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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 968a - Address Confidentiality Program › Section 54-240h. - Agency use of program address.

(a) A program participant may request that an agency use the program address as the participant's residential, work or school address for all purposes for which the agency requires or requests such residential, work or school address. A program participant shall present the participant's certification card to any agency official creating a new record pertaining to the participant and request the use in such record of the program address appearing on the certification card. The agency official may make a photocopy of the certification card for the records of the agency and thereafter shall immediately return the certification card to the program participant.
(b) If a program participant requests that an agency use the program address pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the agency shall accept and use the program address as the program participant's residential, work or school address, in lieu of the participant's confidential address, unless the agency receives an exemption from such use granted by the Secretary of the State pursuant to section 54-240i.
(P.A. 03-200, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 03-200 effective January 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 968a - Address Confidentiality Program › Section 54-240j. - Renewal of program certification.

(a) A program participant, a guardian or conservator of the person acting on behalf of an adult program participant, or a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor program participant may apply to renew the participant's program certification by filing with the Secretary of the State (1) the participant's current certification card, (2) a properly completed certification renewal form, and (3) a new certification card form. The program participant or the person acting on behalf of the program participant shall provide all the information required on the certification renewal form and the program participant shall sign and date the certification card form.
(b) The Secretary of the State shall (1) certify a program participant who has satisfied the filing requirements of subsection (a) of this section to participate in the program for an additional four-year term, and (2) issue to such program participant a new certification card with a new certification expiration date.
(P.A. 03-200, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 03-200 effective January 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 968a - Address Confidentiality Program › Section 54-240l. - Secretary of the State as agent for program participant. Service on program participant.

(a) The Secretary of the State shall be a program participant's agent upon whom any summons, writ, notice, demand or process in any action, proceeding or other matter involving the program participant shall be served.
(b) The Secretary of the State shall notify the chairperson of the State Marshal Commission of the names of program participants and the commission shall create a list to be used by state marshals to determine if a person upon whom process is to be served is a program participant. If a person is identified on the list as a program participant, a state marshal shall make service upon the Secretary of the State in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. Prior to making service, a state marshal shall verify the participation of a specific program participant as provided in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 54-240m.
(c) A program participant may be served by any proper officer or other person lawfully empowered to make service by leaving two true and attested copies of such summons, writ, notice, demand or process, together with the required fee, at the office of the Secretary of the State or depositing the same in the United States mail, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Secretary of the State's office and marked “Address Confidentiality Program”. The Secretary of the State shall file one copy of the summons, writ, notice, demand or process and keep a record of the date and hour of receipt. The Secretary of the State shall, not later than two business days after such service, forward by registered or certified mail the copy of such summons, writ, notice, demand or process to the program participant at the confidential address shown on the records of the Secretary of the State.
(d) Service is effective pursuant to this section as of the date and hour received by the Secretary of the State as shown on the records of the Secretary of the State.
(P.A. 03-200, S. 13; P.A. 06-100, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 03-200 effective January 1, 2004; P.A. 06-100 added new Subsec. (b) re notification of chairperson of State Marshal Commission of names of program participants, creation by said commission of list of program participants to be used by state marshals and responsibilities of state marshals when a person is identified as a program participant and redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) and (c) as Subsecs. (c) and (d), respectively, effective June 2, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 968a - Address Confidentiality Program › Section 54-240m. - Confidentiality of records re program participant. Exceptions. Notice of disclosure.

(a) The Secretary of the State may not make any records in a program participant's file, other than the program address, available for inspection or copying, except:
(1) If requested by a law enforcement agency or by the State Elections Enforcement Commission, to such law enforcement agency or said commission, provided the request is in writing, on agency or commission letterhead stationery signed by the agency's chief law enforcement officer, a commanding officer in the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or the executive director of the State Elections Enforcement Commission, as the case may be, and contains the request date and the name of the program participant;
(2) If directed by a court order, to a person identified in such order;
(3) To verify the participation of a specific program participant, in which case the Secretary of the State may only confirm information supplied by the requestor; or
(4) If the program participant's certification has been cancelled.
(b) If the Secretary of the State discloses records pursuant to subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of the State shall forthwith notify the program participant of such disclosure.
(P.A. 03-200, S. 14; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 03-200 effective January 1, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a)(1), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 968a - Address Confidentiality Program › Section 54-240n. - Nondisclosure of confidential address in criminal or civil proceeding.

