2019 Delaware Code
Title 25 - