Delaware Code
Title 21 - Motor Vehicles

§ 4177. Driving a vehicle while under the influence or with a prohibited alcohol or drug content; evidence; arrests; and penalties. - (a) No person shall drive a vehicle: (1) When the...

§ 4177A. Revocation of license for violation of §4177 of this title. - (a) The Secretary shall forthwith revoke the driver's license or...

§ 4177B. First offenders; election in lieu of trial. - (a) (1) A person qualifies for the first offenders election...

§ 4177C. Ignition interlock licenses; reinstatement of license. - (a) A person who enters a first offender election under...

§ 4177D. Courses of instruction; rehabilitation programs. - The Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services,...

§ 4177G. Ignition Interlock Device Program. - (a) Participation. — An offender must participate in the Ignition...

§ 4177H. Certification and approval of devices. - (a) The Division of Motor Vehicles shall adopt and publish...

§ 4177I. Applicability of conforming statutes or ordinances. - Any references to § 4177, § 4177A, § 4177B, §...

§ 4177J. Drinking while driving prohibited. - (a) No person shall consume an alcoholic beverage while driving...

§ 4177L. Driving by persons under the age of 21 after consumption of alcohol; penalties. - (a) Whoever, being under the age of 21 years, drives,...

§ 4177M. Operating a commercial motor vehicle with a prohibited blood alcohol concentration or while impaired by drugs. - (a) No person shall drive, operate, or have actual physical...

Subchapter X. Stopping, Standing and Parking

§ 4178. Violations of offenses prohibiting stopping, standing or parking. - Any violation of this subchapter or any municipal or county...

§ 4179. Stopping, standing or parking. - (a) Upon any highway outside of a business or residential...

§ 4180. Additional parking regulations; penalty. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle...

§ 4181. Summons for unattended vehicle; civil penalties. - (a) A summons in appropriate form to be adopted by...

§ 4181A. Establishment of voluntary assessment centers for payment of civil penalties for parking; payment by voluntary assessment; procedures for contesting; presumptions; failure to pay or contest. - (a) Establishment of municipal voluntary assessment centers. — (1) An...

Subchapter XI. Miscellaneous Rules

§ 4182. Unattended motor vehicle. - (a) No person driving or in charge of a motor...

§ 4183. Parking areas for vehicles being used by persons with disabilities. - (a) For purposes of this section, the term “vehicle being...

§ 4184. Limitations on backing. - The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same...

§ 4185. Riding on motorcycles. - (a) A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon...

§ 4186. Obstruction to driver's view of driving mechanism. - (a) No person shall drive a vehicle when it is...

§ 4187. Coasting prohibited. - (a) The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon...

§ 4188. Following fire apparatus; driving vehicle over fire hose. - (a) No driver of any vehicle, other than on official...

§ 4189. Putting glass or other items on a highway prohibited. - (a) A person may not throw or deposit on a...

§ 4190. Opening and closing vehicle doors. - No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle...

§ 4191. Trailers and towed vehicles. - (a) No vehicle shall be driven upon any highway drawing...

§ 4191A. Trespass by motor vehicle or OHV. - (a) No person shall knowingly operate a motor vehicle or...

§ 4191B. Coal rolling is prohibited. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Subchapter XII. Operation of Bicycles and Other Human-Powered Vehicles; Operation of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices

§ 4192. Responsibility of parent or guardian. - The parent of any child and the guardian of any...

§ 4193. Applicability of traffic laws. - Every person propelling a vehicle by human power or riding...

§ 4194. Passengers and trailers. - (a) No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons...

§ 4195. Clinging to vehicles. - No person riding upon any bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled...

§ 4196. Bicycling on right side of roadway; exceptions. - (a) Upon all roadways of sufficient width a bicycle operator...

§ 4196A. Bicycle approaching or entering intersection. - (a) A bicycle operator approaching a stop sign at an...

§ 4197. Carrying articles. - No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle...

§ 4198. Left turns. - (a) A person operating a bicycle intending to turn left...

§ 4198A. Turn and stop signals. - (a) A person operating a bicycle shall give hand and...

§ 4198B. Bicycles on sidewalks and crosswalks. - (a) A person propelling a bicycle upon and along a...

§ 4198C. Bicycle parking. - (a) A person may park a bicycle on a sidewalk...

§ 4198D. Bicycle racing. - (a) Bicycle racing on the highways is prohibited by §...

§ 4198E. Inspecting bicycles. - A uniformed police officer may at any time, upon reasonable...

§ 4198F. Lamps and other equipment on bicycles. - (a) Every bicycle when in use at nighttime shall be...

