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2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter V. Offenses Relating to Children and Vulnerable Adults › § 1126. Jurisdiction.

§ 1126. Jurisdiction.
The Justice of the Peace Court has jurisdiction over violations of this subpart, except in the instance of violations by an individual who has not attained the age of 18, in which case the Family Court has jurisdiction.
70 Del. Laws, c. 318, §  4;  83 Del. Laws, c. 37, § 9;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter V. Offenses Relating to Children and Vulnerable Adults › § 1127. Preemption.

§ 1127. Preemption.
The provisions of this subpart shall preempt and supersede any provisions of any municipal or county ordinance or regulation on the subject of this subpart enacted after June 30, 1996.
70 Del. Laws, c. 318, §  4;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1201. Bribery; class E felony.

§ 1201. Bribery; class E felony.
A person is guilty of bribery when:
(1) The person offers, confers or agrees to confer a personal benefit upon a public servant upon an agreement or understanding that the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced; or
(2) The person offers, confers or agrees to confer a personal benefit upon a public servant or party officer upon an agreement or understanding that some person will or may be appointed to a public office or designated or nominated as a candidate for public office; or
(3) The person offers, confers or agrees to confer a personal benefit upon a public servant for having violated a duty as a public servant.
Bribery is a class E felony.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1201;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1202. Bribery; defense.

§ 1202. Bribery; defense.
In any prosecution for bribery under § 1201(1) of this title, it is a defense that the accused offered, conferred or agreed to confer the benefit upon the public servant as a result of conduct of the public servant constituting theft or coercion or an attempt to commit theft or coercion.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1202;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1203. Receiving a bribe; class E felony.

§ 1203. Receiving a bribe; class E felony.
(a) A public servant is guilty of receiving a bribe when the public servant solicits, accepts or agrees to accept a personal benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced.
(b) A public servant or party officer is guilty of receiving a bribe when the public servant solicits, accepts or agrees to accept personal benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that some person will or may be appointed to a public office or designated or nominated as a candidate for public office.
(c) A public servant is guilty of receiving a bribe when the public servant solicits, accepts or agrees to accept a personal benefit from another person for having violated the public servant's duty as a public servant.
Receiving a bribe is a class E felony.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1203;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1204. Theft or coercion no defense to receiving a bribe.

§ 1204. Theft or coercion no defense to receiving a bribe.
It is no defense to a prosecution for receiving a bribe that the conduct charged to constitute the offense also constitutes theft or coercion.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1204;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1205. Giving unlawful gratuities; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1205. Giving unlawful gratuities; class A misdemeanor.
A person is guilty of giving unlawful gratuities when the person knowingly offers, confers or agrees to confer any personal benefit upon a public servant for engaging in official conduct which the public servant is required or authorized to perform, and for which the public servant is not entitled to any special or additional compensation.
Giving unlawful gratuities is a class A misdemeanor.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1205;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1206. Receiving unlawful gratuities; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1206. Receiving unlawful gratuities; class A misdemeanor.
A public servant is guilty of receiving unlawful gratuities when the public servant solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any personal benefit for engaging in official conduct which the public servant is required or authorized to perform, and for which the public servant is not entitled to any special or additional compensation.
Receiving unlawful gratuities is a class A misdemeanor.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1206;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 283, § 10;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1207. Improper influence; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1207. Improper influence; class A misdemeanor.
A person is guilty of improper influence when:
(1) The person threatens unlawful harm to any person with intent to influence the latter's decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion as a public servant, party officer or voter; or
(2) The person threatens unlawful harm to any public servant or party officer with intent to influence that public servant or party officer to violate that public servant's or party officer's duty as a public servant or party officer.
Improper influence is a class A misdemeanor.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1207;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1208. Defect in office no defense.

§ 1208. Defect in office no defense.
It is no defense to a prosecution for improper influence that a person whom the accused sought to influence was not qualified to act in the desired way, whether because the person had not yet assumed office, or lacked jurisdiction or for any other reason.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1208;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1209. Definitions relating to bribery and improper influence.

