(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.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration
§ 1201. Bribery; class E felony.
§ 1203. Receiving a bribe; class E felony.
§ 1204. Theft or coercion no defense to receiving a bribe.
§ 1205. Giving unlawful gratuities; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1206. Receiving unlawful gratuities; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1207. Improper influence; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1208. Defect in office no defense.
§ 1209. Definitions relating to bribery and improper influence.
§ 1211. Official misconduct; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1212. Profiteering; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1213. Definitions relating to abuse of office.
§ 1221. Perjury in the third degree; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1222. Perjury in the second degree; class F felony.
§ 1223. Perjury in the first degree; class D felony.
§ 1224. Definition of “swears falsely.”
§ 1231. Retraction of false statement as affirmative defense.
§ 1233. Making a false written statement; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1234. Corroboration of testimony of perjury or false written statement.
§ 1235. Perjury and related offenses; definitions.
§ 1239. Wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony; class E felony.
§ 1240. Terroristic threatening of public officials or public servants; class G felony.
§ 1241. Refusing to aid a police officer; class B misdemeanor.
§ 1242. Limitation of civil liability for aiding a police officer.
§ 1243. Obstructing fire-fighting operations; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1244. Hindering prosecution; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1245. Falsely reporting an incident; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1245A. Providing a false statement to law enforcement; class G felony; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1246. Compounding a crime; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1247. Defense to compounding a crime.
§ 1248. Obstructing the control and suppression of rabies.
§ 1249. Abetting the violation of driver's license restrictions.
§ 1250. Offenses against law-enforcement animals.
§ 1251. Escape in the third degree; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1252. Escape in the second degree; class G felony.
§ 1253. Escape after conviction; class B felony; class C felony; class D felony.
§ 1254. Assault in a detention facility; penalty; class B and class D felony.
§ 1256. Promoting prison contraband; class F felony; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1257A. Use of an animal to avoid capture, class G felony; “class A misdemeanor.”
§ 1258. Escape and offenses relating to custody; definitions.
§ 1260. Misuse of prisoner mail; class A misdemeanor; class G felony.
§ 1261. Bribing a witness; class E felony.
§ 1262. Bribe receiving by a witness; class E felony.
§ 1263. Tampering with a witness; class E felony.
§ 1263A. Interfering with child witness.
§ 1264. Bribing a juror; class E felony.
§ 1265. Bribe receiving by a juror; class E felony.
§ 1266. Tampering with a juror; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1267. Misconduct by a juror; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1268. Communications between jurors not tampering or misconduct.
§ 1269. Tampering with physical evidence; class G felony.
§ 1271. Criminal contempt; class A misdemeanor; class B misdemeanor.
§ 1272. Criminal contempt; summary punishment.
§ 1273. Unlawful grand jury disclosure; class B misdemeanor.
§ 1274. Offenses relating to judicial and similar proceedings; definitions.