No employee of any law enforcement agency or any state or municipal social service agency, and no other witness, shall be compelled to disclose a program participant's confidential address during the discovery phase of, or during testimony in, any criminal or civil proceeding unless the court finds that nondisclosure may prejudice a party to the proceeding.
(P.A. 03-200, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 03-200 effective January 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 968a - Address Confidentiality Program › Section 54-240o. - Custody or visitation order in effect prior to or during participation in program.

No custody or visitation order in effect prior to or during a person's participation in the address confidentiality program shall be affected by such participation or by any provision of this chapter.
(P.A. 03-200, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 03-200 effective January 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 969 - Registration of Sexual Offenders › Section 54-258a. - Warning against wrongful use of registry information.

Any agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof that provides public access to information contained in the registry shall post a warning that states: “Any person who uses information in this registry to injure, harass or commit a criminal act against any person included in the registry or any other person is subject to criminal prosecution.” Such warning shall be in a suitable size and location to ensure that it will be seen by any person accessing registry information.
(P.A. 99-183, S. 10, 13.)
History: P.A. 99-183 effective July 1, 1999.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 969 - Registration of Sexual Offenders › Section 54-259a. - Risk Assessment Board. Development and use of risk assessment scale. Report.

Section 54-259a is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(P.A. 06-187, S. 30; 06-196, S. 295; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 99; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 13-299, S. 95.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 969 - Registration of Sexual Offenders › Section 54-260. (Formerly Sec. 54-102s). - Notification of change of name or address of sexual offenders on parole or probation.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “sexual offender” means any person convicted of a violation of section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or subdivision (2) of section 53-21 of the general statutes in effect prior to October 1, 2000, or subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 53-21, or section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a or 53a-72b committed on or after October 1, 1995.
(b) Any sexual offender who is released from a correctional institution on parole or who is sentenced to a period of probation shall, during the period of such parole or probation and as a condition of such parole or probation, immediately notify such person's parole officer or probation officer, as the case may be, whenever such person changes such person's name or residence address. Each parole officer or probation officer who is notified of such change of address shall notify the chief of police of the police department or resident state trooper for the municipality of the new address of the parolee or probationer and any other law enforcement official such parole officer or probation officer deems appropriate.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a parole officer or probation officer acting in the performance of his duties and within the scope of his employment from disclosing any information concerning the parolee or probationer to any person whenever he deems such disclosure to be appropriate.
(P.A. 95-142, S. 6; P.A. 01-84, S. 23, 26; P.A. 03-202, S. 20; P.A. 19-189, S. 42.)
History: Sec. 54-102s transferred to Sec. 54-260 in 1999 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (c) the words “or section 54-102r” were deleted editorially by the Revisors to reflect the repeal of Sec. 54-102r by P.A. 98-111); P.A. 01-84 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to “a violation of subdivision (2) of section 53-21” with “a violation of subdivision (2) of section 53-21 of the general statutes in effect prior to October 1, 2000,” and include a violation of “subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 53-21”, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-202 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re change of name and making technical changes; P.A. 19-189 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “53a-70b,” with “section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or” and made technical changes in definition of “sexual offender”.
Annotation to former section 54-102s:
Legislature, in enacting statute, did not intend to restrict discretionary power of Office of Adult Probation to notify public in cases in which probationer has been convicted under a provision not enumerated in Subsec. (a). 250 C. 280.
Annotation to present section:
Section does not give probation and parole officers unrestrained discretionary power to disseminate sex offender registration information to the public and is not punitive for ex post facto purposes. 256 C. 23.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 969 - Registration of Sexual Offenders › Section 54-260a. - Report on number of registrants being electronically monitored and need for additional resources.

Not later than January fifteenth of each year, the Department of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Department shall each submit a report setting forth the number of persons subject to registration under this chapter who are being electronically monitored while being supervised in the community by such agency, including monitoring by global positioning system devices, and what, if any, additional resources are needed by such agency to ensure that persons subject to registration under this chapter are being supervised while in the community.
(P.A. 06-187, S. 41.)
History: P.A. 06-187 effective July 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 969a - Registration of Certain Offenders › Section 54-280b. - Registration information.

