Delaware Code
Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 8503. Function; administration; appointment of Director.

(a) The State Bureau of Identification, hereinafter referred to as the “Bureau,” is continued within the Division of State Police. The Bureau shall be the central state repository for criminal history record information (CHRI) and such additional information as specified in this subchapter.
(b) Subject to this subchapter, the Bureau shall be administered by the Superintendent of State Police. It shall be equipped and maintained by the State Police as a separate budget unit within the Department of Safety and Homeland Security.
(c) The Superintendent of State Police shall appoint, subject to the approval of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, a Director of the Bureau. The Director shall be a regularly appointed member of State Police, who shall be trained and experienced in the classification and filing of fingerprints, and the Director and all other employees of the Bureau shall be subject to the same rules and regulations governing the State Police.
(d) A representative of the Bureau to be designated by the Superintendent shall be a member of any board or regulatory body established for the collection, retention and dissemination of criminal history information.

Structure Delaware Code

Delaware Code

Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Chapter 85. STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION

Subchapter I. General Provisions

§ 8501. Purpose of subchapter.

§ 8502. Definitions.

§ 8503. Function; administration; appointment of Director.

§ 8504. Personnel.

§ 8505. Duty to provide security of criminal history record information and security investigations.

§ 8506. Duty to maintain complete and accurate records; performance of annual audit.

§ 8507. Information to be supplied by law-enforcement officers.

§ 8508. Information to be supplied by court officials.

§ 8509. Information to be supplied by heads of institutions.

§ 8510. Information to be supplied by Department of Correction and Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services.

§ 8510A. Information to be supplied by Division of Professional Regulation.

§ 8511. Time period for submission of required information.

§ 8512. Access to institutions and public records.

§ 8513. Dissemination of criminal history record information.

§ 8515. Furnishing information of injured or deceased persons.

§ 8516. Furnishing information without application.

§ 8517. Local assistance.

§ 8518. Scientific crime detection laboratory.

§ 8519. Certified copies of records.

§ 8520. Annual report.

§ 8521. Access to files.

§ 8522. Authority to take fingerprints, photographs and other data.

§ 8523. Penalties.

§ 8524. Admissible evidence.

§ 8525. Information voluntarily supplied by individuals.

§ 8526. Voluntary fingerprinting of certain school children.

§ 8527. Criminal history background checks; state and/or federal CHRI reports; receipt by government agencies; procedures.