Delaware Administrative Code
Title 4 - Alcoholic Beverage Control
Department of Safety and Homeland Security
Office of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commissioner
900 - Trade Practices for Suppliers, Wholesales, and Retailers
903 - (Formerly Rule 8.1) A Governing the Shipment and Storage of Alcoholic Liquors by Suppliers and Wholesalers
Section 903-5.0 - Hours of Delivery

5.1 Delivery trucks and other vehicles of an Importer, licensed by the Commissioner for the delivery of alcoholic liquor to licensed retail establishments, may leave the warehouse after five o'clock in the morning on any day when deliveries of alcoholic liquors are permitted; provided, however, that no actual delivery of beer, spirits, or wine to any licensed establishment is permitted before seven o'clock in the morning and no Importer may require a Retailer to accept deliveries prior to nine o'clock in the morning.

5.2 Delivery trucks or other vehicles may operate as late as necessary to properly deliver orders; provided the trucks or other vehicles leave the warehouse prior to five-thirty o'clock in the afternoon, other than during the period from December 10 to December 31 when the trucks or other vehicles shall be permitted to leave the warehouse prior to eight o'clock in the evening.

5.3 There shall be no delivery of beer, spirits, or wine on any holiday specified in 4 Del.C. § 709 (d).

5.4 Deliveries of alcoholic liquor by Importers, or their authorized representatives, to retail establishments, at any time not permitted by this rule is prohibited.