(a) The registration information for each registrant shall include:
(1) The offender's name, including any other name by which the offender has been legally known, and any aliases used by the offender;
(2) Identifying information, including a physical description of the offender;
(3) The current residence address of the offender;
(4) The date of conviction of the offense;
(5) A description of the offense; and
(6) If the offender was sentenced to a term of incarceration for such offense, a portion of which was not suspended, the date the offender was released from such incarceration.
(b) The offender shall sign and date the registration.
(c) At the time that the offender appears for the purpose of registering, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall photograph the offender and arrange for the fingerprinting of the offender and include such photograph and a complete set of fingerprints in the registry. If the offender is required to submit to the taking of a blood or other biological sample of sufficient quality for DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) analysis pursuant to section 54-102g, and has not submitted to the taking of such sample, the commissioner shall also require such sample to be taken for analysis pursuant to section 54-102g.
(d) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection may require the offender to provide documentation to verify the contents of his or her registration.
(P.A. 13-3, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 13-3 effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 970 - Connecticut Sentencing Commission › Section 54-301. - Posting of data and evaluation re provisional pardons and certificates of rehabilitation. Reports.

(a) Not later than January 1, 2016, the Connecticut Sentencing Commission shall post data on its Internet web site that the commission received from the Board of Pardons and Paroles pursuant to subsection (l) of section 54-130e and the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch pursuant to section 54-108f, and shall update such data on its Internet web site annually thereafter.
(b) The Connecticut Sentencing Commission, or its designee, shall evaluate the effectiveness of provisional pardons and certificates of rehabilitation issued pursuant to section 54-130e and certificates of rehabilitation issued pursuant to section 54-108f, at promoting the public policy of rehabilitating ex-offenders consistent with the public interest in public safety, the safety of crime victims and the protection of property. Such evaluation shall continue for a period of three years from October 1, 2015. The commission shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary not later than January 15, 2016, January 15, 2017, and January 15, 2018, on the effectiveness of such provisional pardons and certificates of rehabilitation at promoting such public policy and public interest. Such report shall include recommendations, if any, for amendments to the general statutes governing such provisional pardons and certificates of rehabilitation in order to promote such public policy and public interest.
(P.A. 14-27, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 55 - Concluding Provisions › Chapter 978 - Concluding Provisions › Section 55-3. - Limitation of effect of certain acts.

No provision of the general statutes, not previously contained in the statutes of the state, which imposes any new obligation on any person or corporation, shall be construed to have a retrospective effect.
(1949 Rev., S. 8896.)
Not applicable to new statute which is merely procedural in its character and does not impose new obligations nor affect substantive rights. 118 C. 536; 129 C. 131; 125 C. 147. Statutes should be construed retrospectively only when the mandate of the legislature is imperative. 148 C. 447. Obligation referred to in section means one of substantive law and section does not apply to new statutory provision for service on foreign corporation under certain circumstances by service on Secretary of the State. 157 C. 92. Cited. 163 C. 478. Taxation of the exercise and nonexercise, after enactment of tax, of a power of appointment created prior to enactment of tax does not violate section and is valid. 166 C. 581. There is a general presumption that legislation affecting substantive rights is intended to apply prospectively only. 173 C. 328. Cited. 178 C. 180. Amendments to a statute which affect substantive rights will be given prospective application only. 180 C. 720. Cited. 182 C. 40; 184 C. 569; 187 C. 451; 190 C. 77. Statute establishes a rule of presumed legislative intent, rather than a rule of law. 194 C. 165. Cited. Id., 187; 196 C. 53; 200 C. 734; 204 C. 212; 208 C. 480; 210 C. 462; 216 C. 523; 218 C. 170; 219 C. 520; 232 C. 780; 233 C. 474. Section precludes a retroactive application of 1994 amendment to Sec. 46b-127. 237 C. 364. Cited. 239 C. 676; 241 C. 282. Amendment to Sec. 29-32 re pistol permits affected defendant's substantive right to bear arms and thus this section applies, but its presumption in this case is rebutted by unequivocally expressed legislative intent. 243 C. 250. Cited. 247 C. 638. Retroactive effect of P.A. 00-174, Sec. 71, discussed. 255 C. 498. The promulgation of Sec. 17b-812-13(9) of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies imposes a “new obligation” under section, and legislature did not authorize retroactive application of said section. 322 C. 191. The promulgation of Sec. 17b-812-13(9) of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies imposes a “new obligation” under section and legislature did not authorize retroactive application of said section. 322 C. 191.
Cited. 3 CA 697; 22 CA 285; 27 CA 800; 34 CA 833; 35 CA 31; 42 CA 542; 44 CA 598.
Not applicable to recovery of state's contribution from the estate of a person who was a public charge. 11 CS 295. Legislation regulating credit unions prospective in nature. 15 CS 48. A statute will not be given retroactive construction by which it will impose liabilities not existing prior to its passage. 18 CS 161. Cited. 30 CS 596; 35 CS 603; 39 CS 321; 44 CS 207; Id., 297. Section establishes a rule of presumed legislative intent rather than a rule of law. 45 CS 586.
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1. DELAWARE CODE › § 101. Designation and citation of Code.

