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Delaware Duty to Inform Police Laws (2026)
Info: Delaware has no duty to inform: its concealed-carry law (11 Del. C. §§ 1441-1442) contains no requirement to notify an officer or to present the license on demand (verified against the full weapons subchapter).
Delaware has no duty to inform: its concealed-carry law (11 Del. C. §§ 1441-1442) contains no requirement to notify an officer or to present the license on demand (verified against the full weapons subchapter). A Delaware CCDW (Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon) license is still required to carry concealed at all.
Official source: delcode.delaware.gov →
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Duty to Inform Police in states bordering Delaware
The same rule in each neighboring state LawLert has verified, from that state’s own official source.
- MarylandInfo
Maryland has no statutory duty to inform: its wear-and-carry statute (Pub. Safety § 5-308) only requires the permit holder to carry the permit whenever carrying, and the current text has no volunteer duty and no display-on-demand clause. A permit is still required to carry a handgun at all.
Verified Jul 18, 2026 · Source: mgaleg.maryland.gov · Full Maryland rule →
- New JerseyConditional
New Jersey has a proactive duty to inform, new as of December 2022: N.J.S.A. 2C:58-4.4(b) requires a permit holder who is stopped or detained while carrying in public, or traveling with a handgun in a vehicle, to immediately disclose that they are carrying — or that a handgun is stored in the vehicle — and to display the carry permit as well. Failing to disclose is a fourth-degree crime; failing to display starts as a disorderly-persons offense with a $100 fine.
Verified Jul 18, 2026 · Source: pub.njleg.state.nj.us · Full New Jersey rule →
- PennsylvaniaConditional
Pennsylvania has no proactive duty to inform, but when carrying a firearm concealed on the person or in a vehicle, a licensee must produce the license for inspection on the lawful demand of a law-enforcement officer (18 Pa.C.S. § 6122(a)); failure to produce it creates a rebuttable presumption of non-licensure. The rule has been unchanged since 1997.
Verified Jul 18, 2026 · Source: palegis.us · Full Pennsylvania rule →
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