§ 4198G. Bicycle identifying number. - A person engaged in the business of selling bicycles at...

§ 4198H. Use of earplugs and headsets restricted. - (a) A person shall not drive a bicycle with earplugs...

§ 4198I. Human-powered vehicles defined. - Human-powered vehicles” shall mean that certain class of vehicles which...

§ 4198J. Bicycling on highways under influence of drugs or alcohol. - (a) No person shall ride a bicycle on a highway...

§ 4198K. Helmet requirements. - (a) A person under 18 years of age shall not...

§ 4198L. Exemption for bicycle-mounted police officers. - Bicycle-mounted police officers, while responding to an emergency or during...

§ 4198M. Mopeds and tripeds. - (a) Mopeds and tripeds shall not be operated upon interstate...

§ 4198N. Operation of motorized skateboards and scooters. - (a) Upon public highways, streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way; penalties for...

§ 4198O. Operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices (EPAMD). - (a) Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit...

§ 4198P. Operation of electric bicycles. - (a) Except as specifically provided in § 4198P, an electric...

Subchapter XIII. Safety Zones; Passengers in Vehicles

§ 4199. Driving through safety zone prohibited. - No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or...

§ 4199A. Riding without owner's consent; protrusion beyond limits of vehicle. - No person shall ride upon any vehicle without the consent...

§ 4199B. Riding in house trailers. - It shall be unlawful to ride in a house trailer...

Chapter 42. REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS; PENALTIES; INTERPRETATION OF LAWS

§ 4201. Duty of driver involved in collisions resulting in property damage or injury. - (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a collision...

§ 4202. Duty of driver involved in collision resulting in injury or death to any person; penalty. - (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in an collision...

§ 4203. Duty to report collisions; evidence. - (a) After complying with the requirements of §§ 4201 and...

§ 4204. Report of damaged vehicles; cars involved in fatal collisions. - (a) The person in charge of any garage or repair...

§ 4205. Penalties. - (a) Whoever violates this chapter or Chapter 41 of this...

§ 4205A. Classification of offenders sentenced to imprisonment under this title. - (a) For offenses under this title, except those which involve...

§ 4206. Removal of vehicles from collision scene prohibited. - No person shall remove from the scene of a collision...

§ 4207. Uniformity of interpretation. - Chapters 41 and 42 of this title shall be so...

Chapter 43. EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF VEHICLES

Subchapter I. Equipment Requirements

§ 4301. Hard rubber tires. - Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle moved on any...

§ 4302. Projections from periphery of tires; exceptions. - (a) No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway...

§ 4303. Brakes — General requirements. - (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall...

§ 4304. Brakes — Performance requirements. - (a) The service brakes upon any motor vehicle or combination...

§ 4305. Brakes — Trailers and semitrailers. - No trailer or semitrailer with a gross weight of load...

§ 4306. Horns and other sound devices; unlawful use. - (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall...

§ 4307. Warning devices for emergency vehicles. - (a) Every police, fire department and fire patrol vehicle and...

§ 4308. Rearview mirror. - All motor vehicles and motorcycles shall be equipped with a...

§ 4309. Obstructions to view on windshield or windows. - (a) No person shall drive any vehicle upon a highway...

§ 4310. Windshield wiper. - Every windshield on a motor vehicle shall be equipped with...

§ 4311. Mufflers; cutout prohibited. - (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle, including a...

§ 4311A. Muffler requirements for commercial vehicles equipped with engine compression brake devices. - (a) No person shall drive a commercial vehicle equipped with...

§ 4312. Safety glass — Equipment; definition. - (a) No person shall operate, on any public highway or...

§ 4313. Safety glass — Federal safety standards applicable to windshield, front side windows and side wings; window tinting. - (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle on any...

§ 4313A. Commercial window tinting. - (a) No person who installs window tinting material in motor...

§ 4314. Lights and reflectors; change of original design or performance of vehicle. - A person may not use on any motor vehicle or...

§ 4315. Penalties for §§ 4301-4316. - (a) Whoever violates §§ 4301-4305 of this title shall for...

§ 4316. Directional signal lights. - All new vehicles licensed in this State must be equipped...

§ 4317. Protectors or flaps behind rear wheels of vehicles. - (a) No person shall operate, cause or permit to be...

§ 4318. Bumper, frame rail, and body heights. - (a) No passenger vehicle or station wagon that is required...

§ 4319. Mandatory reverse warning — Commercial vehicle. - (a) Except as to farm vehicles, all commercial vehicles registered...