§ 101. Designation and citation of Code.
(a) The laws embraced in this title and the following titles, parts, chapters, subchapters and sections, as amended from time to time, shall constitute and be known as the “Delaware Code,” hereinafter referred to as “the Code” or “this Code.”
(b) The Code may be cited by the abbreviation “Del. C.” preceded by the number of the title and followed by the number of the section, chapter or part in the title. Examples:
Section 101 of Title 1 may be cited as 1 Del. C. § 101; chapter 3 of Title 2 may be cited as 2 Del. C. c. 3; Part V of Title 3 may be cited as 3 Del. C. Part V. When citing a section of the Code, the subchapter, chapter or part in which the section is found need not be included in the citation.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  101;  49 Del. Laws, c. 220, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1. DELAWARE CODE › § 101A. Designation of the Rules.

§ 101A. Designation of the Rules.
Rules of practice and procedure adopted by the state and federal courts of Delaware shall constitute and be known as the “Delaware Rules Annotated,” hereinafter referred to as “the Rules.”
79 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1. DELAWARE CODE › § 103. Repeal of prior laws.

§ 103. Repeal of prior laws.
All codes, and parts thereof, and all laws amendatory thereof and all other statutes, and parts thereof, of a general and permanent nature in effect on December 31, 1974, are repealed unless (1) expressly continued by specific provision of this Code, (2) omitted improperly or erroneously as a consequence of compilation, revision, or both, of laws enacted subsequent to the enactment of the Code which became effective on February 23, 1953, including, without limitation, any such omissions that may have occurred during the compilation, revision, or both, of the laws comprising this Code, or (3) omitted, changed or modified by the Revisors, or their predecessors, in a manner not authorized by § 211 of this title. In the event 1 of the above exceptions should be applicable, the law as it existed prior to May 13, 1975, shall continue to be valid, effective and controlling.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  103;  60 Del. Laws, c. 56, §  3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1. DELAWARE CODE › § 104. Continuation of existing institutions, rights, and liabilities.

§ 104. Continuation of existing institutions, rights, and liabilities.
(a) The repeal of prior laws, provided in § 103 of this title, shall not affect any act done, or any cause of action accruing or accrued, or established, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil action, nor any plea, defense, bar, or matter subsisting before the time when such repeal shall take effect; but the proceedings in every such case shall conform with the provisions of this Code.
(b) All the provisions of laws repealed by § 103 of this title shall be deemed to have remained in force from the time when they began to take effect, so far as they may apply to any department, agency, office, or trust, or any transaction, or event, or any limitation, or any right, or obligation, or the construction of any contract already affected by such laws, notwithstanding the repeal of such provisions.
(c) No offense committed, and no penalty or forfeiture incurred, under any of the laws repealed by § 103 of this title, and before the time when such repeal shall take effect, shall be affected by such repeal.
(d) No action or prosecution, pending on the effective date of the repeal provided in § 103 of this title, for any offense committed or for the recovery of any penalty or forfeiture, incurred under any of the laws repealed by such section, shall be affected by such repeal; except that the proceedings in such action or prosecution shall conform with the provisions of this Code.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  104;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1. DELAWARE CODE › § 105. Effect on private or local acts.

