The Secretary and the Fish and Wildlife Agents may search and examine without warrant any person, conveyance, vehicle, game bag, game coat or other receptacle for protected wildlife, and in the presence of an occupant of any camp or tent, may search and examine without warrant such camp or tent for protected wildlife, when the Secretary or the Fish and Wildlife Agent has reason to believe and has stated to the suspected person or occupant the reason for believing that any of the laws relating to protected wildlife have been violated, and may seize and possess (take) any protected wildlife illegally in possession. This section shall not authorize the entering of a dwelling house without first procuring a search warrant.
Provisions of this section shall be subject to Chapter 23 of Title 11. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between this section and such chapter, the latter shall prevail.
Structure Delaware Code
§ 103. Rules and regulations; expenditures; violations and penalty.
§ 104. Restrictions on expenditures and indebtedness.
§ 105. Assent to federal statutes — Cooperative wildlife-restoration projects.
§ 106. Assent to federal statutes — Cooperative fish-restoration projects.
§ 107. Use of funds derived from sale of hunting and trapping licenses.
§ 108. Use of funds derived from sale of fishing licenses.
§ 111. Search and seizure powers of the Secretary and Fish and Wildlife Agents.
§ 112. Prohibition against acceptance of fees by employees of Department.
§ 113. Protected wildlife injuring agriculture or other community interests.
§ 114. Protected wildlife injuring private property.
§ 115. Power of Department to take game or fish for propagating and restocking purposes.