§ 1209. Definitions relating to bribery and improper influence.
As used in §§ 1201-1208 of this title:
(1) “Harm” means loss, disadvantage or injury, or anything so regarded by the person affected, including loss, disadvantage or injury to any other person in whose welfare the person is interested.
(2) “Party officer” means a person who holds any position or office in a political party, whether by election, appointment or otherwise.
(3) “Personal benefit” means gain or advantage to the recipient personally or anything regarded by the recipient as such gain or advantage, including gain or advantage conferred on the behalf or at the request of the person upon another person in whose welfare the person is interested but not a gain or advantage promised generally to a group or class of voters as a consequence of public measures which a candidate engages to support or oppose.
(4) “Public servant” means any officer or employee of the State or any political subdivision thereof, including legislators and judges, and any person participating as juror, advisor or consultant in performing a governmental function but the term does not include witnesses. This definition includes persons who are candidates for office or who have been elected to office but who have not yet assumed office.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1209;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  62 Del. Laws, c. 109, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1212. Profiteering; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1212. Profiteering; class A misdemeanor.
A public servant is guilty of profiteering when, in contemplation of official action by the public servant or by a governmental entity with which the public servant is associated, or in reliance on information to which the public servant has access in an official capacity and which has not been made public:
(1) The public servant acquires a pecuniary interest in any property, transaction or enterprise which may be affected by the official action or information; or
(2) The public servant speculates or wagers on the basis of the official action or information; or
(3) The public servant aids another person to do any of the foregoing acts, intending to gain thereby a personal benefit.
Profiteering is a class A misdemeanor.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1212;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1213. Definitions relating to abuse of office.

§ 1213. Definitions relating to abuse of office.
(a) The definitions under § 1209 of this title apply to §§ 1211 and 1212 of this title.
(b) As used in § 1211 of this title:
(1) “Protective hairstyle” includes braids, locks, and twists.
(2) “Race” includes traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and a protective hairstyle.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1213;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 13, § 7;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1221. Perjury in the third degree; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1221. Perjury in the third degree; class A misdemeanor.
A person is guilty of perjury in the third degree when the person swears falsely.
Perjury in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1221;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1222. Perjury in the second degree; class F felony.

§ 1222. Perjury in the second degree; class F felony.
A person is guilty of perjury in the second degree when the person swears falsely and when the false statement is:
(1) Made in a written instrument for which an oath is required by law; and
(2) Made with intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of official functions; and
(3) Material to the action, proceeding or matter involved.
Perjury in the second degree is a class F felony.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1222;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1223. Perjury in the first degree; class D felony.

§ 1223. Perjury in the first degree; class D felony.
A person is guilty of perjury in the first degree when the person swears falsely and when the false statement consists of testimony and is material to the action, proceeding or matter in which it is made.
Perjury in the first degree is a class D felony.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1223;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1224. Definition of “swears falsely.”

§ 1224. Definition of “swears falsely.”
A person “swears falsely” when the person intentionally makes a false statement or affirms the truth of a false statement previously made, knowing it to be false or not believing it to be true, while giving testimony or under oath in a written instrument or in an unsworn declaration made pursuant to Chapter 53A of Title 10 or § 3927 of Title 10. A false swearing in a written instrument is not complete until the instrument is delivered by its maker, or by someone acting in the maker's behalf to another person with intent that it be uttered or published as true. A person who gives an oral and/or written statement while granted the privilege of the floor during a session of the House of Representatives or Senate of the General Assembly, whether or not that person is under oath, gives testimony within the scope of this section.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1224;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  76 Del. Laws, c. 193, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 332, §  2;  80 Del. Laws, c. 283, § 2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1225. Inconsistent statements under oath; no need to prove one false; framing indictment; proof of irreconcilable inconsistency; conviction of lesser offense.

§ 1225. Inconsistent statements under oath; no need to prove one false; framing indictment; proof of irreconcilable inconsistency; conviction of lesser offense.
When a person has made 2 statements under oath which are inconsistent to the degree that 1 of them is necessarily false, and the circumstances are such that each statement, if false, is perjurious, the inability of the prosecution to establish specifically which of the 2 statements is the false one does not preclude a prosecution for perjury. The prosecution may be conducted as follows:
(1) The indictment or information may set forth the 2 statements and, without designating either, charge that 1 of them is false and perjurious.
(2) The falsity of one or the other of the 2 statements may be established by proof of their irreconcilable inconsistency. Such proof is sufficient to establish a prima facie case of falsity.
(3) If perjury of different degrees would be established by the making of the 2 statements, hypothetically assuming that each is false and perjurious, the defendant may be convicted of the lesser degree at most.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1225;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1231. Retraction of false statement as affirmative defense.