§ 105. Effect on private or local acts.
No private act, or act of local application, or portion of any prior Code or other statute pertaining to the City of Wilmington, or special act of incorporation, in effect on the date of enactment of this Code, and not revised and brought into this Code, shall be affected by any provision hereof.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  105;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1. DELAWARE CODE › § 107. Effect of repeal of validating statutes.

§ 107. Effect of repeal of validating statutes.
The repeal by § 103 of this title of a statute validating previous acts, contracts or transactions shall not affect the validity of such acts, contracts or transactions, but the same shall remain as valid as if there had been no such repeal.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  107;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1. DELAWARE CODE › § 108. Distribution of Code, Rules, and supplements.

§ 108. Distribution of Code, Rules, and supplements.
(a) All legislative, executive, judicial, or other state governmental entities or agencies shall have the Delaware Code available electronically.
(b) Each state entity or agency desiring printed copies of the Delaware Code, and supplements thereto, and the Rules, and supplements thereto, purchased by the State shall annually certify to Legislative Council the exact number of printed copies that entity or agency requires and the reason such copies are necessary by September 1 of each year.
(c) Legislative Council shall be responsible for budgeting the necessary funds to provide copies of the Delaware Code, and supplements thereto, and the Rules, and supplements thereto. Any additional copies of the Delaware Code, and supplements thereto, and the Rules, and supplements thereto, over current allocations shall be the responsibility of the requesting entity or agency. Special orders, such as individual titles, shall continue to be the responsibility of each entity or agency.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  108;  50 Del. Laws, c. 230, §  1;  51 Del. Laws, c. 134, §  4;  53 Del. Laws, c. 72, §§  3, 4;  56 Del. Laws, c. 84;  57 Del. Laws, c. 105, §§  1-4;  58 Del. Laws, c. 560, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  1;  60 Del. Laws, c. 220, §  1;  61 Del. Laws, c. 286, §  1;  62 Del. Laws, c. 117, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 453, §  1;  69 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  72 Del. Laws, c. 190, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 65, §§  1-3;  73 Del. Laws, c. 143, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §§  21(1), 22(1), 26(1);  78 Del. Laws, c. 120, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 1. DELAWARE CODE › § 110. Supplements as part of Code.

§ 110. Supplements as part of Code.
The laws appearing in this Code adopted after the effective date hereof or contained in any current pocket parts or supplements to this Code, printed and published hereafter under contract or otherwise as may be authorized by law, shall constitute, prima facie, a part of this Code if such laws, as so contained, purport to represent reproductions of statutory amendments of this Code, as stated in accompanying notes thereto. If any such pocket parts or supplements are printed and published on a cumulative basis, then only such laws contained in the latest publication thereof shall constitute, prima facie, a part of this Code.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  110;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 2. CONTINUOUS CODE REVISION › Subchapter I. Delaware Code Revisors › § 201. Appointment; composition.

§ 201. Appointment; composition.
The Delaware Code Revisors (the Revisors) shall consist of 2 attorneys-at-law licensed to practice law before the Supreme Court of the State who shall be appointed by the Governor. At the time of appointment, the 2 attorneys shall not be members of the same political party. One shall be appointed for a period terminating with the 126th General Assembly and one shall be appointed for a period terminating with the 127th General Assembly. Thereafter all appointments shall be for a term of 4 years. In case of a vacancy the Governor shall make an appointment for the unexpired term.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  201;  49 Del. Laws, c. 347;  58 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 2. CONTINUOUS CODE REVISION › Subchapter I. Delaware Code Revisors › § 202. Compensation and expenses.

§ 202. Compensation and expenses.
The Legislative Council shall determine the compensation to be paid to a Revisor and reimburse a Revisor for necessary out-of-pocket and travel expenses incurred in performing the Revisor's duties under this chapter. The Legislative Council may not set the yearly compensation to be paid to a Revisor at less than $5,000.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  202;  49 Del. Laws, c. 347;  58 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 2. CONTINUOUS CODE REVISION › Subchapter II. Preparation of Supplements and Code › § 210. Duties and powers of Revisors.

