavit being made before any justice of the peace in Kent County stating that any obstruction is made as contemplated by this section, the justice shall authorize some suitable person to cause the obstructions to be removed and to call to assistance a sufficient number of persons to make such removal, and certify to the justice the costs of doing the same, which costs, in any proceeding against the person who it is ascertained caused such obstruction, shall be recovered in addition to the fine imposed by this section. 12 Del. Laws, c. 220, §§  1, 2;  16 Del. Laws, c. 310, §  1;  Code 1915, §  2958;  Code 1935, §  3466;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1110;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
23 DE Code § 1111. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 11. Obstructing Navigation|§ 1111. Removal or destruction of channel stakes in Murderkill River; penalty.

§ 1111. Removal or destruction of channel stakes in Murderkill River; penalty. Whoever wilfully destroys or removes any of the stakes settled and planted to designate the channel of Murderkill River, by and under the authority of 13 Del. Laws, c. 153, shall be fined $20 for each stake removed. 13 Del. Laws, c. 153, §  2;  16 Del. Laws, c. 310, §  1;  Code 1915, §  2959;  Code 1935, §  3467;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1111;
23 DE Code § 1112. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 11. Obstructing Navigation|§ 1112. Liability for collision caused by anchoring in Deep Hole below Broadkiln Creek.

§ 1112. Liability for collision caused by anchoring in Deep Hole below Broadkiln Creek. Whenever any captain or commander of a vessel anchors any vessel under the captain's or commander's charge within the limits of the place known as the Deep Hole, just below the mouth of Broadkiln Creek, in Sussex County, and whenever, if by reason of the anchoring of the vessel in such place, the vessel so anchoring is injured by collision with another vessel, the captain or commander of the vessel so anchoring shall be held liable as for gross negligence, and shall pay to the owner or owners of the vessel suffering such injury all the actual damages sustained, with costs of suit, to be recovered by a civil action. Whenever by reason of the anchoring of any vessel in such place any other vessel is injured by collision with the vessel so anchoring, the owner or owners of the vessel so anchoring shall be held liable to the owner or owners of the vessel so injured, as for gross negligence, and shall pay to the owner or owners of the vessel suffering such injury all the actual damages sustained, with costs of suit, to be recovered by a civil action. 13 Del. Laws, c. 152, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §  2960;  Code 1935, §  3468;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1112;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
23 DE Code § 1113. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 11. Obstructing Navigation|§ 1113. Regulations for anchoring at mouth of Mahon's River; penalties; jurisdiction.

§ 1113. Regulations for anchoring at mouth of Mahon's River; penalties; jurisdiction. No boat or vessel of any kind or description shall anchor, moor, make fast or cause to be anchored, moored or made fast so it may swing in the western half of the mouth of Mahon's River, commencing at Mahon's Light House and ending at or abreast of the road between the store of Walter Hendrickson and the steamboat wharf. The mouth of Mahon's River on the western side must at all times be kept clear of all obstructions, either of vessels at anchor or moored therein, or anchors, chains, hawsers or lines, from the shore on the west side to the middle of the river or harbor from where Mahon's Light House now stands to the road. Nothing in this section shall interfere with vessels or boats made fast to wharves or to the shore loading or unloading. When they are hauled close to the wharf or shore, both ends of such boat or vessel must be made fast and not more than 1 abreast. Whoever, either permanently or temporarily in charge of any vessel or boat, anchors, moors or makes fast, or causes to be anchored, moored or made fast the same, or obstructs with lines or in any manner whatsoever any part of the River or harbor mentioned in this section shall be fined $10 for each offense, together with the costs of the prosecution, and, upon failure to pay such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than 3 months, if the fine and costs be not sooner paid. Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction of offenses under this section. Whoever violates this section shall be liable for damages for any loss of life or property or for any injury to person or property caused by such violation. 21 Del. Laws, c. 272, §§  1-3;  Code 1915, §  2961;  Code 1935, §  3469;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1113;
23 DE Code § 1301. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 13. Vessel Property|§ 1301. Control by owner or owners of more than half part; master's refusal to surrender; penalty.

