Delaware Code
Chapter 16. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS
Subchapter I. Adult Book Stores and Other Adult Entertainment Establishments

§ 1601. Purpose. - (a) It is the finding of the General Assembly that...

§ 1602. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Adult” shall mean a...

§ 1603. Commission on Adult Entertainment Establishments. - (a) The Commission on Adult Entertainment Establishments is hereby established....

§ 1604. Duties and powers of Commission. - (a) The Commission shall issue, revoke and suspend licenses for...

§ 1605. Records. - (a) The Commission shall maintain separate indexes relating to the...

§ 1606. Adult entertainment license requirement. - (a) No person shall engage in, carry on or participate...

§ 1607. License fee; term. - (a) No license for the operation of an adult-oriented retail...

§ 1608. Transferability of license. - (a) Each license issued under this chapter shall be for...

§ 1609. Form and content of license. - (a) Every license issued under this chapter shall be signed...

§ 1610. License tied to physical location; prohibited activities. - (a) No license issued under this chapter shall authorize the...

§ 1612. Massagist license application. - Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 168, § 11, effective...

§ 1613. Adult entertainment establishment or adult-oriented retail establishment license application. - (a) No license for the operation of an adult entertainment...

§ 1614. Form of signature. - No signature of an applicant or licensee, or of any...

§ 1615. Personal appearance required. - (a) No license shall be issued under this chapter except...

§ 1616. Grounds for denial of license. - The Commission after a hearing shall issue a license for...

§ 1617. Grounds for refusal to issue a license; suspension; revocation [Effective until Jan. 1, 2023]. - (a) The Commission shall refuse to issue a license to...

§ 1617. Grounds for refusal to issue a license; suspension; revocation [Effective Jan. 1, 2023]. - (a) The Commission shall refuse to issue a license to...

§ 1618. Suspension of license to operate massage establishment or act as massagist; regulations imposing sanctions. - Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 168, § 15, effective...

§ 1619. Hearings. - (a) The Commission shall not suspend or revoke any license...

§ 1620. Criminal background checks of applicants and employees. - An applicant for licensure as an adult entertainment establishment or...

§ 1621. Records; inspection of records. - (a) Every adult entertainment establishment which is licensed under this...

§ 1622. Change of management of adult entertainment establishment or adult-oriented retail establishment. - (a) An adult entertainment establishment or adult-oriented retail establishment shall...

§ 1623. Applicability of chapter. - This chapter shall apply with equal force and effect to...

§ 1624. Inspections of massage establishments. - Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 168, § 21, effective...

§ 1625. Rules and prohibitions relating to adult entertainment establishments. - (a) No adult entertainment establishment shall be established in a...

§ 1626. Offenses. - Unless otherwise provided, all violations of this chapter are misdemeanors.

§ 1627. Jurisdiction. - Exclusive jurisdiction for all criminal violations of this chapter shall...

§ 1628. Words of gender or number. - Unless the context otherwise requires, words denoting the singular number...

§ 1629. Presence of minors prohibited; penalties. - (a) It shall be unlawful for an owner, manager, operator,...