§ 210. Duties and powers of Revisors.
(a) At the close of each regular, annual session of the General Assembly, the Revisors shall prepare or cause to be prepared supplements to the Delaware Code and all other general and permanent laws which have become law since the publication of the last supplements, noting the sections that have been repealed, generally updating the Code and including, in the discretion of the Revisors, updated annotations of court decisions. The supplements are to be completed and delivered to the State not later than 6 months after the close of such legislative session.
(b) From time to time, after consultation with the Legislative Council, the Revisors shall prepare or cause to be prepared a revised, recompiled, or revised and recompiled Delaware Code, or replacement or supplemental volume or volumes thereof, which may, in the discretion of the Revisors, include updated annotations of court decisions.
(c) The Revisors may make and enter into all contracts and agreements, and execute, acknowledge and deliver all instruments and assurances, necessary or incidental to the performance of their duties and the execution of their duties and powers under this chapter.
(d) The Revisors may sue and be sued in their own name.
(e) The Revisors shall annually publish or cause to be published the Rules and, 6 months later, shall publish or cause to be published supplements to the Rules. The Revisors shall consult with the state and federal courts of Delaware in publishing or causing to be published the Rules and Rules supplements. The Revisors may include annotations of court decisions and other aides in the Rules and Rules supplements.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  210;  49 Del. Laws, c. 347;  58 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  3;  58 Del. Laws, c. 581, §  2;  60 Del. Laws, c. 295, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 2. CONTINUOUS CODE REVISION › Subchapter II. Preparation of Supplements and Code › § 211. Scope of editorial revision; omissions.

§ 211. Scope of editorial revision; omissions.
(a) In performing their duties and powers under § 210 of this title, the Revisors shall not alter the sense, meaning or effect of any act of the General Assembly but they may:
(1) Renumber and rearrange sections or parts of sections;
(2) Transfer sections or divide sections so as to give to distinct subject matters a separate section number, but without changing the meaning;
(3) Insert or change the wording of headnotes;
(4) Change reference numbers to agree with renumbered chapters or sections;
(5) Substitute the proper section or chapter number for the terms “this act,” “the preceding section” and the like;
(6) Strike out figures where they are merely a repetition of written words and vice versa;
(7) Change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity;
(8) Correct manifest typographical and grammatical errors; and
(9) Make any other purely formal or clerical changes in keeping with the purpose of the revision.
(b) The Revisors shall omit all titles of acts, all enacting, resolving, and repealing clauses, all appropriation measures, all temporary or local statutes, all declarations of emergency, and all validity, declaration of policy, and construction clauses, except when the retention thereof is necessary to preserve the full meaning and intent of the law.
(c) (1) The Revisors shall use gender silent techniques to ensure that masculine and feminine pronouns are not used and shall ensure that a solely masculine or feminine designation occurs only when it applies to 1 gender.
(2) The Revisors shall apply paragraph (c)(1) of this section to all laws enacted on or after May 31, 2023, and may apply paragraph (c)(1) of this section to laws enacted before May 31, 2023.
(3) If the Revisors cannot determine how to apply paragraph (c)(1) of this section to masculine and feminine pronouns used in a law, the Revisors shall report this to the Director of the Division of Research for possible correction through the legislative process.
(4) “Gender silent techniques” include substituting the nouns to which the masculine and feminine pronouns refer.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  211;  49 Del. Laws, c. 347;  58 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  4;  58 Del. Laws, c. 581, §  3;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 2. CONTINUOUS CODE REVISION › Subchapter II. Preparation of Supplements and Code › § 212. Bids; contract.

§ 212. Bids; contract.
The Revisors shall, after consultation with the Legislative Council, upon such specifications and conditions as they shall determine, duly and sufficiently advertise for bids for the compilation, revision, annotation, printing and binding of the Code supplements and the revised or recompiled Delaware Code, along with the Rules and Rules supplements, and shall award a contract for such work to the lowest and best legal publisher of recognized standing as such. The contract for Code supplements may, in the discretion of the Revisors, cover the Code supplements for 1 or more of the sessions of the General Assembly.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  212;  49 Del. Laws, c. 347;  52 Del. Laws, c. 220;  58 Del. Laws, c. 253, §§  4, 5;  58 Del. Laws, c. 581, §  4;  79 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 2. CONTINUOUS CODE REVISION › Subchapter II. Preparation of Supplements and Code › § 213. Number of Code supplements, Rules, and Rules supplements; sale rights.

