Source: https://delcode.delaware.gov/title25/c055/index.shtml
Timestamp: 2020-01-25 17:16:39
Document Index: 16443373

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 5501', '§ 5502', '§ 5503', '§ 5504', '§ 5505', '§ 5506', '§ 5507', '§ 5508', '§ 5509', '§ 5510', '§ 5511', '§ 5512', '§ 5513', '§ 5514', '§ 5514', '§ 5515', '§ 5516', '§ 5517', '§ 5518', '§ 5501', '§\u20023', '§ 5502', '§ 5503', '§\u20023', '§\u20021', '§ 5504', '§ 5505', '§ 5506', '§ 5507', '§ 5508', '§ 5509', '§ 5510', '§ 5511', '§ 5512', '§ 5513', '§\u20025502', '§ 5514', '§\u20023', '§\u20024', '§ 5514', '§\u20025', '§ 5515', '§ 5516', '§ 5517', '§\u20026501', '§\u20021', '§\u20021', '§\u20028', '§ 5518']

TITLE 25 - CHAPTER 55. Tenant Obligations and Landlord Remedies
§ 5501 § 5502 § 5503 § 5504 § 5505 § 5506 § 5507 § 5508 § 5509 § 5510 § 5511 § 5512 § 5513 § 5514 § 5514A § 5515 § 5516 § 5517 § 5518
§ 5501 Tenant obligations; rent.
70 Del. Laws, c. 513, § 3.;
§ 5502 Landlord remedies for failure to pay rent.
§ 5503 Tenant obligations relating to rental unit; waste.
70 Del. Laws, c. 513, § 3; 79 Del. Laws, c. 52, § 1.;
§ 5504 Defense to an action for waste.
(3) If the conditions set forth in paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section exist, and the landlord makes a demand that the tenant posts security to protect against a failure to complete the proposed work, and against any responsibility for expenditures incident to the making of such proposed repairs, alterations or replacements as the court demands.
(b) This section shall not be interpreted to bar an action for damages for breach of a written rental agreement nor bar an action or summary proceeding based on breach of a written rental agreement.
§ 5505 Tenant’s obligation relating to defective conditions.
(a) Any defective condition of the premises which comes to the tenant’s attention, and which the tenant has reason to believe is the duty of the landlord or of another tenant to repair, shall be reported in writing by the tenant to the landlord as soon as is practicable. The tenant shall be responsible for any liability or injury resulting to the landlord as a result of the tenant’s failure to timely report such condition.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply where the landlord has actual notice of the defective condition.
§ 5506 Tenant obligation; notice of extended absence.
§ 5507 Landlord remedies for absence or abandonment.
§ 5508 Landlord remedies; restrictions on subleasing and assignments.
(b) The rental agreement may restrict or prohibit the tenant’s right to assign the rental agreement in any manner. The rental agreement may restrict the tenant’s right to sublease the premises by conditioning such right on the landlord’s consent. Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) In any proceeding under this section to determine whether or not consent has been unreasonably withheld, the burden of showing reasonableness shall be on the landlord.
§ 5509 Tenant obligation to permit reasonable access.
§ 5510 Landlord remedy for unreasonable refusal to allow access.
§ 5511 Rules and regulations; tenant obligations.
(a) The tenant and all others in the premises with the consent of the tenant shall obey all obligations or restrictions, whether denominated by the landlord as “rules,” “regulations,” “restrictions” or otherwise, concerning the tenant’s use, occupation and maintenance of the rental unit, appurtenances thereto and the property of which the rental unit is a part, if:
(1) Such obligations and restrictions promote the health, safety, quiet, private enjoyment or welfare, peace and order of the tenants; promote the preservation of the landlord’s property from abuse; and promote the fair distribution of services and facilities provided for all tenants generally; and
(2) Such obligations and restrictions are brought to the attention of the tenant at the time of the tenant’s entry into the agreement to occupy the rental unit; and
(5) Such obligations and restrictions are sufficiently explicit in the prohibition, direction or limitation of the tenant’s conduct to fairly inform tenant of what tenant must or must not do to comply; and
(b) All tenants and other guests of the premises with the consent of tenant shall conduct themselves in a manner that does not unreasonably interfere with the peaceful enjoyment of the other tenants.
§ 5512 Rules and regulations relating to certain buildings; landlord remedies.
Any provision of the Landlord-Tenant Code [Chapters 51 through 59 of this title] to the contrary notwithstanding, all rental agreements for the rental of single rooms in certain buildings may be terminated immediately upon notice to the tenant for a tenant’s material violation of a regulation which has been given to a tenant at the time of contract or lease, and the landlord shall be entitled to bring a proceeding for possession where:
§ 5513 Landlord remedies relating to breach of rules and covenants.
(a) If the tenant breaches any rule or covenant which is material to the rental agreement, the landlord shall notify the tenant of such breach in writing, and shall allow at least 7 days after such notice for remedy or correction of the breach. This section shall not apply to late payment of rent which is covered under § 5502 of this title.
(2) If the tenant’s breach can be remedied by the landlord, as by cleaning, repairing, replacing a damaged item or the like, the landlord may so remedy the tenant’s breach and bill the tenant for the actual and reasonable costs of such remedy. Such billing shall be due and payable as additional rent, immediately upon receipt.
(3) If the tenant’s breach of a rule or covenant also constitutes a material breach of an obligation imposed upon tenants by a municipal, county or state code, ordinance or statute, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement and bring an action for summary possession.
(c) Upon notice to tenant, the landlord may bring an action or proceeding for waste or for breach of contract for damages suffered by the tenant’s wilful or negligent failure to comply with tenant’s responsibilities under the preceding section. The landlord may request a forthwith summons.
§ 5514 Security deposit.
70 Del. Laws, c. 513, § 3; 79 Del. Laws, c. 57, § 4.;
§ 5514A Surety bond.
79 Del. Laws, c. 57, § 5.;
§ 5515 Landlord’s remedies relating to holdover tenants.
(b) Whenever the term of the rental agreement expires, as provided herein or by the exercise by the landlord of a right to terminate given the landlord under any section of this Code, if the tenant continues in possession of the premises after the date of termination without the landlord’s consent, such tenant shall pay to the landlord a sum not to exceed double the monthly rental under the previous agreement, computed and pro-rated on a daily basis, for each day the tenant remains in possession for any period. In addition, the holdover tenant shall be responsible for any further losses incurred by the landlord as determined by a proceeding before any court of competent jurisdiction.
§ 5516 Retaliatory acts prohibited.
§ 5517 Preference of rent in cases of execution.
Liability of goods levied upon for 1 year’s rent:
(1) If goods, chattels or crops of a tenant being upon premises held by the tenant by demise under a rent of money are seized by virtue of any process of execution, attachment or sequestration, the goods and chattels shall be liable for 1 year’s rent of the premises in arrear, or growing due, at the time of the seizure, in preference to such process; accordingly the landlord shall be paid such rent, not exceeding 1 year’s rent, out of the proceeds of the sale of such goods and chattels, before anything shall be applicable to such process.
(2) The sheriff, or other officer, who sells the goods and chattels of a tenant upon process of execution, attachment or sequestration shall at least 10 days before such sale give written notice of the time and place thereof to the landlord, if residing in the county, and if not, to any known agent of the landlord in the county.
25 Del. C. 1953, § 6501; 58 Del. Laws, c. 472, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 513, § 8.;
§ 5518 [Reserved.]