City of Lewes, DE
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2023-01-09
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 140 Peace and Good Order
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Article V Interference With Police Officers
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Elections
- Ch 9 Code of Conduct
- Ch 15 Emergency Operations
- Ch 33 Planning Commission
- Ch 37 (Reserved)
- Ch 40 Parks and Recreation Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 56 Amusement Parks
- Ch 59 Animals
- Ch 63 Beaches
- Ch 64 Beneficial Use Appeals
- Ch 65 Bicycles
- Ch 68 (Reserved)
- Ch 70 Building Code
- Ch 73 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 76 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 Canal Excavations
- Ch 80 Community Events
- Ch 86 Docks
- Ch 88 Dogs
- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 92 Emergency Measures
- Ch 95 Environmental Protection
- Ch 97 Firearms and Explosives
- Ch 106 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 108 Gasoline, Storage of
- Ch 115 Junkyards
- Ch 118 (Reserved)
- Ch 121 (Reserved)
- Ch 123 Loitering
- Ch 125 Massage Parlors
- Ch 127 (Reserved)
- Ch 128 Mercantile Licensing
- Ch 132 Noise
- Ch 137 (Reserved)
- Ch 140 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 140 Art V Interference With Police Officers
- § 140-12 Interference with performance of duties.
- § 140-13 Violations and penalties.
- § 140-14 Encouraging or inciting.
- Ch 142 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 145 Plumbing
- Ch 148 Property Maintenance
- Ch 150 Rental Licensing
- Ch 158 Sewers
- Ch 167 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 170 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 172 Taxation
- Ch 175 Trailers and Trailer Parks
- Ch 177 Trees
- Ch 178 Trespassing
- Ch 181 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 183 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 186 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 191 Water and Sewer Connections
- Ch 197 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 6-8-1970]
It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with a police
officer of the City of Lewes in the performance of his duties.
[Amended 5-12-1980]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not
less than $25 nor more than $200 and imprisonment for a term of not
less than 10 days nor more than 30 days for the first such conviction.
For a second or subsequent conviction, any person, firm or corporation
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $50
nor more than $500 and imprisonment for a term of not less than 20
days nor more than 60 days for each such conviction. Each day that
a violation of any of the provisions of this article continues shall
be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct violation.
For the purposes of this article, a person shall be deemed to
have violated the provisions of this article if he encourages or incites
another to interfere with a police officer of the City of Lewes in
the performance of his duties.
