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2025 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
Chapter 66. FIRE PREVENTION
Subchapter V. False Fire Alarms
§ 6645. Civil penalties and appeals.
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16 DE Code § 6645 (2025)
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§ 6645. Civil penalties and appeals.
(a) The State Fire Marshal shall assess all civil penalties as outlined in this subchapter.
(b) All civil penalties will be paid within 30 days of assessment.
(c) All moneys derived from the civil penalties shall be placed in the Fire Detection Fund pursuant to § 6637 of this title.
(d) An owner or a fire alarm contractor may appeal the assessment of a civil penalty to the State Fire Prevention Commission in accordance with the State Fire Prevention Regulations.
(e) The Justice of the Peace Court shall have jurisdiction over all unpaid civil penalties.
74 Del. Laws, c. 21, § 1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 444, § 3;
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