Subchapter II. Lights

§ 4331. When lighted lamps are required. - (a) Every vehicle upon a highway within this State at...

§ 4332. Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps. - (a) Whenever requirement is hereinafter declared as to distance from...

§ 4333. Head lamps on motor vehicles. - (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole motor-driven cycle...

§ 4334. Tail lamps. - (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer and...

§ 4335. New vehicles to be equipped with reflectors. - (a) Every new motor vehicle hereafter sold and operated upon...

§ 4336. Stop lamps and turn signals required on new motor vehicles. - It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any...

§ 4337. Application of succeeding sections. - Those sections of this chapter which follow immediately, including §§...

§ 4338. Additional equipment required on certain vehicles. - In addition to other equipment required in this chapter, the...

§ 4339. Color of clearance lamps, side marker lamps, backup lamps and reflectors. - (a) Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors...

§ 4340. Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side marker lamps. - (a) Reflectors, when required by § 4338 of this title,...

§ 4341. Visibility of reflectors, clearance lamps and marker lamps. - (a) Every reflector upon any vehicle referred to in §...

§ 4342. Obstructed lights not required. - Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during...

§ 4343. Lamp or flag on projecting load. - (a) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the...

§ 4344. Lamps on parked vehicles. - (a) Every vehicle, except motorcycles, shall be equipped with at...

§ 4345. Lamps on other vehicles and equipment. - Every vehicle, including animal-drawn vehicles and vehicles referred to in...

§ 4346. Spot lamps and auxiliary lamps. - (a) Spot lamps. — Any motor vehicle may be equipped...

§ 4346A. LED ground effect lighting equipment on motorcycles. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “LED ground effect...

§ 4347. Signal lamps and signal devices. - (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped and when required...

§ 4348. Additional lighting equipment [Effective until Jan. 1, 2025]. - (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more...

§ 4348. Additional lighting equipment [Effective Jan. 1, 2025]. - (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more...

§ 4349. Multiple beam road lighting equipment. - Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps or the auxiliary...

§ 4350. Use of multiple beam road lighting equipment. - Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway...

§ 4351. Lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles. - The head lamp or head lamps upon every motor-driven cycle...

§ 4352. Number of driving lamps required or permitted. - (a) At all times specified in § 4331 of this...

§ 4353. Special restrictions on lamps. - (a) Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor...

§ 4354. Standards for lights on snow removal equipment. - (a) The Department of Safety and Homeland Security shall adopt...

§ 4355. Scope and effect of regulations. - (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive...

§ 4356. Use of flashing lights. - (a) Any motor vehicle used by a fire chief, deputy...

§ 4356A. Use of revolving or flashing green light. - Any motor vehicle used by a fire department or police...

§ 4357. Carrying of flares in certain vehicles; use upon becoming disabled. - (a) No person shall operate any vehicle having a width...

§ 4358. Penalties. - Whoever violates this subchapter shall for the first offense be...

Subchapter III. School Buses

§ 4361. Skid chains and snow tires; penalty. - When the highways are covered with snow or ice, the...

§ 4366. Communication devices. - Every school bus being used for the transportation of children...

§ 4367. Air conditioning. - (a) School buses used to transport special education students that...

Subchapter IV. Special Provisions

§ 4371. Construction of vehicles to prevent escape of contents; penalty. - (a) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any...

§ 4372. Transportation of meat scrap, bones; penalty. - Whoever transports upon a public highway any meat scrap, waste,...

§ 4373. Unlawful display of club insignia; penalty. - (a) No person who is not a member of the...

§ 4374. Equipment required on motor vehicles transporting railroad employees; penalty. - (a) Every motor vehicle provided by a railroad company and...

Chapter 44. ABANDONED VEHICLES

§ 4401. Purpose; abandoned vehicles on private property or public highways; definition. - (a) The purpose of this chapter is to eliminate abandoned...

§ 4402. Enforcement; removal of abandoned vehicles; transfer thereof. - (a) This chapter shall be enforced with respect to state...

§ 4403. Notice of removal. - The police or the Department of Safety and Homeland Security...

§ 4404. Sale of abandoned vehicles; disposition of proceeds. - The Department of Safety and Homeland Security shall have a...

§ 4405. Sale as barring claims or interests. - Upon the sale of a vehicle pursuant to this chapter,...

§ 4406. Issuance of certificate of title. - The Secretary of Transportation shall issue a certificate of title...

§ 4407. Secretary of Public Safety; rules and regulations. - The Secretary of Public Safety may make and promulgate rules...

