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11 Del. C. § 1450 (2026)

Receiving a stolen firearm; class F felony

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A person is guilty of receiving a stolen firearm if the person intentionally receives, retains or disposes of a firearm of another person with intent to deprive the owner of it or to appropriate it, knowing that it has been acquired under circumstances amounting to theft, or believing that it has been so acquired. Receiving a stolen firearm is a class F felony. Knowledge that a firearm has been acquired under circumstances amounting to theft may be presumed in the case of a person who acquires it for a consideration which the person knows is substantially below its reasonable value.

64 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1; 
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2016–2025 · leading case: State v. Ellis (Del. Super. Ct. 2016).
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State v. Ellis (Del. Super. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “5 11 Del. C. § 1450. 6 Defendant initially rejected the State’s plea offer during Defendant’s final case review on April 11, 2016.”
Com. v. Stevens, E. (Pa. Super. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “The following dialogue occurred at the sentencing hearing: ____________________________________________ 8 11 Del.C §§ 1450 and 1257(b), respectively.”
Johns v. State (Del. 2025). · cites it 2× “55 Here, it is undisputed that without the information from the NCIC identifying the firearm as stolen, the State would not have been able to convict Johns under 11 Del. C. § 1450 (receiving a stolen firearm).”
State v. Adams (Del. Super. Ct. 2023). “1 count of Receiving a Stolen Firearm, 11 Del. C. § 1450; and one count of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, 16 Del.”
State v. Richards (Del. Super. Ct. 2025). “”1 1 11 Del. C. §1450 3. Defendant concedes that the State produced evidence that the gun had been reported stolen months earlier and was in a police database as a stolen handgun.”
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