§ 1231. Retraction of false statement as affirmative defense.
In any prosecution for perjury, it is an affirmative defense that the accused retracted the false statement in the course of the proceeding in which it was made, before the false statement substantially affected the proceeding and before it became manifest that its falsity was or would be exposed.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1231;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1232. Perjury; no defense.

§ 1232. Perjury; no defense.
It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that:
(1) The accused was not competent under the relevant rules of evidence to make the false statement alleged; or
(2) The accused mistakenly believed the false statement to be immaterial; or
(3) The oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner; or
(4) A document purporting to be made upon oath and uttered or published as so made by the accused was not in fact made under oath; or
(5) The court in which the acts constituting the offense were committed lacked jurisdiction over the person of the accused or over the subject matter.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1232;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1233. Making a false written statement; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1233. Making a false written statement; class A misdemeanor.
A person is guilty of making a false written statement when the person makes a false statement which the person knows to be false or does not believe to be true in a written instrument bearing a notice, authorized by law, to the effect that false statements therein are punishable.
Making a false written statement is a class A misdemeanor.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1233;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1234. Corroboration of testimony of perjury or false written statement.

§ 1234. Corroboration of testimony of perjury or false written statement.
In any prosecution for perjury or making a false written statement, falsity of a statement may not be established by the uncorroborated testimony of a single witness. Corroboration may be made by circumstantial evidence.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1234;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1235. Perjury and related offenses; definitions.

§ 1235. Perjury and related offenses; definitions.
(a) A statement is “material” when, regardless of its admissibility under the rules of evidence, it could have affected the course or outcome of the proceeding.
(b) “Oath” includes an affirmation and every other mode authorized by law of attesting the truth of that which is stated.
(c) An affidavit, deposition or other written instrument is one for which an “oath is required by law” when, absent an oath, it does not or would not, according to statute or appropriate regulatory provisions, have legal efficacy in a court of law or before any public or governmental body, agency or public servant to whom it is or might be submitted.
(d) “Public servant” has the meaning given in § 1209(4) of this title.
(e) “Swear” means to state under oath.
(f) “Testimony” means an oral statement made under oath in a proceeding before any court, body, agency, public servant or other person authorized to conduct the proceeding and to administer the oath or cause it to be administered.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1235;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1239. Wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony; class E felony.

§ 1239. Wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony; class E felony.
(a) A person who wears a hood, mask or other disguise during the commission of any felony is guilty of wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony. Wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony is a class E felony.
(b) A person may be found guilty of violating this section notwithstanding that the felony for which the person is convicted during which the person was wearing a disguise is a lesser included felony of the one originally charged.
70 Del. Laws, c. 372, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1240. Terroristic threatening of public officials or public servants; class G felony.

§ 1240. Terroristic threatening of public officials or public servants; class G felony.
(a) A person is guilty of terroristic threatening of a public official or public servant when the person threatens to commit any crime likely to result in death or in serious injury to a public official or public servant during or because of the public official's or public servant's exercise of the official's or servant's official functions.
(b) “Public official or public servant” includes any elected official, appointed official, officer or employee of the State or any political subdivision thereof, any judge or other judicial officer, any person participating as a juror, or any person acting as an advisor, contractor or consultant in performing a governmental function. “Public official or public servant” shall include persons who are candidates for office or who have been elected to office, but who have not yet assumed office. For the purposes of this section “public official or public servant” also includes any person who formerly held a position as a public official or public servant.
(c) Terroristic threatening of a public official or public servant is a class G felony.
70 Del. Laws, c. 551, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 176, §  13;  74 Del. Laws, c. 31, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1241. Refusing to aid a police officer; class B misdemeanor.

