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2025 Delaware Code
Title 7 - Conservation
Chapter 7. REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH
Subchapter VI. Other Game and Fish
§ 794. Deer accidentally killed by motor vehicle.
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§ 794. Deer accidentally killed by motor vehicle.
Any person, who, while operating a motor vehicle upon any public highway in this State, accidentally strikes and kills a deer upon said public highway shall, upon producing visible evidence of collision with said deer to any State Police or Fish and Wildlife Agent of this State, be entitled to possession of said deer. This section shall apply to deer killed by collision with a motor vehicle at any time, whether during the open season for killing deer or during the legally closed season.
7 Del. C. 1953, § 798; 52 Del. Laws, c. 171; 70 Del. Laws, c. 105, § 6; 70 Del. Laws, c. 275, § 103;
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