(a) Every sheriff and every police commissioner and chief of police or peace officer of every jurisdiction, upon receiving information that a motor vehicle has been stolen or that a motor vehicle having been stolen has been recovered, shall immediately report such information upon the appropriate official form to the Department of Safety and Homeland Security.

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 312

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(b) The Department of Safety and Homeland Security shall file all such reports of stolen or recovered motor vehicles and appropriately index the same and shall also file similar reports received from other states.

36 Del. Laws, c. 10, § ?43; Code 1935, § ?5581; 21 Del. C. 1953, § ?317; 62 Del. Laws, c. 190, § ?3; 74 Del. Laws, c. 110, §§ ?26, 27;