Delaware Code

11 Del. C. § 1221 (2026)

Perjury in the third degree; class A misdemeanor

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A person is guilty of perjury in the third degree when the person swears falsely.

Perjury in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.

11 Del. C. 1953, §  1221;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  167 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  870 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2016–2026 · leading case: Pazuniak Law Off. LLC v. Pi-Net Int'l, Inc. (Del. Super. Ct. 2017).
Pazuniak Law Off. LLC v. Pi-Net Int'l, Inc. (Del. Super. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “Perjury Perjury is a criminal offense statutorily defined in 11 Del. C. § 1221. Generally, a person is guilty of perjury when the person swears falsely under oath.”
In re: Shawe & Elting LLC (Del. Ch. 2016). “See Kan-Di-Ki, 2015 WL 4503210 , at *30 (rejecting defense to spoliation of text messages based on plaintiff’s own failure “to produce a large number, or perhaps any, text messages of its own.”
Jackson v. State (Del. 2019). “12 11 Del. C. §§ 1221–1223. 13 Id. § 1224 (Supp.”
Jud. Watch, Inc. Univ. of Delaware (Del. 2021). “114 Particularly, courts have noted that “[t]h[e] lack of knowledge by the party seeing [sic] disclosure seriously distorts the traditional adversary nature of our legal system’s form of dispute resolution.”
Ami Shafrir Berg v. Shai Bar-Lavi (Del. Ch. 2026). “185 11 Del. C. § 1221. 186 Choupak v. Rivkin, 2015 WL 1589610 , at *21 (Del.”
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