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Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 8501. Purpose of subchapter. - (a) The purpose of this subchapter is to create and...
§ 8502. Definitions. - The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this...
§ 8503. Function; administration; appointment of Director. - (a) The State Bureau of Identification, hereinafter referred to as...
§ 8504. Personnel. - The Bureau personnel shall consist of regular appointed members of...
§ 8505. Duty to provide security of criminal history record information and security investigations. - (a) The Director shall provide security of criminal history record...
§ 8506. Duty to maintain complete and accurate records; performance of annual audit. - (a) The Bureau shall maintain in a complete and accurate...
§ 8507. Information to be supplied by law-enforcement officers. - (a) Every law-enforcement officer of the State and of any...
§ 8508. Information to be supplied by court officials. - Every court of this State or of any political subdivision...
§ 8509. Information to be supplied by heads of institutions. - Every person in responsible charge of an institution to which...
§ 8510. Information to be supplied by Department of Correction and Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services. - The Department of Correction and the Division of Youth Rehabilitative...
§ 8510A. Information to be supplied by Division of Professional Regulation. - The Division of Professional Regulation shall transmit to the Bureau,...
§ 8511. Time period for submission of required information. - If no time period is prescribed in this subchapter for...
§ 8512. Access to institutions and public records. - Any employee of the Bureau, upon written authorization by the...
§ 8513. Dissemination of criminal history record information. - (a) Upon application, the Bureau shall furnish a copy of...
§ 8515. Furnishing information of injured or deceased persons. - If a law-enforcement officer or the Division of Forensic Science...
§ 8516. Furnishing information without application. - Although no application for information has been made to the...
§ 8517. Local assistance. - (a) At the request of any officer or official described...
§ 8518. Scientific crime detection laboratory. - To the end that the Bureau may be able to...
§ 8519. Certified copies of records. - Any copy of a record, picture, photograph, fingerprint or other...
§ 8520. Annual report. - The Director shall submit to the Superintendent of State Police...
§ 8521. Access to files. - Only employees of the Bureau and persons specifically authorized by...
§ 8522. Authority to take fingerprints, photographs and other data. - (a) To the end that the officers and officials described...
§ 8523. Penalties. - (a) Whoever intentionally neglects or refuses to make any report...
§ 8524. Admissible evidence. - Nothing in this subchapter, or amendments adopted pursuant thereto, shall...
§ 8525. Information voluntarily supplied by individuals. - Whenever a person appears before any of the officers mentioned...
§ 8526. Voluntary fingerprinting of certain school children. - (a) The Superintendent of State Police shall provide for the...
§ 8527. Criminal history background checks; state and/or federal CHRI reports; receipt by government agencies; procedures. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the...
Subchapter II. Missing Persons
§ 8531. Definitions. - The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this...
§ 8532. Original complaint. - A missing person complaint may be made to any county,...
§ 8533. Law-enforcement reports. - The law-enforcement agency which has primary jurisdiction in the area...
§ 8534. Dissemination of missing person report. - Upon completion of the missing person report, the law-enforcement agency...
§ 8535. Unemancipated minors. - (a) If a report of a missing person involves an...
§ 8536. Dental records. - Each law-enforcement agency shall be provided with dental authorization forms,...
§ 8537. Unidentified deceased persons — Duties of law-enforcement agency. - It shall be the duty of every law-enforcement agency to:...
§ 8538. Unidentified deceased persons — Fingerprints. - The Medical Examiner shall promptly furnish the Department of Safety...
Subchapter III. Missing Children Information Clearinghouse
§ 8541. Established. - The Missing Children Information Clearinghouse, hereinafter referred to as “Clearinghouse,”...
§ 8542. Definitions. - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Missing child” means any...
§ 8543. Duties. - The Clearinghouse shall: (1) Provide a form of missing child...
§ 8544. Filing missing child reports; notification upon location; purging information; return of fingerprints. - (a) Every constable, chief police officer, officer in charge, member...
Subchapter IV. Child Sex Abuse Information Repository
§ 8550. Definitions. - The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this...
§ 8551. Establishment of Child Sex Abuse Information Repository. - The Child Sex Abuse Information Repository is hereby created within...
