Delaware § 5901 Petition for receivership; grounds, notice and jurisdiction

Delaware Statutes

§ 5901 — Petition for receivership; grounds, notice and jurisdiction

Delaware § 5901

Title25

PartResidential Landlord-Tenant Code

Ch. 59Tenant’s Receivership

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Del. Code tit. 25, § 5901 (2026).

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Any tenant or group of tenants may petition for the establishment of a receivership in a Justice of the Peace Court upon the grounds that there has existed for 5 days or more after notice to the landlord:

(1)If the rental agreement, or any state or local statute, code, regulation or ordinance, places a duty upon the landlord to so provide, a lack of heat, or of running water, or of light, or of electricity, or of adequate sewage facilities;

(2)Any other conditions imminently dangerous to the life, health or safety of the tenant.

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Any tenant or group of tenants may petition for the establishment of a receivership in a Justice of the Peace Court upon the grounds that there has existed for 5 days or more after notice to the landlord:

(1) If the rental agreement, or any state or local statute, code, regulation or ordinance, places a duty upon the landlord to so provide, a lack of heat, or of running water, or of light, or of electricity, or of adequate sewage facilities;

(2) Any other conditions imminently dangerous to the life, health or safety of the tenant.