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Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 41. FINES, COSTS, PENALTIES AND FORFEITURES
Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 4102. Payment of costs upon acquittal.
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§ 4102. Payment of costs upon acquittal.
(a) If, upon indictment or information, the defendant is acquitted, the costs shall be paid by the county.
(b) In cases of surety of the peace (which are herein deemed to be cases of a criminal nature) the court may order that the costs shall be paid by the defendant or by the prosecutor or by the county, as it deems just.
Code 1852, §§ 2942, 2943; 20 Del. Laws, c. 596; Code 1915, § 4817; Code 1935, § 5305; 11 Del. C. 1953, § 4102; 63 Del. Laws, c. 140, § 1;
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