Delaware § 3111 Penalties

Delaware Statutes

§ 3111 — Penalties

Delaware § 3111

JurisdictionDelaware

Title16

PartVital Statistics

Ch. 31REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, DIVORCES, ANNULMENTS AND ADOPTIONS

Subch.General Provisions

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 16, § 3111 (2026).

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(a)A fine of not more than $10,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, shall be imposed on:

(1)Any individual who wilfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a certificate, record or report required by this chapter, or in an application for an amendment thereof, or in an application for a certified copy of a vital record, or who wilfully and knowingly supplies false information intending that such information be used in the preparation of any such report, record or certificate, or amendment thereof; or

(2)Any individual who without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, makes, counterfeits, alters, amends or mutilates any certificate, record or report required by this chapter or a certified copy of such certificate, record or report; or

(3)Any indiv

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(a) A fine of not more than $10,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, shall be imposed on:

(1) Any individual who wilfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a certificate, record or report required by this chapter, or in an application for an amendment thereof, or in an application for a certified copy of a vital record, or who wilfully and knowingly supplies false information intending that such information be used in the preparation of any such report, record or certificate, or amendment thereof; or

(2) Any individual who without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, makes, counterfeits, alters, amends or mutilates any certificate, record or report required by this chapter or a certified copy of such certificate, record or report; or

(3) Any individual who wilfully and knowingly obtains, possesses, uses, sells, furnishes or attempts to obtain, possess, use, sell or furnish to another, for any purpose of deception, any certificate, record or report required by this chapter or certified copy thereof so made, counterfeited, altered, amended or mutilated, or which is false in whole or in part or which relates to the birth of another person, whether living or deceased; or

(4) Any employee of the State who wilfully and knowingly furnishes or processes a certificate, or certified copy of a certificate, with the knowledge or intention that it be used for the purposes of deception; or

(5) Any individual who without lawful authority possesses any certificate, record or report, required by this chapter or a copy or certified copy of such certificate, record or report knowing same to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained.

(b) A fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment of not more than 1 year, or both, shall be imposed on:

(1) Any individual who wilfully and knowingly refuses to provide information required by this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder; or

(2) Any individual who wilfully and knowingly transports or accepts for transportation, interment or other disposition a dead body without an accompanying permit as provided in this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder; or

(3) Any individual who wilfully and knowingly neglects or violates any of the provisions of this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon the individual by this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder.

Legislative History

25 Del. Laws, c. 66, § 9 ; 26 Del. Laws, c. 75 ; 27 Del. Laws, c. 84, §§ 14, 16 ; 27 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§ 15, 16 ; Code 1915, §§ 770, 818, 819; 28 Del. Laws, c. 60, § 2 ; Code 1935, §§ 776, 801, 802; 44 Del. Laws, c. 69, § 1 ; 16 Del. C. 1953, §§ 3111, 3139, 3152, 3157, 3169; 68 Del. Laws, c. 274, § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1