(a) Any person may request vessel numbering and registration information from the Department, if such is retrievable from the vessel numbering system records of the State. When the Department is satisfied that the request is reasonable and related to a boating safety purpose, the information shall be furnished upon payment by such person of the cost of retrieval and furnishing of the information requested.

(b) Boating accident reports, filed by those parties directly involved, and required under the authority of § 2114(c) of this title, are not public records available for public inspection or release. The fact that such reports have been made shall be admissible in evidence solely to show compliance with this section or regulations promulgated under the authority of § 2114(c) of this title. No such report nor any part thereof nor any statement contained therein shall be admissible as evidence for any purpose in any civil or criminal trial.

(c) Boating accident reports and any information compiled therefrom may be released to state and federal law-enforcement agencies and officials of the United States Coast Guard for analytical and statistical purposes at no cost.

(d) Any federal agency or agency of Delaware state government may request information from the Department concerning the registration of a vessel. After the Department receives such a request and the Department is satisfied that such a request is reasonable and related to a boating safety, law-enforcement or fishery management purpose, the Department may release information concerning the registration of a vessel. In each case where said information is released, the Department may seek reimbursement from the agency requesting the information for all costs incurred by the Department in connection with the gathering and transmitting of the information to the requesting agency.

(e) The Department may use or provide a contractor with vessel registration information for the following limited purposes:

(1) Retaining or recruiting boaters.

(2) Sustaining and increasing associated registration sales.

(f) Any contractor selected by the Department pursuant to subsection (e) of this section shall be subject to a confidentiality agreement that prevents the contractor from releasing, transferring, or using registration information for any other purposes.

59 Del. Laws, c. 576, § 1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 313, § 1; 80 Del. Laws, c. 106, § 3.