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2025 Delaware Code
Title 21 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 43. EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF VEHICLES
Subchapter IV. Special Provisions
§ 4371. Construction of vehicles to prevent escape of contents; penalty.
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§ 4371. Construction of vehicles to prevent escape of contents; penalty.
(a) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless it is so constructed or loaded as to prevent its contents from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom.
(b) Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section shall for the first offense be fined not less than $10 nor more than $28.75. For each subsequent like offense, the person shall be fined not less than $28.75 nor more than $100.
36 Del. Laws, c. 10, §§ 127, 141; 37 Del. Laws, c. 10, § 34; Code 1935, §§ 5665, 5679; 21 Del. C. 1953, § 4371; 65 Del. Laws, c. 503, § 25; 68 Del. Laws, c. 9, § 47; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1;
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