§ 213. Number of Code supplements, Rules, and Rules supplements; sale rights.
The Revisors shall consult with Legislative Council to determine the number of Code supplements, Rules, and Rules supplements to be printed and delivered to the State by the publisher each year. The Revisors are authorized in awarding the contract for the printing of the Code supplements, Rules, and Rules supplements, to grant the publisher such sales rights as in the judgment of the Revisors would be advantageous to the State.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  213;  49 Del. Laws, c. 347;  58 Del. Laws, c. 253, §§  4, 6;  79 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 2. CONTINUOUS CODE REVISION › Subchapter III. Distribution › § 220. Distribution of the Code and the Rules.

§ 220. Distribution of the Code and the Rules.
Completed Code supplements, Rules, and Rules supplements shall be delivered to each state entity or agency in accordance with the directive of Legislative Council.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  220;  49 Del. Laws, c. 347;  58 Del. Laws, c. 253, §§  4, 7;  73 Del. Laws, c. 143, §  2;  75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  22(1);  79 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 3. INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES › § 301. Rules of construction and definitions.

§ 301. Rules of construction and definitions.
The rules of construction and the definitions set forth in this chapter shall be observed in the construction of this Code and all other statutes, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly, or repugnant to the Code or to the context of the same statute.
Code 1852, §  34;  Code 1915, §  1;  Code 1935, §  1;  1 Del. C. 1953, §  301;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 3. INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES › § 302. Definitions.

§ 302. Definitions.
In the construction of this Code and of all other statutes of this State, unless the context requires a different meaning:
(1) “Adult” or “adult person” means a person of the age of 18 years or older.
(2) “Child” means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years.
(3) “Full age” means the age of 18 years or older.
(4) “Grantee” includes every person to whom a freehold estate or interest is conveyed.
(5) “Grantor” includes every person by whom a freehold estate or interest is conveyed.
(6) “Infancy” means an age of less than 18 years.
(7) “Infant” means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years.
(8) “Inhabitant” means a resident in any place.
(9) “Kin” and “kindred,” as applied to the descent of estates, signify kin or kindred by blood, and the degrees of consanguinity shall be computed by the civil law method; but collateral kindred claiming through a nearer common ancestor, shall be preferred to those claiming through a more remote common ancestor.
(10) “Lawful age” means the age of 18 years or older.
(11) “Minor” or “minor child” means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years.
(12) “Money” or “dollars” means lawful money of the United States.
(13) “Month” means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed.
(14) “Oath” includes affirmation in all cases where an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and “sworn” includes affirmed; and the forms shall be varied accordingly.
(15) “Person” and “whoever” respectively include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies and joint-stock companies, as well as individuals.
(16) “Person with a mental condition” includes every person with an emotional or psychiatric disorder or disability.
(17) “Real estate” or “real property” is synonymous with the phrase “lands, tenements and hereditaments.”
(18) “State” means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States.
(19) “Tavern” includes inn.
(20) “Under age” means an age of less than 18 years.
(21) “United States” includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia.
(22) “Will” means “last will and testament” and includes “codicil.”
(23) “Written” and “writing” respectively include printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, lithographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding or otherwise; but in all cases where the written signature of any person is by law required, it shall be the proper handwriting of such person, or if the person cannot write the person's name, the person's mark.
(24) “Year” means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words “year of our Lord.”
Code 1852, §§  37-49;  Code 1915, §  1;  Code 1935, §  1;  1 Del. C. 1953, §  302;  49 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  1;  58 Del. Laws, c. 439, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 3. INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES › § 303. Words and phrases.

§ 303. Words and phrases.
Words and phrases shall be read with their context and shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the English language. Technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.
Code 1852, §  35;  Code 1915, §  1;  Code 1935, §  1;  1 Del. C. 1953, §  303;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 3. INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES › § 304. Words of number and gender.

§ 304. Words of number and gender.
(a) Words used in the singular number include the plural and the plural includes the singular.
(b) Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine as well, except as otherwise clearly indicated by the context.
(c) All forms prescribed by law may be varied according to subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
Code 1852, §  36;  Code 1915, §  1;  Code 1935, §  1;  1 Del. C. 1953, §  304;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 3. INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES › § 305. Classification and arrangement.

