Delaware § 828 Possession of burglar’s tools or instruments facilitating theft; class F felony

Delaware Statutes

§ 828 — Possession of burglar’s tools or instruments facilitating theft; class F felony

Delaware § 828

JurisdictionDelaware

Title11

PartDelaware Criminal Code

Ch. 5SPECIFIC OFFENSES

Subch.Offenses Involving Property

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 11, § 828 (2026).

Text

(a)A person is guilty of possession of burglar’s tools or instruments facilitating theft when, under circumstances evidencing an intent to use or knowledge that some other person intends to use the same in the commission of an offense of such character, the person possesses any tool, instrument, or other thing adapted, designed, or commonly used for committing or facilitating:

(1)Offenses involving unlawful entry into or upon premises,

(2)Offenses involving the unlocking, overriding, or disabling of a security device without authorization,

(3)Offenses involving forcible breaking or opening of safes, vending machines, automatic teller machines, lock boxes, gates, doors or any container or depositories of property, or

(4)The offense of identity theft, such as a credit card, driver l

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(a) A person is guilty of possession of burglar’s tools or instruments facilitating theft when, under circumstances evidencing an intent to use or knowledge that some other person intends to use the same in the commission of an offense of such character, the person possesses any tool, instrument, or other thing adapted, designed, or commonly used for committing or facilitating:

(1) Offenses involving unlawful entry into or upon premises,

(2) Offenses involving the unlocking, overriding, or disabling of a security device without authorization,

(3) Offenses involving forcible breaking or opening of safes, vending machines, automatic teller machines, lock boxes, gates, doors or any container or depositories of property, or

(4) The offense of identity theft, such as a credit card, driver license or other document issued in a name other than the name of the person who possesses the document.

(b) Possession of burglar’s tools or instruments facilitating theft is a class F felony.

Legislative History

11 Del. C. 1953, § 828; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § 1 ; 67 Del. Laws, c. 130, § 8 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 478, §§ 1, 2 ; 72 Del. Laws, c. 297, § 2 ; 75 Del. Laws, c. 162, § 1 ; 82 Del. Laws, c. 215, § 1