(a) Any nonresident junk dealer or person or persons desiring to conduct the business of dealing in junk shall not be permitted to conduct and carry on such business within the State until such person has first secured a license therefor and pays to the Department of Finance the sum of $150. Such license shall not be required when the nonresident junk dealer is buying from and selling to or exchanging goods, wares and merchandise with an established qualified dealer of the State.

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 2303

  • Department: means the Department of Finance. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 101
  • 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.
  • Person: means and includes an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, association, company or corporation. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, The United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502

(b) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than $100, nor more than $500, and, on failure to pay such fine, shall be imprisoned not less than 3 months, nor more than 6 months.

(c) Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction of offenses under this section.

Code 1915, § ?226A; 40 Del. Laws, c. 29, §§ ?1, 2; 40 Del. Laws, c. 30, § ?1; Code 1935, § ?199; 30 Del. C. 1953, § ?2303; 57 Del. Laws, c. 741, § ?11; 67 Del. Laws, c. 261, § ?7;