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§ 2306 Use of Great Seal and Privy Seal; restrictions; reproduction of seals and other insignia subject to approval; penalties.

29 DE Code § 2306 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) The Secretary of State as the keeper of the Great Seal and the Privy Seal shall restrict the use of the Great Seal and the Privy Seal to documents, records, publications and other business transactions of the State.

(b) The seals, coat of arms, state flag, emblems and other insignia of this State may be used, reproduced or published with the written consent of the Secretary of State, provided that use is restricted to educational uses such as encyclopedias, reference books, historical publications or similar uses which do not involve advertising or other means of personal gain or which abrogate the rights of the citizenry of the State.

(c) Whoever violates or fails to comply with this section shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $250.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any act enacted prior to April 17, 1961, authorizing the Governor, the State Treasurer and the Secretary of State to act as issuing officers in issuing bonds of this State or in any other law, the Secretary of State may, in executing said bonds on behalf of the State, cause a facsimile of the Great Seal of the State to be engraved or printed thereon and, in any such case, it shall not be necessary to affix to or impress on said bonds the Great Seal of the State.

48 Del. Laws, c. 255, §§ 1-3; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 2306; 53 Del. Laws, c. 22.

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§ 2306 Use of Great Seal and Privy Seal; restrictions; reproduction of seals and other insignia subject to approval; penalties.