Delaware § 1927 Failure to file statement or remit tax; penalty

Delaware Statutes

§ 1927 — Failure to file statement or remit tax; penalty

Delaware § 1927

JurisdictionDelaware

Title18

PartInsurance

Ch. 19DELAWARE NONADMITTED INSURANCE ACT

Subch.Surplus Lines Insurance

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 18, § 1927 (2026).

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(a)If any broker fails to file his or her annual statement or fails to remit the tax as required in §§ 1924 and 1925 of this title, or if any insured who independently procured insurance fails to file the report and remit the tax provided by § 1926 of this title prior to or on the date the tax is due, and, if in the Commissioner’s opinion such failure is without just cause, he or she shall be liable for a fine of $25 for each day of delinquency commencing with the first day after the tax is due.

(b)The tax may be collected by distraint, or the tax and fine may be recovered by an action instituted by the Commissioner in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(c)Any fine collected by the Commissioner shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the General Fund.

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(a) If any broker fails to file his or her annual statement or fails to remit the tax as required in §§ 1924 and 1925 of this title, or if any insured who independently procured insurance fails to file the report and remit the tax provided by § 1926 of this title prior to or on the date the tax is due, and, if in the Commissioner’s opinion such failure is without just cause, he or she shall be liable for a fine of $25 for each day of delinquency commencing with the first day after the tax is due.

(b) The tax may be collected by distraint, or the tax and fine may be recovered by an action instituted by the Commissioner in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) Any fine collected by the Commissioner shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the General Fund.