Any justice of the peace, on application under oath, showing cause therefore by a local board of health or any authorized member thereof shall issue a warrant, under the justice of the peace's own hand, directed to the sheriff or any constable of the sheriff's or constable's own county requiring the sheriff or constable, under the direction of the local board, to remove any person or persons infected with contagious disease or to take possession of condemned houses or lodgings.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 3. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH
§ 301. Appointment and membership outside Wilmington; vacancies and removal.
§ 302. Officers; meetings; quorum; secretary.
§ 303. General powers; quarantine regulations.
§ 305. Cleansing or closing unfit dwellings; recovery of expenses.
§ 306. Cleansing diseased places; recovery of expenses.
§ 307. Neglected privy well; penalty.
§ 308. Slaughterhouse; use as nuisance; penalty.
§ 309. Placing or maintaining offensive matters in public places; penalty.
§ 310. Abatement of nuisances.
§ 311. Entry for destruction or removal of nuisances.
§ 312. Removal of infected persons; taking possession of condemned premises.
§ 313. Care of persons having infectious or contagious disease.
§ 315. Temporary structures for isolation purposes; disinfection of property.