Delaware Code

16 Del. C. § 1703 (2026)

Nuisance

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The bringing in of garbage from any place without the State without a permit, the depositing of garbage in any area not named by the Department of Health and Social Services as an area suitable for the disposal of such garbage, and the disposal of any garbage in an unsanitary manner shall be deemed a nuisance under § 310 of this title and subject to the penalties provided in § 317 of this title.

38 Del. Laws, c. 46, § 3; Code 1935, § 890; 16 Del. C. 1953, § 1703; 70 Del. Laws, c. 149, § 118;

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1976–1976 · leading case: Donovan v. Delaware Water & Air Resources Comm'n, 358 A.2d 717 (Del. 1976).

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Donovan v. Delaware Water & Air Resources Comm'n, 358 A.2d 717 (Del. 1976). · cites it 2× “In the spring of 1968 the State Board of Health 2 received a complaint from a resident living near the dump and, following inspection, Donovan was informed that the dump constituted a nuisance in violation of 16 Del.C. § 1703 3 and that the condition *720 must be corrected…”

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