Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2904 – Suspension, revocation or surrender of license
(a) The Commissioner may revoke any license issued hereunder upon finding that:
(1) The licensee has violated any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation made by the Commissioner under and within the authority of this chapter or of any other law, rule or regulation of this State or the United States;
(2) Any fact or condition exists which, if it had existed at the time of the original application for such license, would have warranted the Commissioner in refusing originally to issue such license; or
(3) The licensee has engaged in business activities or practices, in connection with any business for which a license is required under this chapter, which could be deemed unfair or deceptive by nature of intent. Such activities and practices include, but are not limited to, the use of tactics which mislead the consumer, misrepresent the consumer transaction or any part thereof, or otherwise create false expectations on the part of the consumer.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2904
- Commissioner: means State Bank Commissioner. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2901
- Licensee: means a holder of a license issued by the State Bank Commissioner pursuant to this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2901
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, and any other group however organized. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2901
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Commissioner may temporarily suspend any license pending the issuance of a final order as provided in Chapter 101 of Title 29.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no license shall be revoked or suspended except after notice and an opportunity for the licensee to request a hearing in accordance with Chapter 101 of Title 29.
(d) Any licensee may surrender any license by delivering to the Commissioner such license together with written notice that it thereby surrenders such license, but such surrender shall not affect such licensee’s civil or criminal liability for acts committed prior to such surrender.
(e) No revocation, suspension or surrender of any license shall impair or affect the obligation of any preexisting lawful contract between the licensee and any person.
(f) Every license issued hereunder shall remain in force and effect until the same shall have expired or shall have been surrendered, revoked or suspended in accordance with this chapter, but the Commissioner shall have authority to reinstate a suspended license or to issue a new license to a licensee whose license shall have been revoked if no fact or condition then exists which would have warranted the Commissioner in refusing originally to issue such license under this chapter.
(g) Whenever the Commissioner shall revoke or suspend a license issued pursuant to this chapter, the Commissioner shall forthwith execute a written order to that effect. The Commissioner shall forthwith serve the written order upon the licensee. Any such order may be reviewed in the manner provided by Chapter 101 of Title 29.
5 Del. C. 1953, § ?2903; 52 Del. Laws, c. 335, § ?1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 740, § ?25B; 70 Del. Laws, c. 6, § ?14; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 24, § ?15; 77 Del. Laws, c. 126, § ?7;