Delaware constitution

Section 1 - Although it is the duty of all men frequently to...

Section 2 - No religious test shall be required as a qualification to...

Section 3 - All elections shall be free and equal.

Section 4 - Trial by jury shall be as heretofore.

Section 5 - The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of...

Section 6 - The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers...

Section 7 - In all criminal prosecutions, the accused hath a right to...

Section 8 - No person shall for any indictable offense be proceeded against...

Section 9 - All courts shall be open; and every man for an...

Section 10 - No power of suspending laws shall be exercised but by...

Section 11 - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed,...

Section 12 - All prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for...

Section 13 - The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not...

Section 14 - No commission of oyer and terminer, or jail delivery, shall...

Section 15 - No attainder shall work corruption of blood, nor except during...

Section 16 - Although disobedience to laws by a part of the people,...

Section 17 - No standing army shall be kept without the consent of...

Section 18 - No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in...

Section 19 - No hereditary distinction shall be granted, nor any office created...

Section 20 - A person has the right to keep and bear arms...

Section 1 - The legislative power of this State shall be vested in...

Section 2 - The several Representative and Senatorial Districts in the State shall,...

Section 2a - Any qualified voter may apply to the Superior Court to...

Section 2b - The number of delegates and the method of electing delegates...

Section 3 - (e) The terms of Senators and Representatives begin on the...

Section 4 - The General Assembly may continue in session each calendar year...

Section 5 - The General Assembly shall meet and sit in Dover, the...

Section 6 - Whenever there shall be a vacancy in either House of...

Section 7 - The Senate at the first annual session of every new...

Section 8 - Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns...

Section 9 - Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish...

Section 10 - Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and...

Section 11 - The doors of each House, and of Committees of the...

Section 12 - Neither House shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn...

Section 13 - The Senators and Representatives shall, in all cases, except treason,...

Section 14 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which...

Section 15 - The President of the Senate and members of the General...

Section 16 - No bill or joint resolution, except bills appropriating money for...

Section 17 - The General Assembly shall enforce this Section by appropriate legislation.

Section 17a - 3. The General Assembly shall provide necessary laws to carry...

Section 17b - 3. The General Assembly shall enact comprehensive legislation providing for...

Section 18 - No divorce shall be granted, nor alimony allowed, except by...

Section 19 - No road, highway or street, intended to be dedicated to...

Section 20 - Any member of the General Assembly who has a personal...

Section 21 - No person who shall be convicted of embezzlement of the...

Section 22 - Every person who shall give, offer or promise, directly or...

Section 23 - Every statute shall be a public law unless otherwise declared...

Section 24 - [Repealed.]

Section 25 - The General Assembly may enact laws under which municipalities and...

Section 1 - The Supreme executive powers of the State shall be vested...

Section 2 - The Governor shall be chosen by the qualified electors of...

Section 3 - The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed...

Section 4 - The Chief Justice, or, in case of his absence or...

Section 5 - The Governor shall hold his office during four years from...

Section 6 - The Governor shall be at least thirty years of age,...

Section 7 - The Governor shall, at stated times, receive for his services...

Section 8 - He shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of...

Section 9 - Unless herein otherwise provided, confirmation by the Senate of officers...

Section 10 - The Governor shall appoint, by and with the consent of...

Section 11 - No person shall hold more than one of the following...

Section 12 - All Commissions shall be in the name of the State,...

Section 13 - The Governor may for any reasonable cause remove any officer,...

Section 14 - The Governor may require information in writing from the officers...

Section 15 - He shall, from time to time, give to the General...

Section 16 - He may on extraordinary occasions convene the General Assembly by...

Section 17 - He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

Section 18 - (d) Every order and resolution to which the concurrence of...

Section 19 - The Lieutenant-Governor, for his or her services as President of...

Section 20 - Thereafter, when the Governor transmits to the President pro tempore...

Section 21 - The terms of the Office of the Attorney General, the...

Section 22 - The terms of office of Clerks of the Peace, Registers...

