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Delaware · Through 2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424) · Newer source version available

9 Del. C. § 1184: Public right of inspection of public records.

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  1. Title 9. Counties
  2. New Castle County
  3. CHAPTER 11. County Executive and County Council
  4. Subchapter V. General Provisions

(a) County records, the disclosure of which would invade a person’s right of privacy, hinder law enforcement, endanger the public safety, or breach a legally recognized duty of confidence, or the nondisclosure of which is legally privileged, or which have been prepared for or by the County Attorney for use in actions or proceedings to which the County is or may be a party, shall not be available for public inspection.

(b) Except as provided in this section, all other county records shall be open for public inspection, but the officer, department, board or commission, or other governmental agency of the County having the care and custody of such records, may make reasonable regulations governing the time, place and manner of their inspection, and for purposes of archival preservation, copies of county records may be substituted in lieu of original records.

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