Delaware § 4414 Penalty; prima facie evidence of wilful abandonment; jurisdiction

Delaware Statutes

§ 4414 — Penalty; prima facie evidence of wilful abandonment; jurisdiction

Delaware·Title 21·Part Operation and Equipment·Ch. 44 ABANDONED VEHICLES

(a)Any person who wilfully abandons a vehicle within the right-of-way of any highway of this State or upon the property of another without consent, and any person who, being the owner of an abandoned vehicle, wilfully fails to remove it pursuant to a directive given under § 4402(b) of this title shall be fined not less than $28.75 nor more than $115.

(b)For the purposes of this section, the fact that a person voluntarily left a vehicle and did not return to remove it within 7 consecutive days shall be prima facie evidence of the wilful abandonment of such vehicle.

(c)Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction for purposes of this section.

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(a) Any person who wilfully abandons a vehicle within the right-of-way of any highway of this State or upon the property of another without consent, and any person who, being the owner of an abandoned vehicle, wilfully fails to remove it pursuant to a directive given under § 4402(b) of this title shall be fined not less than $28.75 nor more than $115.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the fact that a person voluntarily left a vehicle and did not return to remove it within 7 consecutive days shall be prima facie evidence of the wilful abandonment of such vehicle.

(c) Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction for purposes of this section.

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Legislative History

21 Del. C. 1953, § 4414; 55 Del. Laws, c. 173 ; 57 Del. Laws, c. 713, § 7 ; 58 Del. Laws, c. 119, § 8 ; 66 Del. Laws, c. 14, § 3 ; 68 Del. Laws, c. 9, § 51 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1