Section 23 - Prothonotaries, Clerks of the Peace, Registers of Wills, Recorders and...

Section 24 - The terms of office of all State and County officers...

Section 1 - The judicial power of this State shall be vested in...

Section 2 - The tenure and status of the Justices of the Supreme...

Section 3 - Sixth, before sending the name of any person to the...

Section 4 - The Justices of the Supreme Court, the Chancellor and the...

Section 5 - One Judge shall constitute a quorum of the said courts,...

Section 6 - Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this Article...

Section 7 - The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of all causes of...

Section 7a - The Family court shall have all the jurisdiction and powers...

Section 7b - Section 7B. The Court of Common Pleas shall have all...

Section 8 - The phrase "Supreme Court" as used in Section 4 of...

Section 10 - The Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor or Vice-Chancellors shall hold the...

Section 11 - (8) To hear and determine questions of law certified to...

Section 12 - A quorum of the Supreme Court shall consist of not...

Section 13 - (2) Upon written request made by the Chancellor, President Judge...

Section 14 - The President Judge of the Superior Court or any Judge...

Section 15 - The Governor shall have power to commission a judge or...

Section 16 - The jurisdiction of each of the aforesaid courts shall be...

Section 17 - The General Assembly, notwithstanding anything contained in this Article, shall...

Section 18 - Until the General Assembly shall otherwise provide, the Chief Judge...

Section 19 - Judges shall not charge juries with respect to matters of...

Section 20 - In civil causes where matters of fact are at issue,...

Section 21 - In civil causes, when pending, the Superior Court shall have...

Section 22 - At any time pending an action for debt or damages,...

Section 23 - By the death of any party, no suit in chancery...

Section 24 - Whenever a person, not being an executor or administrator, appeals...

Section 25 - The Court of Chancery shall appoint a Chief Register in...

Section 26 - The Superior Court shall appoint a Prothonotary in each county...

Section 27 - The Supreme Court shall have the power to appoint a...

Section 28 - The General Assembly may by law regulate this jurisdiction, and...

Section 30 - Justices of the Peace and the judges of such courts...

Section 31 - The Registers of Wills of the several counties shall respectively...

Section 32 - The General Assembly shall have power to transfer to the...

Section 33 - The style in all process and public acts shall be...

Section 34 - The Vice-Chancellor in office at and immediately before the time...

Section 34a - The Chief Judge and the Judges of the Family Court...

Section 35 - The Court of Chancery is not affected by this amended...

Section 37 - (b) the power to adopt rules establishing procedures for the...

Section 38 - A former State Judge or a former Justice of the...

Section 39 - Senior Judges shall not be counted for purposes of determining...

Section 1 - The general election shall be held biennially on the Tuesday...

Section 2 - (b) Any person who is disqualified as a voter because...

Section 2a - The General Assembly shall extend to any elector in the...

Section 2b - The General Assembly shall extend to a citizen of the...

Section 3 - Such oath or affirmation shall be conclusive evidence to the...

Section 4 - The existing laws in reference to the registration of voters,...

Section 4a - The General Assembly shall enact general laws providing that any...

Section 4b - The General Assembly shall enact uniform laws for the registration...

Section 5 - Electors shall in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach...

Section 6 - (a) The presiding election officer of each election district, following...

Section 7 - Every person who either in or out of the State...

Section 8 - Every prosecution for any of the offenses mentioned in Section...

Section 9 - The enumeration of the offenses mentioned in Section 7 of...

Section 1 - On the trial of an impeachment against the Governor or...

Section 2 - The Governor and all other civil officers under this State...

Section 3 - Treason against this State shall consist only in levying war...

Section 1 - He or she shall fully set forth in writing the...

Section 2 - The Board of Pardons shall be composed of the Chancellor,...

Section 3 - The said board may require information from the Attorney-General upon...

Section 1 - Such laws shall also provide for the assessment and collection...

Section 2 - All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House...

Section 3 - No money shall be borrowed or debt created by or...

Section 4 - No appropriation of the public money shall be made to,...