§ 4408. Immunity of police officers, Department of Safety and Homeland Security employees and garage persons towing or storing vehicles. - No law-enforcement officer or agent or employee of the Department...

§ 4409. Rights and authority granted to be in addition to other rights and authority. - The rights and authority conferred by this chapter shall be...

§ 4410. Wreckers; removal; licenses; records; contract. - (a) A wrecker, licensed by the Department of Safety and...

§ 4411. Storage area for abandoned vehicles. - The Department of Safety and Homeland Security or State Police...

§ 4412. Vehicles left in possession of garage and/or service station; limitations. - Any vehicle left in the possession of a garage or...

§ 4413. Antique cars or parts thereof; exception. - Anyone maintaining an inventory of antique cars or parts thereof...

§ 4414. Penalty; prima facie evidence of wilful abandonment; jurisdiction. - (a) Any person who wilfully abandons a vehicle within the...

§ 4415. Disposal of vehicles 8 years of age or older by wrecker owners. - (a) This section applies to motor vehicles whose model year...

§ 4416. Vehicles left or abandoned on public highways. - Any other provision of this chapter notwithstanding, in the event...

Chapter 45. SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOADS

§ 4501. Size and weight of vehicles generally. - (a) No person shall drive or move, or, being the...

§ 4502. Size and weight of vehicles except on interstate highways, federal-aid primary system highways and United States numbered routes. - (a) Except as provided in § 4503 of this title,...

§ 4503. Size and weight of vehicles on interstate highways; size of vehicles on federal-aid primary system highways and United States numbered routes. - (a) No person shall drive or move or, being the...

§ 4504. Regulations; fees; permits for excessive size and weights. - (a) The Secretary of Transportation may adopt such regulations, issue...

§ 4505. Traffic control devices. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Commercial vehicle” means...

§ 4506. Enforcement authority. - (a) Any police officer, having reason to believe that the...

§ 4507. Weighing equipment and procedures. - (a) The Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security may adopt...

§ 4508. Penalties. - (a) Any person who violates any requirement of this chapter,...

§ 4509. Jurisdiction. - (a) Justices of the peace shall have original jurisdiction to...

§ 4510. Conflict with federal requirements. - (a) Any conflict between a provision of this chapter and...

§ 4511. Removal of disabled or abandoned trucks and trailers from highways. - A tow truck or wrecker may, without regard to the...

§ 4512. Oversized motor vehicle and trailer parking. - (a) In any residence district it shall be unlawful to...

§ 4513. Truck monitoring system. - (a) Definitions. — As used in this section: (1) “County”...

Chapter 46. ADVERTISEMENT AND SALE OF MASTER KEYS

§ 4601. Introduction, sale, distribution or advertisement for sale to public of motor vehicle master keys; penalties. - (a) Whoever knowingly introduces, manufactures for introduction or transports or...

§ 4602. Exemptions. - Section 4601 of this title shall not apply to: (1)...

§ 4603. Reporting of keys; penalties. - Any person, corporation, agency, association, club, department or carrier possessing...

§ 4604. Possession of motor vehicle master keys, manipulative keys, key-cutting devices, lock picks or lock picking devices and hot wires; penalty; class E felony. - (a) No person shall have in possession any motor vehicle...

Chapter 47. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY—RESPONSIBILITY

§ 4701. Statement of legislative purpose. - The purpose of this chapter is to reduce truck and...

§ 4702. Adoption of federal requirements — In general. - (a) Except as modified by this chapter, the State hereby...

§ 4703. Adoption of federal requirements — Amendments of 49 C.F.R. Part 390. - Amend § 390.3 of 49 C.F.R. Part 390 by adding...

§ 4704. Adoption of federal requirements — Amendments of 49 C.F.R. Part 391. - (a) Section 391.11(b)(1) of 49 C.F.R. Part 391 is stricken...

§ 4705. Adoption of federal requirements — Amendments of 49 C.F.R. Part 392. - (a) Amend § 392.4 of 49 C.F.R. Part 392 by...

§ 4707. Adoption of federal requirements — Amendment of 49 C.F.R. Part 395. - (a) Amend 49 C.F.R. § 395.3(b) by striking the word...

§ 4708. Adoption of federal requirements — Amendments of 49 C.F.R. Part 396. - (a) Subsection (a) of 49 C.F.R. § 396.9 is stricken...

§ 4709. Fines, penalties, voluntary assessments. - (a) Any person, driver or motor carrier who violates any...

§ 4710. Authority to place vehicle, etc., out of service. - The Secretary of Public Safety, the Secretary of Safety and...

§ 4711. Jurisdiction. - Justices of the peace shall have original jurisdiction to hear,...

