Delaware § 3603 Remedies and penalties

Delaware Statutes

§ 3603 — Remedies and penalties

Delaware § 3603

Title6

Ch. 36HOME CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT PROTECTION

Subch.New Home Buyers Protection Act

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Del. Code tit. 6, § 3603 (2026).

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(a)In any successful action brought by a buyer for failure to acknowledge unfinished work subject to the escrow provisions of § 3602 of this title or failure to escrow the contractual cost or the fair market value required to complete the unfinished work subject to the escrow provisions of § 3602 of this title, the court may order the seller/vendor to pay the amount that should have been escrowed and the costs of litigation. To the extent a seller/vendor proves that a buyer’s request to escrow under § 3602 of this title was not valid, the buyer may be liable for the seller/vendor’s costs of litigation.

(b)Failure to comply with a buyer’s valid request to escrow under § 3602 of this title shall constitute an unlawful practice in violation of § 2513 of this title and wilful violations of

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(a) In any successful action brought by a buyer for failure to acknowledge unfinished work subject to the escrow provisions of § 3602 of this title or failure to escrow the contractual cost or the fair market value required to complete the unfinished work subject to the escrow provisions of § 3602 of this title, the court may order the seller/vendor to pay the amount that should have been escrowed and the costs of litigation. To the extent a seller/vendor proves that a buyer’s request to escrow under § 3602 of this title was not valid, the buyer may be liable for the seller/vendor’s costs of litigation.

(b) Failure to comply with a buyer’s valid request to escrow under § 3602 of this title shall constitute an unlawful practice in violation of § 2513 of this title and wilful violations of § 3602 of this title shall be punishable in accordance with § 2513 and/or § 2581 of this title. The Attorney General shall have the same authority in enforcing, remedying, and otherwise carrying out the provisions of this subchapter as is provided by Chapter 25 of Title 29 and by §§ 2511-2527 and 2531-2536 of this title.

(c) The remedies and penalties provided for in this section are not exclusive and shall be in addition to any other procedures, rights or remedies which exist with respect to any other provisions of law including, but not limited to, state and/or federal criminal prosecutions and/or common law statutory actions brought by private parties.