2012 Delaware Code
Title 21 - Motor Vehicles
CHAPTER 27. DRIVER'S LICENSE
Subchapter V. Taxicab Driver
§ 2763. Qualifications for taxicab license.

(a) A taxicab authorization or endorsement shall not be issued to any person who:

(1) Is under the age of 18 years;

(2) Does not meet the requirements of § 2707 of this title;

(3) Has been convicted of a criminal offense of murder, rape or robbery; or

(4) Has had that person's driver's license revoked during the immediate preceding 5 years.

(b) Any taxicab authorization or endorsement issued shall automatically be rescinded by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles if the applicant has not shown evidence of having satisfactorily completed, within 30 days of the date of issuing the authorization or endorsement, a defensive driving course approved by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles.

(c) The Department may conduct a criminal history background check pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 85 of Title 11 for the purposes of issuing a taxicab authorization or endorsement pursuant to this section.

Code 1935, § 5719t; 46 Del. Laws, c. 270, § 1; 21 Del. C. 1953, § 2763; 61 Del. Laws, c. 60, §§ 1, 3; 64 Del. Laws, c. 411, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 252, § 10.;