§ 1241. Refusing to aid a police officer; class B misdemeanor.
A person is guilty of refusing to aid a police officer when, upon command by a police officer identifiable or identified by the officer as such, the person unreasonably fails or refuses to aid the police officer in effecting an arrest, or in preventing the commission by another person of any offense.
Refusing to aid a police officer is a class B misdemeanor.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1241;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1242. Limitation of civil liability for aiding a police officer.

§ 1242. Limitation of civil liability for aiding a police officer.
(a) A person who complies with § 1241 of this title by aiding a police officer, upon command, to affect an arrest or prevent the commission of an offense, shall not be held liable to any person for any damages resulting therefrom; provided, that the person employs means which would have been employed by a reasonable person under the circumstances known to the person at the time.
(b) A duly licensed physician, medical technician or registered nurse requested to withdraw blood from a person by a police officer so as to prevent the loss of evidence of blood alcohol content or the presence of drugs in the blood stream, and a hospital employing such physician, technician or nurse shall not be liable for civil damages for any acts or omissions arising out of the taking of such sample, or the reporting of the results to law-enforcement officials.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1242;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  7;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1243. Obstructing fire-fighting operations; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1243. Obstructing fire-fighting operations; class A misdemeanor.
A person is guilty of obstructing fire-fighting operations when the person intentionally and unreasonably obstructs the efforts of any firefighter in extinguishing a fire, or prevents or dissuades another person from extinguishing or helping to extinguish a fire.
Obstructing fire-fighting operations is a class A misdemeanor.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1243;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1244. Hindering prosecution; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1244. Hindering prosecution; class A misdemeanor.
(a) A person is guilty of hindering prosecution when, with intent to prevent, hinder or delay the discovery or apprehension of, or the lodging of a criminal charge against, a person whom the person accused of hindering prosecution knows has committed acts constituting a crime, or is being sought by law-enforcement officers for the commission of a crime, the person accused of hindering prosecution:
(1) Harbors or conceals the person; or
(2) Warns the person of impending discovery or apprehension; or
(3) Provides the person with money, transportation, weapon, disguise or other means of avoiding discovery or apprehension; or
(4) Prevents or obstructs, by means of force, intimidation or deception, anyone from performing an act which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of the person or in the lodging of a criminal charge against the person; or
(5) Suppresses, by an act of concealment, alteration or destruction, any physical evidence which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of the person or in the lodging of a criminal charge against the person; or
(6) Aids the person to protect or profit expeditiously from an advantage derived from the person's crime.
(b) Hindering prosecution is a class G felony if the person commits any of the acts set forth in subsection (a) of this section with intent to prevent, hinder or delay the discovery or apprehension of, or the lodging of a criminal charge against, a person whom that person knows committed acts constituting a felony, or is being sought by law-enforcement officers for the commission of a felony.
(c) Hindering prosecution is a class A misdemeanor if the person commits any of the acts set forth in subsection (a) of this section with intent to prevent, hinder or delay the discovery or apprehension of, or the lodging of a criminal charge against, a person whom that person knows committed acts constituting a crime other than a felony, or is being sought by law-enforcement officers for the commission of a crime other than a felony.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1244;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 52, §§  1, 2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1244A. Obstruction of justice; class D felony; class G felony; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1244A. Obstruction of justice; class D felony; class G felony; class A misdemeanor.
(a) A person is guilty of obstruction of justice when the person corruptly intimidates, influences, obstructs, or impedes the administration of law, a law-enforcement investigation, or any other inquiry authorized by law, including criminal, civil, or administrative inquiries.
(b) Obstruction of justice is classified and punished as follows:
(1) Obstruction of justice is a class D felony if a person uses force, violence, or physical interference when the person commits or attempts to commit an act under subsection (a) of this section.
(2) Obstruction of justice is a class G felony if a person does any of the following when the person commits or attempts to commit an act under subsection (a) of this section:
a. Conceals, alters, or destroys material evidence.
b. Bestows money or any other benefit upon another person.
c. Commits a breach of official duty or creates an obstacle.
(3) If a person intentionally commits or attempts to commit any crime under the laws of this State, other than a crime enumerated under paragraphs (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section, when the person commits or attempts to commit an act under subsection (a) of this section, obstruction of justice is 1 class higher than the underlying offense.
(4) All other violations under subsection (a) of this section are a class A misdemeanor.
(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Corruptly” means acting with an improper purpose, personally or by influencing another, including any of the following:
a. Making a false or misleading statement.