§ 8552. Guidelines. - (a) The Director of the State Bureau of Identification shall...
§ 8553. Duties. - The Director of the State Bureau of Identification shall ensure...
Subchapter V. Criminal Background Check for Child Care Providers
§ 8563. Child Protection Registry check for health care. - (a) Definitions. — (1) “Direct access” means the opportunity to...
§ 8564. Adult Abuse Registry check. - (a) Definitions. — As used in this section: (1) “Adult...
Subchapter VI. Firearm Transaction Approval Program (FTAP)
§ 8570. Purpose and intent. - The purpose and intent of this subchapter is to establish...
§ 8571. Definitions. - As used in this subchapter: (1) “FBI” means the Federal...
§ 8572. SBI as point of contact for NICS, entity to conduct required background checks. - (a) (1) The SBI shall serve as the NICS POC...
§ 8573. Confidentiality of NICS check and POC records. - (a) The SBI is responsible for maintaining the security, integrity,...
§ 8574. Procedure and remedies upon denial. - (a) An individual who is denied the right to receive...
Subchapter VII. Gold Alert Program for Certain Missing Persons
§ 8580. Definitions. - The following words, terms, and phrases when used in this...
§ 8581. Establishment of the Delaware Gold Alert Program. - (a) Each investigating law-enforcement agency shall implement an alert program,...
§ 8582. Activation of the Gold Alert Program. - (a) When a law-enforcement agency receives notice that a senior...
§ 8583. Cancellation of a Gold Alert. - (a) The investigating law-enforcement agency shall notify the designated media...
Subchapter VII-A. Green Alert Program for Certain Missing Persons.
§ 8580A. Definitions. - As used in this subchapter: (1) “ACIM Alert Program” or...
§ 8581A. Establishment of the Delaware Green Alert Program. - (a) Each law-enforcement agency shall implement a Green Alert Program,...
§ 8582A. Activation of the Green Alert Program. - (a) (1) If an investigating law-enforcement agency receives notice that...
§ 8583A. Cancellation of a Green Alert. - (a) The investigating law-enforcement agency shall notify the designated media...
Subchapter VIII. Blue Alert Program for Apprehension of Persons Suspected of Killing or Injuring Law-Enforcement Officers
§ 8584. Definitions. - (a) “ACIM Alert Program” means the “A Child Is Missing...
§ 8585. Establishment of the Delaware Blue Alert Program. - Each investigating law-enforcement agency shall implement an alert program, consistent...
§ 8586. Activation of the Blue Alert Program. - (a) The Blue Alert Program shall be activated when a...
§ 8587. Termination of a Blue Alert. - (a) The investigating law-enforcement agency shall terminate the Blue Alert...
Subchapter X. Driving Privilege Cards
§ 8593. Definitions. - For purposes of this subchapter: (1) “Applicant” shall mean a...
§ 8594. Authority of the State Bureau of Identification. - This subchapter is intended for use by an applicant for...
§ 8595. Application process. - (a) The applicant shall appear at the Bureau during regular...
Subchapter XI. The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act
§ 8596. Enactment. - The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act of 1998...
§ 8597. Definitions. - The following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this...
§ 8598. Purposes. - The purposes of this Compact are to: (1) Provide a...
§ 8599. Responsibilities of compact parties. - (a) FBI responsibilities. — The Director of the FBI shall:...
§ 8599A. Authorized record disclosures. - (a) State criminal history record repositories. — To the extent...
§ 8599B. Record request procedures. - (a) Positive identification. — Subject fingerprints or other approved forms...
§ 8599C. Establishment of Compact Council - (a) Establishment. — (1) In general. — There is established...
§ 8599D. Ratification of Compact - This Compact shall take effect upon being entered into by...
§ 8599E. Miscellaneous provisions. - (a) Relation of Compact to certain FBI activities. — Administration...
§ 8599F. Renunciation. - (a) In general. — This Compact shall bind each party...
§ 8599G. Severability. - The provisions of this Compact shall be severable, and, if...
§ 8599H. Adjudication of disputes. - (a) In general. — The Council shall: (1) Have initial...