Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 1320 – Loitering on property of a state-supported school, college or …
A person is guilty of loitering on property of a state-supported school, college or university when the person loiters or remains in or about the buildings or grounds of a school, college or university supported in whole or in part with state funds, not having any reason or relationship involving custody of or responsibility for a pupil or student, or any other specific, legitimate reason for being there, and not having written permission from anyone authorized to grant the same.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 1320
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- 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
- Student: shall mean any person enrolled in a school grades preschool through 12. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 617
Any law-enforcement officer, state official or employee, the owner or occupier of such lands or property, an agent or employee of such persons, or any other person or persons whom they may call to their assistance, may arrest such loiterer, either with or without warrant, either upon the premises or in immediate flight therefrom and, if with warrant, then at any place.
Loitering on property of a state-supported school, college or university is a violation.
11 Del. C. 1953, § ?1320; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § ?1; 67 Del. Laws, c. 130, § ?8; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;