b. Withholding, concealing, altering, or destroying a document or other information.
(2) “Obstacle” means any effort or scheme intended to delay or interfere with a law-enforcement investigation or any other inquiry authorized by law, including criminal, civil, or administrative inquiries. An “obstacle” may be a threat, act, or physical object.
(d) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(1) Flight by a person charged with a crime.
(2) Refusal to submit to arrest.
(e) Superior Court has exclusive jurisdiction over violations of this section.
84 Del. Laws, c. 228, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1245. Falsely reporting an incident; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1245. Falsely reporting an incident; class A misdemeanor.
A person is guilty of falsely reporting an incident when, knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated is false or baseless, the person:
(1) Initiates or circulates a false report or warning of or impending occurrence of a fire, explosion, crime, catastrophe or emergency under circumstances in which it is likely that public alarm or inconvenience will result or that fire-fighting apparatus, ambulance or a rescue vehicle might be summoned; or
(2) Reports, by word or action, to any official or quasi-official agency or organization having the function of dealing with emergencies involving danger to life or property, an alleged occurrence or impending occurrence of a fire, explosion or other catastrophe or emergency which did not in fact occur or does not in fact exist; or
(3) Reports to a law-enforcement officer or agency:
a. The alleged occurrence of an offense or incident which did not in fact occur; or
b. An allegedly impending occurrence of an offense or incident which is not in fact about to occur; or
c. False information relating to an actual offense or incident or to the alleged implication of some person therein; or
d. The alleged abduction of a child which would generate the activation of a state-wide and interstate alert response and law-enforcement broadcast when such abduction has not, in fact, occurred.
(4) Without just cause, calls or summons by telephone, fire alarm system or otherwise, any fire-fighting apparatus, ambulance or rescue truck.
Falsely reporting an incident is a class A misdemeanor, unless the defendant has violated this section previously, in which case it shall be a class G felony. In addition to the penalties otherwise authorized by law, any person convicted of an offense in violation of this section shall pay a fine of not less than $500, or less than $1,000 for a violation of paragraph (3)d. of this section, which fine cannot be suspended and be sentenced to perform a minimum of 100 hours of community service, and shall be required to reimburse the State, or other responding or other investigating governmental agency, for any expenses expended in the investigation and/or response to the incident falsely reported.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1245;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 469, §  1;  60 Del. Laws, c. 542, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 412, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 87, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 255, §  2;  75 Del. Laws, c. 86, §§  1, 2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1245A. Providing a false statement to law enforcement; class G felony; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1245A. Providing a false statement to law enforcement; class G felony; class A misdemeanor.
(a) A person is guilty of providing a false statement to law enforcement when, with intent to prevent, hinder or delay the investigation of any crime or offense by a law-enforcement officer or agency, the person knowingly provides any false written or oral statement to the law-enforcement officer or agency when such statement is material to the investigation.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) A “statement” is any oral or written assertion and includes, but is not limited to, any oral utterance, any written document or instrument, any computer-generated document or instrument, any police report, or any representation that a person makes under circumstances evidencing an intent that such be used or knowledge that a law-enforcement officer or agency may use such as an assertion of fact.
(2) A statement is “false” when such statement contains untrue, incomplete or misleading information concerning any fact or thing material to the investigation of a crime or offense by a law-enforcement officer or agency.
(3) A statement is “material” when, regardless of its eventual use or admissibility in an official proceeding, it could have affected the course or outcome of the investigation of a crime or offense by a law-enforcement officer or agency.
(4) An “official proceeding” includes any action or proceeding conducted by or before a legally constituted judicial, administrative or other governmental agency or official, in which evidence or testimony of witnesses may properly be received.
(c) Providing a false statement to law enforcement is a class G felony if the crime or offense being investigated is a felony.
(d) Providing a false statement to law enforcement is a class A misdemeanor if the crime or offense being investigated is other than a felony.
78 Del. Laws, c. 283, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1246. Compounding a crime; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1246. Compounding a crime; class A misdemeanor.
A person is guilty of compounding a crime when:
(1) The person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from a person upon any representation or pretense that criminal prosecution of such person shall be dropped, withheld or abandoned, or the sentence thereon reduced, or upon any promise to assert pretended influence to cause such criminal prosecution to be dropped, withheld or abandoned or the sentence thereon reduced; or
(2) The person offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon another person upon an agreement or understanding that the other person will refrain from initiating a prosecution for a crime.
Compounding a crime is a class A misdemeanor.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1246;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1247. Defense to compounding a crime.