§ 4712. Authority to enforce regulations. - (a) The Secretary of Public Safety, the Secretary of Safety...

§ 4713. Authority to promulgate rules and regulations. - The Secretary of Public Safety has authority to promulgate rules...

§ 4714. Conflicts with other requirements of Delaware Motor Vehicle Code. - (a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to...

Chapter 48. OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM SAFETY ACT

§ 4801. Short title. - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 4802. Driver requirements; exceptions; sales requirements; working condition of system. - (a) (1) The driver of a motor vehicle operated on...

§ 4803. Child restraint in motor vehicles. - (a) Every person shall be responsible, when transporting a child...

Chapter 61. Civil Liability for Driver’s Negligence

§ 6101. Negligence of owners and drivers of rented vehicles; insurance of liability. - (a) The owner of a motor vehicle who is engaged...

§ 6102. Notification by owner of intention to rent vehicle. - No owner of any motor vehicle who is engaged in...

§ 6103. Records required of owners of rented vehicles; inspection; forms. - (a) Every person engaged in the business of renting motor...

§ 6104. Liability of parent, guardian, or employer for negligence of minor [Effective until fulfillment of contingency in 83 Del. Laws, c. 453, § 11]. - (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided under paragraph (a)(2) of...

§ 6104. Liability of parent, guardian or employer for negligence of minor [Effective upon fulfillment of contingency in 83 Del. Laws, c. 453, § 11]. - (a) Any negligence of a minor under age 18 driving...

§ 6105. Liability of owner for negligence of minor [Effective until fulfillment of contingency in 83 Del. Laws, c. 453, § 11]. - Except as provided under § 6106 of this title, every...

§ 6105. Liability of owner for negligence of minor [Effective upon fulfillment of contingency in 83 Del. Laws, c. 453, § 11]. - Every owner of a motor vehicle who causes or knowingly...

§ 6106. Liability of foster parent for negligence of a child or individual [Effective until fulfillment of contingency in 83 Del. Laws, c. 453, § 11]. - (a) For purposes of this section, “foster parent” means as...

Chapter 63. SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES

§ 6301. Definitions [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Consignment” is when a...

§ 6302. License requirements. - (a) Department approval. — No person, corporation, partnership, proprietorship or...

§ 6303. Location requirements; records [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - (a) Except as provided in § 6311(b) of this title,...

§ 6304. Expiration and renewal of license. - Each license issued under this title shall expire at midnight...

§ 6305. Bill of sale. - Every motor vehicle dealer shall complete, in duplicate, a bill...

§ 6306. Consignment vehicles-contract. - Any motor vehicle dealer offering a vehicle for sale on...

§ 6307. Wholesale Dealers. - (a) A wholesale dealer who is licensed by the Division...

§ 6308. Auctions. - (a) Each person who conducts auctions of vehicles shall keep...

§ 6309. Prohibited acts. - (a) A dealer, its agent or an employee of a...

§ 6310. Acts of officers, directors, partners, and sales persons. - If a licensee is a partnership or corporation, it shall...

§ 6311. License requirements [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - (a) In the event any dealer intends to change a...

§ 6312. Issuance of dealer license [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - Upon receiving a dealer license application for approval, and satisfied...

§ 6313. Grounds for denying application for, or renewal of, dealer license; suspension or revocation of license [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5] - A dealer license applied for or issued pursuant to this...

§ 6314. Suspension and hearing notices. - (a) No license issued under this title shall be suspended,...

§ 6314A. Effect of suspension, revocation, or renewal refusal on licensee. - (a) Dealers who have their dealer license suspended, revoked, or...

§ 6315. Hearings. - (a) If the Division refuses an application for a license,...

§ 6316. Return of license, dealer number plates, temporary license plates, and dealer reassignment forms. - If the Division suspends, revokes or denies the renewal of...

§ 6317. Cease and desist orders and injunctive relief [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - In addition to the legal remedies provided for in this...

§ 6318. Penalties. - (a) Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be...

Chapter 64. ODOMETERS

§ 6401. Findings; purpose. - The General Assembly hereby finds that purchasers when buying motor...

§ 6402. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Dealer” or “dealership” means...

§ 6403. Unlawful devices. - No person shall advertise for sale, sell, use or install...

§ 6404. Unlawful change of mileage. - (a) Unless otherwise provided in § 6406 of this title,...

§ 6405. Possession with intent to defraud. - No person shall, with intent to defraud, possess a motor...

§ 6406. Lawful service, repair or replacement. - (a) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the service, repair...

