Delaware Code Title 23 Sec. 1304 – Vessels and property relating to vessels adrift or abandoned on …
(a) Abandoned vessels and property relating to vessels on the strand on private property, such as private waters, private subaqueous land, private marinas, private docks, and private boatyards, may be seized, removed, transported, preserved, stored, and disposed of by the Department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter upon written request to the Department by the private property owner, if the Department receives funding to provide such a service.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 23 Sec. 1304
- Department: means the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control;
(3) "Vessel" means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water or ice. See Delaware Code Title 23 Sec. 1303
(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:
(1) A vessel whose owner has not complied with the terms of a financial agreement to pay docking, mooring, storage, or similar fees at a private marina, dock, boatyard, or other nautical facility, yet allows the vessel to remain at the marina, dock, boatyard, or other facility;
(2) A vessel whose owner trespasses on private property by leaving that owner’s vessel in another person’s boat slip or dockspace without the permission of the other person.