Delaware § 8123 Forcible entry and detainer

Delaware Statutes

§ 8123 — Forcible entry and detainer

Delaware § 8123

Title10

PartLimitation of Actions

Ch. 81PERSONAL ACTIONS

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 10, § 8123 (2026).

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No writs shall be issued, by a justice of the peace or the Court of Common Pleas, upon a complaint of forcible entry, after 1 year from the time of such entry; or upon a complaint of forcible detainer merely, after the tenant has been in continued possession of the premises for 2 years. These limitations need not be pleaded, but they shall defeat any such suit whenever it appears that they apply to it.

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No writs shall be issued, by a justice of the peace or the Court of Common Pleas, upon a complaint of forcible entry, after 1 year from the time of such entry; or upon a complaint of forcible detainer merely, after the tenant has been in continued possession of the premises for 2 years. These limitations need not be pleaded, but they shall defeat any such suit whenever it appears that they apply to it.