§ 1247. Defense to compounding a crime.
In any prosecution for compounding a crime, it is an affirmative defense that the benefit did not exceed the amount which the accused believed to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by the crime.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1247;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1248. Obstructing the control and suppression of rabies.

§ 1248. Obstructing the control and suppression of rabies.
(a) A person is guilty of obstructing the control and suppression of rabies when the person violates any lawful order of authorized state employees, or their agents, in the enforcement of laws to control and suppress rabies, pursuant to Chapter 82 of Title 3, or prevents or dissuades another person from complying with such orders.
(b) Obstructing the control and suppression of rabies is a Class B misdemeanor. However, obstructing the control and suppression of rabies in a place and at a time when a state of emergency with respect to rabies has been declared pursuant to § 8211 of Title 3 is a class E felony.
66 Del. Laws, c. 247, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1249. Abetting the violation of driver's license restrictions.

§ 1249. Abetting the violation of driver's license restrictions.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to blow into an ignition interlock device, or to start a motor vehicle equipped with such a device, for the purpose of providing an operable motor vehicle to a person whose driving privilege is restricted.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to request or solicit any other person to blow into an ignition interlock device, or to start a motor vehicle equipped with such device, for the purpose of providing an operable motor vehicle to a person whose driving privilege is restricted.
(c) It shall be unlawful to tamper with, or to circumvent the operation of, any ignition interlock device.
(d) A violation of this section shall be a class A misdemeanor; provided, however, that a second or subsequent conviction of a violation of this section shall be a class G felony. Where a person violates this section, and such violation is a direct cause of the subsequent death of any person, such violation of this section shall be a class G felony. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over all violations of this section.
67 Del. Laws, c. 437, §  5;  68 Del. Laws, c. 125, §  6;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 353, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1250. Offenses against law-enforcement animals.

§ 1250. Offenses against law-enforcement animals.
(a) Harassment of law-enforcement animals. — (1) A person is guilty of harassment of a law-enforcement animal when such person intentionally harasses, taunts, menaces, challenges or alarms a law-enforcement animal in such a manner as is likely to provoke from such animal a violent, defensive or threatening response, such as lunging, baring of teeth, kicking, spinning or jumping, if such response from the animal causes alarm, distress, fear or risk of injury to any person or to the animal.
(2) Harassment of a law-enforcement animal is an unclassified misdemeanor.
(b) Assault in the second degree against a law-enforcement animal. — (1) A person is guilty of assault in the second degree against a law-enforcement animal when such person intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of physical injury or death to a law-enforcement animal, including, but not limited to, beating, poisoning or torturing such animal.
(2) Assault in the second degree against a law-enforcement animal is a class A misdemeanor.
(c) Assault in the first degree against a law-enforcement animal. — (1) A person is guilty of assault in the first degree against a law-enforcement animal when such person intentionally or recklessly causes serious physical injury or death to such law-enforcement animal.
(2) Assault in the first degree against a law-enforcement animal is a class D felony.
(d) “Law-enforcement animal” defined. — For purposes of this section, the words “law-enforcement animal” shall mean any animal, including, but not limited to, canines, K-9 dogs and horses utilized by any law-enforcement officer, including any corrections officer, in the performance of such officer's duties.
68 Del. Laws, c. 116, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 54, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1251. Escape in the third degree; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1251. Escape in the third degree; class A misdemeanor.
A person is guilty of escape in the third degree when the person escapes from custody, including placement in nonsecure facilities by the Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services.
Escape in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1251;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 93, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1252. Escape in the second degree; class G felony.

§ 1252. Escape in the second degree; class G felony.
A person is guilty of escape in the second degree when the person escapes from a detention facility or from the custody of the Department of Health and Social Services or the Department of Correction.
Escape in the second degree is a class G felony.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1252;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 547, §  8;  63 Del. Laws, c. 168, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1253. Escape after conviction; class B felony; class C felony; class D felony.

