Delaware Code

10 Del. C. § 2007 (2026)

Extension of deadlines

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(a) The Chief Justice, in an order declaring a judicial emergency, or in an order modifying or extending a judicial emergency order, is authorized to suspend, toll, extend, or otherwise grant relief from deadlines or other time schedules or filing requirements otherwise imposed by applicable statutes, rules, regulations, or court orders for the duration of the emergency order, including, but not limited, to such deadlines as civil and criminal statutes of limitations, deadlines for appeals, and the expiration of temporary restraining orders or no contact orders that would otherwise expire.

(b) Except as specified in subsection (c) of this section, deadlines may be extended up to the duration of the emergency order but shall be for the shortest period of time necessary under the circumstances of the emergency.

(c) The time periods for bringing an arrested person before a magistrate pursuant to § 1909 of Title 11 and for bringing a prisoner before a judge pursuant to § 6907 of this title shall not be extended to more than 7 days. The time for taking a juvenile charged with a delinquent act before a court shall not be extended to more than 2 days.

77 Del. Laws, c. 30, §  1
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 2020–2020 · leading case: State v. Burton (Del. Super. Ct. 2020).
State v. Burton (Del. Super. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “As a result, per Administrative Directives of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware and the Delaware Superior Court, and the national and local states of emergency, “[e]xcept as set forth in 10 Del. C. § 2007(c), deadlines in court rules or state or local statutes and…”
State v. Wright (Del. Super. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “) (“Except as set forth in 10 Del. C. § 2007(c), deadlines in court rules or state or local statutes and ordinances applicable to the judiciary that expire between March 23, 2020, and June 30, 2020 are extended through July 1, 2020.”
State v. Boone (Del. Super. Ct. 2020). “As a result, per Administrative Directives of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware and the Delaware Superior Court, and the national and local states of emergency, “[e]xcept as set forth in 10 Del. C. § 2007(c), deadlines in court rules or state or local statutes and…”
State v. DeShields (Del. Super. Ct. 2020). “As a result, per Administrative Directives of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware and the Delaware Superior Court, and the national and local states of emergency, “[e]xcept as set forth in 10 Del. C. § 2007(c), deadlines in court rules or state or local statutes and…”
State v. Swanson (Del. Super. Ct. 2020). “As a result, per Administrative Directives of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware and the Delaware Superior Court, and the national and local states of emergency, “Te]xcept as set forth in 10 Del. C. § 2007(c), deadlines in court rules or state or local statutes and…”
State v. Pope (Del. Super. Ct. 2020). “As a result, per Administrative Directives of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware and the Delaware Superior Court, and the national and local states of emergency, “[e]xcept as set forth in 10 Del. C. § 2007(c), deadlines in court rules or state or local statutes and…”
State v. Burton (Del. Super. Ct. 2020). “As a result, per Administrative Directives of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware and the Delaware Superior Court, and the national and local states of emergency, “[e]xcept as set forth in 10 Del. C. § 2007(c), deadlines in court rules or state or local statutes and…”
— 10 Del. C. § 2007(c) — 7 cases
State v. Burton (Del. Super. Ct. 2020). “As a result, per Administrative Directives of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware and the Delaware Superior Court, and the national and local states of emergency, “[e]xcept as set forth in 10 Del. C. § 2007(c), deadlines in court rules or state or local statutes and…”
State v. Wright (Del. Super. Ct. 2020). “) (“Except as set forth in 10 Del. C. § 2007(c), deadlines in court rules or state or local statutes and ordinances applicable to the judiciary that expire between March 23, 2020, and June 30, 2020 are extended through July 1, 2020.”
State v. Boone (Del. Super. Ct. 2020). “As a result, per Administrative Directives of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware and the Delaware Superior Court, and the national and local states of emergency, “[e]xcept as set forth in 10 Del. C. § 2007(c), deadlines in court rules or state or local statutes and…”
State v. DeShields (Del. Super. Ct. 2020). “As a result, per Administrative Directives of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware and the Delaware Superior Court, and the national and local states of emergency, “[e]xcept as set forth in 10 Del. C. § 2007(c), deadlines in court rules or state or local statutes and…”
State v. Swanson (Del. Super. Ct. 2020). “As a result, per Administrative Directives of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware and the Delaware Superior Court, and the national and local states of emergency, “Te]xcept as set forth in 10 Del. C. § 2007(c), deadlines in court rules or state or local statutes and…”
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