§ 6407. Disclosure of odometer information. - (a) Each Delaware title, at the time it is issued...

§ 6408. Exemptions. - Notwithstanding the requirements of § 6407 of this title: (1)...

§ 6409. Disclosure of odometer information for leased motor vehicles. - (a) Before executing any transfer of ownership document, each lessor...

§ 6410. Disclosure of odometer information by power of attorney. - (a) If the transferor's title is physically held by a...

§ 6411. Power of attorney to review title documents and acknowledge disclosure. - (a) In circumstances where part A of a secure power...

§ 6412. Certification by person exercising powers of attorney. - (a) A person who exercises a power of attorney under...

§ 6413. Access of transferee to prior title and power of attorney documents. - (a) In circumstances in which a power of attorney has...

§ 6414. Odometer disclosure statement retention. - (a) Dealers and distributors of motor vehicles who are required...

§ 6415. Odometer record retention for auction companies. - Each auction company shall establish and retain at its primary...

§ 6416. Security of title documents. - Each title shall be set forth by means of a...

§ 6417. Review of disclosure statements. - (a) All disclosure statements and motor vehicles in the possession...

§ 6418. Responsibilities of motor vehicle dealers. - (a) No motor vehicle dealer, licensed in accordance with this...

§ 6419. Documents acceptable as odometer disclosure statements. - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...

§ 6420. Penalties; jurisdiction. - (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of...

Chapter 67. THEFT, UNAUTHORIZED USE AND DAMAGE TO MOTOR VEHICLES

Subchapter I. General Provisions

§ 6701. Injuring vehicle or obstructing its operation. - No person shall, individually or in association with 1 or...

§ 6702. Driving vehicle without consent of owner. - (a) No person shall drive another person's vehicle without the...

§ 6703. Tampering with vehicle. - No person shall, without the consent of the owner or...

§ 6704. Receiving or transferring stolen vehicle; penalty. - Whoever, with intent to procure or pass title to a...

§ 6705. Removed, falsified or unauthorized identification number on vehicle, bicycle or engine; removed or affixed license/registration plate with intent to misrepresent identity; penalty. - (a) A person who wilfully removes to falsify or falsifies...

§ 6706. Seizure of vehicle where number is altered or removed. - (a) Any member of the State Highway Police or any...

§ 6707. Penalty. - (a) Whoever violates this chapter shall be fined not less...

§ 6708. Possession of blank title; blank registration card; vehicle identification plate; warranty sticker and registration card; class E felony; penalty. - (a) No person, unless duly authorized by the Director of...

§ 6709. Removal of warranty or certification stickers; vehicle identification plates; confidential vehicle identification numbers; penalty; class E felony. - (a) No person, unless duly authorized by the Director of...

§ 6710. Unlawful possession of assigned titles, assigned registration cards, vehicle identification plates and warranty stickers; penalty; class E felony. - (a) No person shall have in possession an assigned certificate...

Subchapter II. Salvage Yards

§ 6715. Rebuilt motor vehicles. - If any vehicle being kept in a motor vehicle salvage...

§ 6716. Administrative inspections and warrants. - (a) Any person engaged in the business of maintaining or...

Chapter 68. REGISTRATION AND CONTROL OF OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES

§ 6801. OHV registration — Required. - (a) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall operate any...

§ 6802. OHV registration — Application; issuance. - Application for registration shall be made to the Department or...

§ 6803. OHV registration — Fees. - (a) The fee for registration of each off-highway vehicle, other...

§ 6804. OHV registration — Renewal of registration. - Every owner of an off-highway vehicle shall renew the registration...

§ 6805. OHV registration — Procedure. - (a) Upon receipt of the required fee and an application...

§ 6806. Surrender of registration certificate. - (a) The owner of an OHV shall notify the Department...

§ 6807. Out-of-state OHV registration. - The Department shall issue a 1-year registration number decal, valid...

§ 6808. Age requirements. - No application for an original certificate of registration shall be...

§ 6809. OHV dealer license required. - OHV dealers, as defined in § 101 of this title,...

§ 6810. Exceptions and exemptions to OHV registration. - (a) A vehicle registered under this title, Title 23 (boats)...

§ 6811. Vehicle identification number. - (a) Beginning not later than January 1, 1978, a manufacturer...

§ 6812. Special vehicles. - The owner of a specially constructed or reconstructed OHV may...

§ 6813. Specific OHV dealer responsibilities for rented or leased OHVs. - (a) A dealer shall maintain in safe operating condition an...

§ 6814. Operation of OHVs — Upon public highways, streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way; penalties for violation. - (a) OHVs shall not be operated upon a public highway...

