Delaware Code
Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration
§ 1274. Offenses relating to judicial and similar proceedings; definitions.

As used in §§ 1261-1273 of this title:

(1) “Benefit” means gain or advantage, or anything regarded by the beneficiary as gain or advantage, including benefit to any other person in whose welfare the beneficiary is interested.
(2) “Official proceeding” includes any action or proceeding conducted by or before a legally constituted judicial, legislative, administrative or other governmental agency or official, in which evidence or testimony of witnesses may properly be received.
(3) “Physical evidence” means any article, object, document, record or other thing of physical substance which is or is about to be produced or used as evidence in an official proceeding.

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Delaware Code

Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES

Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration

§ 1201. Bribery; class E felony.

§ 1202. Bribery; defense.

§ 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.”

§ 1225. Inconsistent statements under oath; no need to prove one false; framing indictment; proof of irreconcilable inconsistency; conviction of lesser offense.

§ 1231. Retraction of false statement as affirmative defense.

§ 1232. Perjury; no 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.

§ 1257. Resisting arrest with force or violence, class G felony; resisting arrest, 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.

§ 1271A. Criminal contempt of a domestic violence protective order or lethal violence protective order; class A misdemeanor; class F felony [Effective until Apr. 10, 2023].

§ 1271A. Criminal contempt of a domestic violence protective order, lethal violence protective order, or sexual violence protective order; class A misdemeanor; class F felony [Effective Apr. 10, 2023].

§ 1272. Criminal contempt; summary punishment.

§ 1273. Unlawful grand jury disclosure; class B misdemeanor.

§ 1274. Offenses relating to judicial and similar proceedings; definitions.