The Delaware Code online lives at delcode.delaware.gov, a free public portal maintained by the Delaware Code Revisors and LexisNexis in cooperation with the Division of Legislative Services. No account or subscription is required. The site hosts every title of the statutory code, the Delaware Constitution, and authenticated PDFs, and as of early 2026 it reflects all laws enacted through 85 Del. Laws, c. 236.1Delaware Code Online. Delaware Code Online
Where to Find It
Go to delcode.delaware.gov. The homepage lists every title as a clickable link, and each title opens into chapters, subchapters, and sections. A link from the judiciary’s site at courts.delaware.gov simply redirects here.
Justia mirrors the Delaware Code at law.justia.com/codes/delaware/. The layout is clean and the URLs are easy to share, but Justia is not a state publication. If you need to confirm exact statutory language for anything that matters, use delcode.delaware.gov.
The General Assembly’s own site at legis.delaware.gov does something different. It tracks pending bills, committee activity, and session laws rather than hosting the compiled code. You will want it later, when you need to check whether a recently passed law has made it into the code yet.
One thing worth reading before you rely on the site: the notice at the top states that the online version “is considered an official version of the State of Delaware statutory code.” Not every state treats its online code as official; Delaware does. The same page tells readers the state makes no warranty about the information and to “seek legal counsel for help on interpretation of individual statutes.”1Delaware Code Online. Delaware Code Online The text is official. Acting on it is still your responsibility.
How the Code Is Organized
The Delaware Code uses a four-level hierarchy: Title, Chapter, Subchapter, Section.1Delaware Code Online. Delaware Code Online
Titles cover broad subject areas. Title 8 contains the General Corporation Law that makes Delaware a hub for business formation. Title 11 covers Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Title 31 covers Welfare. The code contains 31 titles, though not every number is in active use.
Each title breaks into chapters, chapters into subchapters, and subchapters into individual sections. Sections hold the actual rules, definitions, penalties, and requirements. When a citation reads “8 Del. C. § 102,” that means Title 8, Section 102. You rarely need to read an entire title; if you know the subject area, you can drill straight to the section that answers your question.
Browsing and Searching
From the homepage, click a title to see its chapters, click a chapter to see subchapters, and click a subchapter to see sections. This works well when you know the area of law but not the exact number.
The site also has a search bar. Type a term or a section number and you get a list of matching provisions. Once you open a section, navigation arrows let you step forward or backward through adjacent sections without going back to the table of contents. That is useful when you want to read related provisions in sequence.
A practical note. If you already have a full citation like “11 Del. C. § 4205,” browsing beats searching. Open Title 11, find the chapter containing Section 4205, and click through. A raw section-number search sometimes surfaces references to that number from other titles, which can send you to the wrong place.
Checking Whether the Text Is Current
The single most important thing to check on delcode.delaware.gov is the “current through” line at the top of the site. It tells you exactly how up to date the text is. As of this writing, the notice states the code “includes all acts enacted as of January 30, 2026, up to and including 85 Del. Laws, c. 236.”1Delaware Code Online. Delaware Code Online
The Delaware General Assembly meets annually from January through June, ending by midnight on June 30.2Spotlight Delaware. Delaware Explained: The 2026 General Assembly New laws pass throughout that window. The online code is updated on a rolling basis, but there is always a lag between enactment and codification. If you are reading mid-session, recently enacted laws may not yet appear in the text.
To close that gap, cross-check legis.delaware.gov. Session laws are cited by volume and chapter, such as “85 Del. Laws, c. 236.” Compare the most recent session law on the General Assembly’s site against the “current through” notice on the code portal. If the Assembly has passed laws beyond what the code site has incorporated, those newer laws control even though they are not yet in the codified text.
How to Cite a Delaware Statute
Delaware courts use their own citation format rather than the Bluebook abbreviation. The Bluebook calls for “Del. Code Ann.” Delaware local practice shortens this to “Del. C.” A typical citation looks like this:
19 Del. C. § 2304
The number before “Del. C.” is the title. The number after the section symbol is the section. You do not need to include a publication date unless you are pointing to a specific historical version of the statute, such as when comparing an older version against the current one.3Delaware Superior Court. Guide to the Delaware Rules of Legal Citation
For session laws that have not yet been codified, the format changes: “85 Del. Laws, c. 9, § 32 (2026).”
Two style points worth following. Do not start a sentence with a citation. The mix of spelled-out numbers and numerals reads awkwardly, and Delaware’s own citation guide recommends restructuring the sentence.3Delaware Superior Court. Guide to the Delaware Rules of Legal Citation When citing multiple consecutive sections, give the full range rather than using “et seq.” Write “6 Del. C. §§ 4901–4917,” not “6 Del. C. § 4901 et seq.”
What the Code Doesn’t Cover
The Delaware Code is the state’s statutory law. It is not the only law you might need, and searching delcode.delaware.gov will not return results from the sources below.
The Delaware Constitution is hosted on the same portal and reachable from the homepage. It contains the 1897 Constitution as amended, organized by article and section.4Delaware Code Online. The Delaware Constitution of 1897 as Amended
The Delaware Administrative Code, containing regulations issued by state agencies, is published separately at regulations.delaware.gov. It is organized by agency rather than by subject, so to find a regulation from the Department of Natural Resources, for example, you navigate by agency name.
Court rules for the Supreme Court, Court of Chancery, Superior Court, Family Court, Court of Common Pleas, and Justice of the Peace Court live at courts.delaware.gov/rules/.5Rules of the Delaware State Courts. Rules of the Delaware State Courts These govern procedure within each court and are maintained apart from the statutory code. The Chancery rules in particular matter for corporate litigation, which is a large share of Delaware’s legal work.