§ 305. Classification and arrangement.
The classification and organization of the titles, parts, chapters, subchapters, and sections of this Code, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  305;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 3. INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES › § 306. Analyses of titles, parts, chapters, subchapters and sections; section headings; notes.

§ 306. Analyses of titles, parts, chapters, subchapters and sections; section headings; notes.
The various analyses set out in this Code, constituting enumerations or lists of the titles, parts, chapters, subchapters and sections of this Code, and the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the texts of the individual sections of this Code, except the section numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the texts of such sections, do not constitute part of the law. All derivation and other notes set out in this Code are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  306;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 3. INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES › § 307. References.

§ 307. References.
(a) Unless otherwise indicated in the context, references in this Code to titles, parts, chapters, subchapters or sections shall mean titles, parts, chapters, subchapters or sections of this Code.
(b) Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this Code or any other law, the reference applies to all amendments thereto.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  307;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 3. INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES › § 308. Severability of provisions.

§ 308. Severability of provisions.
If any provision of this Code or amendments hereto, or the application thereof to any person, thing or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the provisions or application of this Code or such amendments that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of this Code and such amendments are declared to be severable.
1 Del. C. 1953, §  308;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 4. UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL ACT › § 402. Definitions.

§ 402. Definitions.
In this chapter:
(1) “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(2) “Legal material” means, whether or not in effect:
a. The Constitution of Delaware;
b. The Laws of Delaware;
c. The Delaware Code; and
d. A state agency regulation promulgated in accordance with §§ 10111-10119 of Title 29.
(3) “Official publisher” means:
a. For the Constitution of Delaware, the General Assembly;
b. For the Laws of Delaware, the General Assembly;
c. For the Delaware Code, the General Assembly; and
d. For a regulation published in the Delaware Administrative Code, the General Assembly.
(4) “Publish” means to display, present, or release to the public, or cause to be displayed, presented, or released to the public, by the official publisher.
(5) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(6) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
79 Del. Laws, c. 357, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 4. UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL ACT › § 403. Applicability.

§ 403. Applicability.
This chapter applies to all legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under § 404 of this title and first published electronically on or after October 21, 2014.
79 Del. Laws, c. 357, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 4. UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL ACT › § 404. Legal material in official electronic record.

§ 404. Legal material in official electronic record.
(a) If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher shall:
(1) Designate the electronic record as official; and
(2) Meet the requirements of §§ 405, 407, and 408 of this title.
(b) An official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic record and also publishes the material in a record other than an electronic record may designate the electronic record as official if the requirements of §§ 405, 407, and 408 of this title are met.
79 Del. Laws, c. 357, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 4. UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL ACT › § 405. Authentication of official electronic record.

§ 405. Authentication of official electronic record.
(a) An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under § 404 of this title shall authenticate the record.
(b) To authenticate an electronic record, the publisher shall provide a method for a user to determine that the record received by the user from the publisher is unaltered from the official record published by the publisher.
79 Del. Laws, c. 357, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 4. UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL ACT › § 406. Effect of authentication.

§ 406. Effect of authentication.
(a) Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under § 405 of this title is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.
(b) If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to this chapter, legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official and authenticated by the official publisher in that state is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.
(c) A party contesting the authentication of legal material in an electronic record authenticated under § 405 of this title has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the record is not authentic.
79 Del. Laws, c. 357, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 4. UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL ACT › § 407. Preservation and security of legal material in official electronic record.

§ 407. Preservation and security of legal material in official electronic record.
(a) An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is or was designated as official under § 404 of this title shall provide for the preservation and security of the record in an electronic form or a form that is not electronic.
(b) If legal material is preserved under subsection (a) of this section in an electronic record, the official publisher shall:
(1) Ensure the integrity of the record;
(2) Provide for backup and disaster recovery of the record; and
(3) Ensure the continuing usability of the material.
79 Del. Laws, c. 357, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 4. UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL ACT › § 408. Public access to legal material in official electronic record.

§ 408. Public access to legal material in official electronic record.
An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that must be preserved under § 407 of this title shall ensure that the material is reasonably available for use by the public on a permanent basis.
79 Del. Laws, c. 357, §  1;