§ 6815. Operation of OHVs — Excessive rate of speed. - A person shall not operate an OHV at a rate...

§ 6816. Operation of OHVs — While under the influence or with a prohibited alcohol or drug content. - A person shall not operate an OHV while under the...

§ 6817. Operation of OHVs — Without lights. - A person shall not operate an OHV during the period...

§ 6818. Operation of OHVs — Without brakes. - A person shall not operate an OHV unless such OHV...

§ 6819. Operation of OHVs — In a manner causing damage or disturbance. - (a) A person shall not operate an OHV in a...

§ 6820. Operation of OHVs — Without spark arrestor type muffler. - (a) A person shall not operate an OHV unless such...

§ 6821. Operation of OHVs — On property. - (a) A person shall not operate an OHV upon any...

§ 6822. Operation of OHVs — In violation of traffic controllers or traffic-control devices. - A person shall not operate an OHV in violation of...

§ 6823. Operation of OHVs — Helmets. - (a) A person shall not operate a 2-wheel or 3-wheel...

§ 6824. Operation of OHVs — By minors, incompetent persons or persons under mental or physical disabilities. - (a) A person less than 12 years of age may...

§ 6825. Identification of persons operating OHVs upon public or private property. - Any person operating an OHV upon public or private property...

§ 6826. Safety education program. - (a) The Department shall implement a comprehensive OHV information and...

§ 6827. Accidents. - (a) The operator of an OHV involved in an accident...

§ 6828. Enforcement of chapter. - Any peace, police or environmental protection officer, acting in the...

§ 6829. Registration numbers or numbered decals as prima facie evidence. - In a proceeding for a violation of this chapter involving...

§ 6830. Unlawful for operators of OHVs to disobey command to stop. - It shall be unlawful for any operator of an OHV...

§ 6831. Penalties. - A person convicted of a violation of any provision of...

§ 6832. Jurisdiction. - The Courts of the Justices of the Peace shall have...

§ 6833. Conflicts with other statutes. - Should any provision of this chapter conflict with other statutes,...

§ 6834. Rules and regulations. - The Secretary of Transportation may adopt and enforce such rules...

§ 6835. Civil liability. - Any other statute notwithstanding, a violation of § 6823 or...

Chapter 69. REMOVAL OF MOTOR VEHICLES FROM PUBLIC HIGHWAYS BY POLICE

§ 6901. Removal of motor vehicles from public highways by police; sale of vehicles; towers. - (a) Any police officer of this State, or a county...

§ 6902. Notification to owner of removal of vehicle; disposal of removed vehicle. - (a) Anyone rendering services under this chapter or Chapter 44...

Chapter 70. FIRE LANES

§ 7001. Stopping, standing or parking in fire lanes; penalty. - (a) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle...

§ 7002. Immunity for enforcement; exception. - No law-enforcement officer, fire officer in charge or the fire...

§ 7003. Payment by voluntary assessment; presumptions; procedure for contesting; failure to pay or contest. - (a) Payment by voluntary assessment. — An owner or operator...

§ 7004. Enforcement by cadets appointed by the Superintendent of the State Police. - (a) The Superintendent of the State Police is hereby authorized...

Chapter 71. FUNERAL PROCESSIONS

§ 7101. Definitions. - (a) “Funeral director” and “funeral establishment” shall have the same...

§ 7103. Driving in funeral processions. - (a) Pedestrians and operators of vehicles not part of a...

§ 7104. Penalties. - Whoever violates this chapter shall be guilty of a moving...

Chapter 75. AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLERS

§ 7501. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Automotive recyclers” means any...

§ 7502. License requirements; exception. - (a) A person may not conduct the business of an...

§ 7503. Location requirements. - A person may not be licensed to conduct an automotive...

§ 7504. Application for license. - The Department shall devise an automotive recycler license application which...

§ 7505. Issuance of licenses. - The Department shall issue an “automotive recycler” license under this...

§ 7506. License fee and renewal. - (a) Each automotive recycler under this chapter shall pay an...

§ 7507. Record of vehicles; inspections. - (a) Each automotive recycler shall keep accurate and complete records...

§ 7508. Refusal, suspension or revocation of license. - The Department may refuse to grant a license under this...

§ 7509. Hearing notice. - A license issued under this chapter may be suspended, revoked,...

§ 7510. Hearing procedures. - All hearings shall conform to the provisions of the Administrative...

§ 7511. Judicial review. - Any aggrieved party to a hearing may appeal a decision...

