Delaware restricts electronic car-key tools and requires reporting missing devices

People may not knowingly make, sell, offer to sell, transfer, or possess covered tools, or help or allow someone else to use them. Covered tools include devices and software designed or used to intercept signals from remote car keys or communicate with vehicles to program or imitate keys that can unlock or start them. The exception applies only to lawful and reasonable purposes. It covers law enforcement officers, National Insurance Crime Bureau employees, licensed vehicle dealer employees, vehicle distributors, vehicle or vehicle-lock manufacturers, mechanic shops, locksmith companies, and repossession agencies.

Authorized holders must report a lost or stolen device to a law enforcement agency. The duty applies to individuals authorized to possess a covered electronic car-key tool. The 48-hour reporting period starts when the person becomes aware that the device was lost or stolen.