Section 5 - The General Assembly shall provide for levying and collecting a...

Section 6 - (d) There is hereby established a Budget Reserve Account within...

Section 7 - In all assessments of the value of real estate for...

Section 8 - No county, city, town or other municipality shall lend its...

Section 9 - Any law which shall have the effect of increasing the...

Section 10 - (b) Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year of...

Section 11 - (c) This amendment shall not apply to any tax or...

Section 12 - (d) If moneys in the Transportation Trust Fund cease to...

Section 1 - No corporation shall hereafter be created, amended, renewed or revived...

Section 2 - No corporation in existence at the adoption of this Constitution...

Section 4 - The rights, privileges, immunities and estates of religious societies and...

Section 5 - No foreign corporation shall do any business in this State...

Section 6 - Shares of the capital stock of corporations created under the...

Section 1 - The General Assembly shall provide for the establishment and maintenance...

Section 2 - In addition to the income of the investments of the...

Section 3 - No portion of any fund now existing, or which may...

Section 4 - No part of the principal or income of the Public...

Section 5 - The General Assembly, notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution,...

Section 6 - No property tax receipts received by a public school district...

Section 1 - There shall be a department established and maintained, known as...

Section 2 - The said board shall be composed of three Commissioners of...

Section 3 - The said Commissioners of Agriculture shall be appointed by the...

Section 4 - The said board shall have power to abate and prevent,...

Section 5 - The said Commissioners may devise such plans for securing immigration...

Section 6 - The General Assembly shall provide by law for the compensation...

Section 7 - The Board of Agriculture hereby established shall continue for eight...

Section 1 - The General Assembly may from time to time provide by...

Section 2 - Under the provisions of this Article, Sussex County shall comprise...

Section 3 - The General Assembly shall provide necessary laws to carry out...

Section 1 - No other oath, declaration or test shall be required as...

Section 1 - The Chancellor, Judges and Attorney-General shall be conservators of the...

Section 2 - No public officer shall receive any fees without giving to...

Section 3 - No costs shall be paid by a person accused, on...

Section 4 - No law shall extend the term of any public officer...

Section 5 - All public officers shall hold their respective offices until their...

Section 6 - All public officers shall hold their offices on condition that...

Section 7 - The matters within Section 28 of Article IV and Sections...

Section 8 - No member or officer of any department of the government...

Section 9 - This Constitution shall be prefixed to every codification of the...

Section 10 - No citizen of the State of Delaware shall be disqualified...

Section 1 - Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed...

Section 2 - The General Assembly by a two-thirds vote of all the...

Section 3 - The General Assembly shall provide for receiving, tallying and counting...

Section 4 - No bill or resolution passed by the General Assembly under...

Section 5 - In voting at any general election, upon the question, "Shall...

Section L - The President of this Convention, immediately on its adjournment, shall...

Section 2 - This amended Constitution shall take effect on the tenth day...

Section 3 - At the general election to be held in the year...

Section 4 - [Transferred to § 3 of Article II]

Section 5 - The first general election under this amended Constitution shall be...

Section 6 - The term of office of the present Governor shall not...

Section 7 - Unless otherwise provided by this amended Constitution or Schedule, all...

Section 8 - [Transferred to § 24 of Article III.]

Section 9 - All suits, proceedings and matters which, on the said tenth...

Section 10 - Unless otherwise provided, the Registers' Courts and the jurisdiction of...

Section 11 - If the Chancellor, Chief Justice or any Judge in office...

Section 12 - The first biennial session of the General Assembly under this...

Section 13 - The provisions of Section 15 of Article II of this...

Section 14 - Until the General Assembly shall enact a general incorporation law...

Section 15 - Until the General Assembly shall otherwise provide, guardians' accounts shall...

Section 16 - Unless otherwise provided by this amended Constitution or Schedule, the...

Section 17 - One or more vacancies in the Board of Pardons shall...

Section 18 - All the laws of this State existing at the time...

Section 19 - The General Assembly, as soon as conveniently may be after...