§ 7512. Penalty. - Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter relating...

Chapter 80. Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact [Repealed]. -

Chapter 81. Driver’s License Compact

Subchapter I. Driver’s License Compact

§ 8101. Driver's License Compact. - The Driver's License Compact is hereby enacted into law and...

Subchapter II. Effectuation of Compact

§ 8111. Definitions. - As used in this chapter and in the compact with...

§ 8112. Compensation of compact administrator. - The compact administrator provided for in Article VII of the...

§ 8113. Furnishing of information to other states. - The Department of Transportation shall furnish to the appropriate authorities...

Chapter 83. COMMERCIAL DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOL LICENSING

§ 8301. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Commercial driver training school”...

§ 8302. Enforcement by the Secretary. - (a) The Secretary shall adopt and prescribe such regulations concerning...

§ 8303. License for schools; requirements. - (a) No commercial driver training school shall be established nor...

§ 8304. License for instructors; requirements. - (a) No person shall act as an instructor after January...

§ 8305. License fees. - All licenses shall expire on the last day of the...

§ 8306. Issuance, renewal, suspension and revocation of licenses. - The Secretary may cancel, suspend, revoke or refuse to issue...

§ 8307. Exemptions. - This chapter shall not apply to any person giving driver...

§ 8308. Penalties. - Violation of this chapter or any regulation promulgated pursuant thereto...

Chapter 84. NEW RECREATIONAL VEHICLE OR NEW RECREATIONAL TRAILER MANUFACTURER-DEALER AGREEMENTS [FOR APPLICATION OF THIS CHAPTER, SEE 79 DEL. LAWS, C. 161, § 5]

§ 8401. Legislative intent [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - (a) The intent of the General Assembly is to protect...

§ 8402. Definitions [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1)...

§ 8403. Written agreements and designated territories [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - (a) A manufacturer or distributor may not sell a new...

§ 8404. Termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or alteration of a dealership [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - (a) A manufacturer or distributor, directly or through any authorized...

§ 8405. Repurchase of inventory [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - (a) If a new recreational vehicle dealer terminates, cancels, or...

§ 8406. Transfer of dealership; family succession [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - (a) If a new recreational vehicle dealer desires to make...

§ 8407. Warranty obligations [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - (a) A warrantor shall: (1) Specify in writing to each...

§ 8408. Indemnification [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - Notwithstanding the terms of any manufacturer-dealer agreement, it is a...

§ 8409. Inspection and rejection by the dealer [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - (a) If a new recreational vehicle or new recreational trailer...

§ 8410. Coercion of new recreational vehicle dealer prohibited [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - (a) A manufacturer or distributor may not coerce or attempt...

§ 8411. Mediation [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - (a) A new recreational vehicle dealer, manufacturer, distributor, or warrantor...

§ 8412. Regulations [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 5]. - The Division of Motor Vehicles shall have the authority to...

Chapter 85. LOCOMOTIVE IDLING

§ 8501. Purpose. - The General Assembly finds and determines that the people of...

§ 8502. Definitions. - (1) “Idling” means the operation of the locomotive while it...

§ 8503. Nonessential idling prohibited; defined. - (a) No person may permit the nonessential idling of a...

§ 8504. Enforcement. - (a) Any law-enforcement officer in whose jurisdiction the locomotive, or...

§ 8505. Penalties. - Any person who violates this chapter shall be punished by...

Chapter 86. Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act

§ 8601. Short title. - This chapter shall be known as the “Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing...

§ 8602. Definitions. - When used in this chapter: (1) “Car sharing delivery period”...

§ 8603. Insurance coverage during car sharing period. - (a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall assume liability, except...

§ 8604. Notification of implications of lien. - At the time when a vehicle owner registers as a...

§ 8605. Exclusions in motor vehicle liability insurance policies. - (a) An authorized insurer that writes motor vehicle liability insurance...

§ 8606. Recordkeeping; use of vehicle in car sharing. - A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall collect and verify records...

§ 8607. Exemption; vicarious liability. - A peer-to-peer car sharing program and a shared vehicle owner...

§ 8608. Contribution against indemnification. - A motor vehicle insurer that defends or indemnifies a claim...

§ 8609. Insurable interest. - (a) Notwithstanding any other law, statute, rule, or regulation to...

§ 8610. Disclosures. - Each car sharing program agreement made in the State shall...

§ 8611. Driver's license verification and data retention. - (a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program may not enter into...

§ 8612. Responsibility for equipment. - A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall have sole responsibility for...

§ 8613. Automobile safety recalls. - (a) At the time when a vehicle owner registers as...

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