Records [Effective until fulfillment of the contingency in 85 Del. Laws, c. 371, § 3].
Del. Code tit. 24, § 904
in effect(a) Any person desiring to engage in the business described in this chapter or Chapter 9B of this title shall keep and maintain in the place of business at all times a record in accordance with this section, or Chapter 9B of this title, if required, and all applicable federal laws and regulations. In such record the businessperson shall enter the date of the sale, the name and address of the person purchasing any deadly weapon, the number and kind of deadly weapon so purchased, the age of the purchaser, the mode of identification bearing a picture (except as provided in § 1448B(f) of Title 11) which includes a driver’s license, and any other information as required by federal law and regulation. The record shall at all times be open for inspection by any judge, justice of the peace, law-enforcement officer, constable or other peace officer of this State.
(b) Any person engaging in the business described in this chapter shall keep and maintain a list of current employees including their names, former names used, dates of birth, physical descriptions and social security numbers. The required employee list and all attachments thereto shall be considered confidential but shall, nevertheless, be open for inspection by any law-enforcement officer of this State or of any political subdivision of this State, within their respective jurisdiction, at any time, at the licensee’s primary place of business and during the licensee’s regular business hours. No person licensed under this chapter shall knowingly allow any employee who is a person prohibited from possessing a deadly weapon pursuant to § 1448 of Title 11 to facilitate a sale of a deadly weapon. All employers licensed to do business pursuant to this chapter shall, prior to employment and at least once during each calendar year thereafter, perform a telephonic criminal history record check of each employee utilizing the procedures set forth in § 1448A of Title 11 and shall make and maintain a record thereof using the State Bureau of Identification Criminal History Record Information and Mental Health Information Consent Form (Form 544). A copy of each such form shall be attached to the above required employee list for inspection upon the valid request of a law-enforcement officer of this State or of any political subdivision of this State, within their respective jurisdiction.
(c) Except as provided in § 951B of this title, any inspection by a judge, justice of the peace, law-enforcement officer, constable, or other peace officer of this State shall be reasonable under the circumstances existing at the time and shall only be made pursuant to and in furtherance of an open criminal investigation or during the course of a criminal prosecution.
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