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2018 Delaware Code
Title 25 - Property
CHAPTER 59. TENANT'S RECEIVERSHIP
§ 5901. Petition for receivership; grounds, notice and jurisdiction.
Universal Citation: 25 DE Code § 5901 (2018)
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.
25 Del. C. 1953, § 5901; 58 Del. Laws, c. 472, § 1.
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