Delaware § 825 Burglary in the second degree; class D felony

Delaware Statutes

§ 825 — Burglary in the second degree; class D felony

Delaware § 825

JurisdictionDelaware

Title11

PartDelaware Criminal Code

Ch. 5SPECIFIC OFFENSES

Subch.Offenses Involving Property

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 11, § 825 (2026).

Text

(a)A person is guilty of burglary in the second degree when the person knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit a crime therein.

(b)A person is guilty of burglary in the second degree when the person knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building with intent to commit a crime therein and where the person is armed with explosives or a deadly weapon or where the person causes physical injury to any other person who is not a participant in the crime. Burglary in the second degree is class D felony.

(c)[Repealed.]

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(a) A person is guilty of burglary in the second degree when the person knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit a crime therein.

(b) A person is guilty of burglary in the second degree when the person knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building with intent to commit a crime therein and where the person is armed with explosives or a deadly weapon or where the person causes physical injury to any other person who is not a participant in the crime.

Burglary in the second degree is class D felony.

(c) [Repealed.]

Legislative History

11 Del. C. 1953, § 825; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § 1 ; 67 Del. Laws, c. 130, § 8 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 73 Del. Laws, c. 126, § 7 ; 74 Del. Laws, c. 106, § 4 ; 74 Del. Laws, c. 345, § 4 ; 82 Del. Laws, c. 215, § 1