§ 1253. Escape after conviction; class B felony; class C felony; class D felony.
A person shall be guilty of escape after conviction if such person, after entering a plea of guilty or having been convicted by the court, escapes from a detention facility or other place having custody of such person or from the custody of the Department of Health and Social Services or the Department of Correction.
Escape after conviction shall be a class D felony; provided, however, that if the defendant uses force or the threat of force against another person or possesses a deadly weapon at the time of escape, it shall be a class C felony. If the defendant inflicts injury upon another person during the escape or from the time of escape until such person is again in custody, it shall be a class B felony. Any sentence imposed upon conviction of escape after conviction shall not run concurrently with any other sentence.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1253;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 547, §  8;  63 Del. Laws, c. 168, §  2;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  67 Del. Laws, c. 350, §  36;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  74 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1256. Promoting prison contraband; class F felony; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1256. Promoting prison contraband; class F felony; class A misdemeanor.
(a) A person is guilty of promoting prison contraband when:
(1) The person knowingly and unlawfully introduces any contraband into a detention facility; or
(2) The person possesses with intent to deliver any contraband to any person confined within a detention facility; or
(3) Being a person confined in a detention facility, the person knowingly and unlawfully makes, obtains or possesses any contraband.
(b) Promoting prison contraband is a class A misdemeanor. However, promoting prison contraband is a class F felony if any of the following applies:
(1) The prison contraband is a deadly weapon, cellular telephone, or any prohibited electronic device not specifically authorized or approved by the Commissioner or designee, any illegal narcotic or look-a-like substance, or any prescription medication, or any item or article that could be used to facilitate an escape.
(2) An unmanned aircraft system is used to deliver or attempt to deliver any of the following into a detention facility
a. Contraband, as defined by § 1258 of this title.
b. Any of the contraband listed in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1256;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  76 Del. Laws, c. 367, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 168, § 1;  82 Del. Laws, c. 190, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1257. Resisting arrest with force or violence, class G felony; resisting arrest, class A misdemeanor.

§ 1257. Resisting arrest with force or violence, class G felony; resisting arrest, class A misdemeanor.
(a) A person is guilty of resisting arrest with force or violence when:
(1) The person intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a peace officer from effecting an arrest or detention of the person or another person by use of force or violence towards said peace officer; or
(2) The person intentionally flees from a peace officer, who is effecting an arrest or detention of the person, by use of force or violence towards said peace officer; or
(3) While a peace officer is effecting an arrest or detention of a person, the person causes physical injury to the peace officer. Resisting arrest with force or violence is a class G felony.
(b) A person is guilty of resisting arrest when the person intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a peace officer from effecting an arrest or detention of the person or another person or intentionally flees from a peace officer who is effecting an arrest or detention of the person.
Resisting arrest is a class A misdemeanor.
11 Del. C. 1953, §  1257;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 310, §§  1-3;  77 Del. Laws, c. 266, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 259, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES › Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration › § 1257A. Use of an animal to avoid capture, class G felony; “class A misdemeanor.”

§ 1257A. Use of an animal to avoid capture, class G felony; “class A misdemeanor.”
(a) A person is guilty of using an animal to avoid capture when, with the intent to prevent, hinder or delay the apprehension of a wanted person, including themselves, they release any animal against a law-enforcement or other authorized person to make arrests under Delaware law.
(b) Use of an animal to avoid capture is a class G felony:
(1) If the person commits any of the acts set forth in subsection (a) of this section with intent to prevent, hinder or delay the discovery or apprehension of, or the lodging of a criminal charge against, a person whom that person knows committed acts constituting a felony, or is being sought by law-enforcement officers for the commission of a felony, or
(2) If the animal injures the law-enforcement officer.
(c) Use of an animal to avoid capture is a class A misdemeanor if the person commits any of the acts set forth in subsection (a) of this section with intent to prevent, hinder or delay the discovery or apprehension of, or the lodging of a criminal charge against, a person whom that person knows committed acts constituting a crime other than a felony, or is being sought by law-enforcement officers for the commission of a crime other than a felony.
71 Del. Laws, c. 248, §  1;