§ 1301. Control by owner or owners of more than half part; master's refusal to surrender; penalty. Every vessel owned by a citizen or citizens of this State shall be subject to the control of the vessel's owner, if there be but 1, or, if such vessel be owned by several jointly or in common, the vessel shall be subject to the control of the owner or owners of more than a 1/2 half part. The owner or owners of such share may discharge the master of such vessel, though the master be a part owner, and may maintain a civil action against the master to recover possession of the vessel if the master refuse to deliver the vessel to the owner or owners or to an agent, and recover damages for the detention. If such master, upon being discharged, refuses or neglects to deliver to such owner or owners of more than a half part, or to an agent, on demand, the vessel with all the vessel's papers, tackle, apparel and furniture, the master shall be fined $100. Code 1852, §§  1236-1238;  Code 1915, §  2989;  Code 1935, §  3482;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1301;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
23 DE Code § 1302. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 13. Vessel Property|§ 1302. Forcible, fraudulent or secret taking of vessel; penalty.

§ 1302. Forcible, fraudulent or secret taking of vessel; penalty. Whoever forcibly, fraudulently or secretly takes or attempts to take and remove any vessel from any harbor, river, creek or sound within this State, on any pretense whatever, shall be fined not more than $500, and shall restore to the owners the vessel and cargo or the full value thereof. Code 1852, §  1239;  Code 1915, §  2990;  Code 1935, §  3483;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1302;
23 DE Code § 1304. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 13. Vessel Property|§ 1304. Vessels and property relating to vessels adrift or abandoned on private property.

§ 1304. Vessels and property relating to vessels adrift or abandoned on private property. (a) Abandoned vessels and property relating to vessels on the strand on private property, such as private waters, private subaqueous land, private marinas, private docks, and private boatyards, may be seized, removed, transported, preserved, stored, and disposed of by the Department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter upon written request to the Department by the private property owner, if the Department receives funding to provide such a service. (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:  (1) A vessel whose owner has not complied with the terms of a financial agreement to pay docking, mooring, storage, or similar fees at a private marina, dock, boatyard, or other nautical facility, yet allows the vessel to remain at the marina, dock, boatyard, or other facility; (2) A vessel whose owner trespasses on private property by leaving that owner's vessel in another person's boat slip or dockspace without the permission of the other person.76 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
23 DE Code § 1305. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 13. Vessel Property|§ 1305. Penalties; jurisdiction.

§ 1305. Penalties; jurisdiction. A person who abandons a vessel or property relating to a vessel on public or private property for more than 30 days or who violates any other provision of § 1303 or § 1304 of this title is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $500 for each offense. In addition, the sentencing official shall order the person to reimburse the Department for all expenses incurred by the Department in the enforcement of §§ 1303 and 1304 of this title, including seizure, removal, transportation, preservation, storage, and disposal expenses of or for abandoned vessels and for property relating to a vessel. Superior Court has jurisdiction over violations of this chapter. 76 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  3;
23 DE Code § 1501. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 15. Wharf Lines and Bulkheads|§ 1501. Limitation on wharves in City of New Castle.

§ 1501. Limitation on wharves in City of New Castle. Whoever builds or extends any wharf or wharves or landing places, filled up solid from the foundation into the Delaware River, further than by the determination and limitation by the City Council of the City of New Castle of the wharf line in front of the city upon the river, under 14 Del. Laws, c. 546, which they shall be allowed to do, or neglects or refuses to leave such proper sluice ways in the wharves or landing places (as may be necessary) in the proper places thereof, according to such limitation or determination, shall forfeit and pay for every such offense the sum of $500, besides the costs of prosecution, 1 moiety for the use of the City of New Castle to be paid to the City Council of the city, and the other moiety for the use of the person who sues for the same, and any such wharf extended beyond the limitation fixed may and shall be abated and removed by the City of New Castle. 14 Del. Laws, c. 546, §  2;  Code 1915, §  2962;  Code 1935, §  3470;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1501;
23 DE Code § 1502. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 15. Wharf Lines and Bulkheads|§ 1502. Laurel River; wharf lines and limitations.

