Home/Delaware/Statutes/Title: 11/Part: Delaware Criminal Code/Ch. 2: GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING OFFENSES/§ 242
Delaware Statutes

§ 242 — Requirements for criminal liability in general

Delaware § 242
JurisdictionDelaware
Title11
PartDelaware Criminal Code
Ch. 2GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING OFFENSES

This text of Delaware § 242 (Requirements for criminal liability in general) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Delaware primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Del. Code tit. 11, § 242 (2026).

Text

A person is not guilty of an offense unless liability is based on conduct which includes a voluntary act or the omission to perform an act which the person is physically capable of performing.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Legislative History

11 Del. C. 1953, § 242; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1

Nearby Sections

15
§ 2401
Definitions
§ 2402
Interception of communications generally; divulging contents of communications, violations of chapter
§ 2403
Manufacture, possession or sale of intercepting device
§ 2404
Admissibility of evidence
§ 2405
Authorities permitted to apply for order authorizing interception
§ 2406
Lawful disclosure or use of contents of communication
§ 2407
Ex parte order authorizing interception
§ 2408
Reports to President Judge
§ 2409
Civil liability; defense to civil or criminal action
§ 241
Conviction to precede punishment
§ 2410
Breaking and entering, etc., to place or remove equipment
§ 2411
Hostage and barricade situations
§ 2412
Obstruction, impediment or prevention of interception
§ 242
Requirements for criminal liability in general
§ 2421
Obtaining, altering or preventing authorized access
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
Delaware § 242, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/de/11/242.