Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 1921 – Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Family” means as defined in § 901 of this title.
(2) “Government agency” includes all agencies, authorities, boards, commissioner, departments, institutions, offices, and any other bodies of the State created by the constitution or statute, whether in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch; all units and corporate outgrowths created by executive order of the Governor or any constitutional officer, by the Supreme Court, or by resolution of the General Assembly; and agencies, authorities, boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other bodies politic and corporate of a unit of local government, or school district.
(3) “Home address” includes a judicial officer‘s permanent residence and any secondary residence affirmatively identified by the judicial officer, but does not include a judicial officer’s work address.
(4) “Judicial officer” includes any active, formerly active, or retired:
a. Chief Justice or Justice of the Supreme Court.
b. Chancellor, Vice Chancellor or Master of the Court of Chancery.
c. President Judge, Judge or Commissioner of the Superior Court.
d. Chief Judge, Judge or Commissioner of the Court of Common Pleas.
e. Chief Judge, Judge or Commissioner of the Family Court.
f. Chief Magistrate or Justice of the Peace of the Justice of the Peace Court.
(5) “Person” means as defined in § 302 of Title 1.
(6) “Personal information” means a home address, home telephone number, mobile telephone number, direct telephone number to a judicial officer’s private chambers, personal e-mail address, social security number, federal tax identification number, checking and savings account numbers, credit or debit card numbers, birth or marital records, property tax records, and identity of children under the age of 18.
(7) “Publicly available content” means any written, printed, or electronic document or record that provides information or that serves as a document or record maintained, controlled, or in the possession of a government agency that may be obtained by any person, from the Internet, from the government agency upon request either free of charge or for a fee, or in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act [Chapter 100 of Title 29].
(8) “Publicly post” or “publicly display” means to communicate to another or otherwise make available to the general public.
(9) “Written request” means written notice signed by a judicial officer or a representative of the judicial officer’s employer requesting a government agency or person to refrain from posting or displaying publicly available content that includes the personal information of the judicial officer or of their family.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 1921
- Chambers: A judge's office.
- Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
- Family: means as defined in § 901 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 1921
- Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
- Government agency: includes all agencies, authorities, boards, commissioner, departments, institutions, offices, and any other bodies of the State created by the constitution or statute, whether in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch; all units and corporate outgrowths created by executive order of the Governor or any constitutional officer, by the Supreme Court, or by resolution of the General Assembly; and agencies, authorities, boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other bodies politic and corporate of a unit of local government, or school district. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 1921
- Home address: includes a judicial officer's permanent residence and any secondary residence affirmatively identified by the judicial officer, but does not include a judicial officer's work address. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 1921
- Judicial officer: includes any active, formerly active, or retired:
- Person: means as defined in § 302 of Title 1. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 1921
- Personal information: means a home address, home telephone number, mobile telephone number, direct telephone number to a judicial officer's private chambers, personal e-mail address, social security number, federal tax identification number, checking and savings account numbers, credit or debit card numbers, birth or marital records, property tax records, and identity of children under the age of 18. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 1921
- Publicly available content: means any written, printed, or electronic document or record that provides information or that serves as a document or record maintained, controlled, or in the possession of a government agency that may be obtained by any person, from the Internet, from the government agency upon request either free of charge or for a fee, or in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act [Chapter 100 of Title 29]. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 1921
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.