§ 1502. Laurel River; wharf lines and limitations. Commissioners appointed under 18 Del. Laws, c. 224, having adjusted and determined certain limits on each side of the Laurel River in Sussex County, from the iron bridge over the river down river, to which wharves may be extended out into the river, and having returned their proceedings in that behalf, together with a plot showing the limits to the clerk of the peace of such County, in accordance with such statute, no person, for any purpose whatsoever, shall construct or cause to be constructed on either side of the Laurel river, between the iron bridge and the point down the river as determined upon by the Commissioners, any wharf, platform, landing place, marine railway, pier, piles, abutment or other obstruction to the current of the river, extending into the river beyond the limits adjusted and determined on by the return. No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, or have or keep on either side of the Laurel River, between the iron bridge and the point down the river, as determined upon by the Commissioners, and within the limits adjusted and determined (that is to say, between either 1 of the limits and the shore with respect to which such limits shall be fixed), any wharf or platform supported on piles, piers or abutments so fixed as to leave spaces between them open to the river, or construct or cause to be constructed, have or keep between the points and within the limit to be adjusted and determined any sluice way or sluice ways in any wharf built or to be built on the river. 18 Del. Laws, c. 244, §§  1-3;  18 Del. Laws, c. 456, §  1;  Code 1915, §§  2963, 2964;  Code 1935, §§  3471, 3472;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1502;
23 DE Code § 1503. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 15. Wharf Lines and Bulkheads|§ 1503. Enforcement of Laurel River restrictions.

§ 1503. Enforcement of Laurel River restrictions. The Levy Court Commissioners of Sussex County, upon complaint of 1 or more inhabitants of either of the Fourth or Fifth Representative Districts, that any wharf, platforms, landing place, marine railway, pier, pile, abutment or other obstruction of the river has been constructed and is held or kept in or upon the Laurel River contrary to § 1502 of this title, shall, upon giving at least 10 days' notice to the owner or occupier of the same, hear and determine such complaint, and, if necessary, view and examine the matter or thing complained of. If the Levy Court Commissioners shall, upon such hearing, adjudge that the matter or thing complained of is held or kept contrary to such section, they shall forthwith deliver to the owner or occupier of any such wharf, platform, landing place, marine railway, pier, pile, abutment or other obstruction a certified copy of their finding in that behalf and a written notice to remove the same. If any such wharf, platform, landing place, marine railway, pier, pile, abutment or other obstruction be not removed or conformed to such section within 90 days after the delivery of such certified copy, the person holding the same as the owner thereof shall forfeit and pay to any person who will sue for the same the sum of $500, to be recovered with costs of suit as debts of like amount are by law recoverable, 1/2 of the penalty to be for the use of the person suing therefor, and the residue thereof to be for the use of Broad and Little Creek Hundreds. The Prothonotary of Sussex County, if any such wharf, platform, landing place, marine railway, pier, pile, abutment or other obstruction be not removed or conformed to such section within 90 days after the delivery of such certified copy, without delay, shall issue a warrant or writ directed to the Sheriff of the County commanding the sheriff to abate such wharf, platform, landing place, marine railway, pier, pile, abutment or other obstruction, or to conform the same to such section, whereupon the Sheriff shall forthwith proceed to abate the same or to conform the same to such section. The expenses incurred in carrying into effect this provision shall be such as the Levy Court shall allow, and the same having been paid by the County Treasurer, the amount thereof may be recovered in the name of the County of Sussex from the owner or occupier of the matter or thing abated, as debts of like amount are by law recoverable. 18 Del. Laws, c. 244, §  4;  Code 1915, §  2965;  Code 1935, §  3473;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1503;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
23 DE Code § 1504. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 23 - Navigation and Waters|Chapter 15. Wharf Lines and Bulkheads|§ 1504. Drainage into Laurel River.

§ 1504. Drainage into Laurel River. Nothing contained in §§ 1502 and 1503 of this title shall be construed to prevent the Town of Laurel from constructing, erecting or providing proper sluices, culverts and waste ways for the drainage of the town or to prevent the present drains or gutters from being emptied into Laurel River. 18 Del. Laws, c. 244, §  7;  Code 1915, §  2966;  Code 1935, §  3474;  23 Del. C. 1953, §  1504;