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Delaware Code Title 4. Alcoholic Liquors and Marijuana § 1332. Retail marijuana store licenses

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A retail marijuana store license may only be issued to a person selling retail marijuana or retail marijuana products under the terms and conditions of this chapter.  A license issued under this section is valid for 2 years.  Each application for a retail marijuana store license must contain all of the following:

(1) The application materials required by the Commissioner, including the location where the retail marijuana store will operate.

(2) The application fee in an amount determined by the Commissioner.

(3) Materials required by § 1331(3) and (4) of this title.

(b) A retail marijuana store licensee shall pay the Commissioner $10,000 biennially for the retail marijuana store license.  A retail marijuana store licensee must renew the license biennially by paying the fee required by this subsection and by providing documentation of a labor peace agreement.

(c) A retail marijuana store may purchase retail marijuana from a licensed retail marijuana cultivation facility or may cultivate its own retail marijuana if it obtains a retail marijuana cultivation facility license under § 1334 of this title.

(d) A retail marijuana store shall track all of its retail marijuana and retail marijuana products from the point that they are transferred from a retail marijuana cultivation facility or retail marijuana products manufacturer to the point of sale.

(e)(1) A retail marijuana store licensee may also sell retail marijuana products that are prepackaged and labeled as required by this chapter.

(2) A retail marijuana store licensee may transact with a retail marijuana products manufacturing licensee for the purchase of retail marijuana products upon a retail marijuana products manufacturing licensee's licensed premises or a retail marijuana store's licensed premises.

(f)(1) A retail marijuana store may not sell more than a personal use quantity of marijuana, except for nonedible, nonpsychoactive retail marijuana products, including ointments, lotions, balms, and other nontransdermal topical products, during a single transaction to an individual.

(2) Before initiating a sale to an individual, an employee of the retail marijuana store making the sale shall verify that the purchaser has a valid government-issued photo identification card showing that the individual is 21 years of age or older.  If an individual under 21 years of age presents a fraudulent proof of age, any action relying on the fraudulent proof of age is not grounds for the revocation or suspension of any license issued under this section.

a. If a retail marijuana store licensee or employee has reasonable cause to believe that an individual is under 21 years of age and is exhibiting fraudulent proof of age in an attempt to obtain any retail marijuana or marijuana product, the licensee or employee is authorized to confiscate such fraudulent proof of age, if possible, and shall, within 72 hours after the confiscation, remit it to a state or local law-enforcement agency.  The failure to confiscate such fraudulent proof of age or to remit to a state or local law-enforcement agency within 72 hours after the confiscation does not constitute a criminal offense.

b. The questioning of an individual suspected of providing fraudulent proof of age by an employee of the Division or a law-enforcement officer does not render the employee of the Division or the law-enforcement officer civilly or criminally liable for slander, false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, or unlawful detention.

(g) A retail marijuana store must provide a sample of its products to a facility that has a marijuana testing facility license for testing and research purposes as required by regulations adopted under this chapter.  A retail marijuana store shall maintain a record of what was provided to the testing facility, the identity of the testing facility, and the results of the testing.

(h) All retail marijuana and retail marijuana products sold at a licensed retail marijuana store must be packaged and labeled as required by this chapter.

(i) A retail marijuana store shall comply with all provisions of Delaware and federal law in regard to individuals with disabilities.

(j)(1) A retail marijuana store may only sell retail marijuana;  retail marijuana products;  marijuana accessories;  nonconsumable products such as apparel;  and marijuana related products, such as childproof packaging containers.  A retail marijuana store is prohibited from selling or giving away any consumable product, including cigarettes or alcohol, or any edible product that does not contain marijuana, including sodas, candies, or baked goods.

(2) A retail marijuana store may not sell any retail marijuana or retail marijuana products that contain nicotine or alcohol if the sale of the alcohol would require a license under this title.

(3) A retail marijuana store may not sell retail marijuana or retail marijuana products over the Internet or deliver retail marijuana or retail marijuana products to a person not physically present in the retail marijuana store's licensed premises.

(k) A display case containing marijuana concentrate must include the potency of the marijuana concentrate next to the name of the product using the standard established under this chapter.

(l) Repealed by 84 Laws 2024, ch. 301, § 7.

(m) Marijuana or marijuana products may not be consumed on the premises of a retail marijuana store.

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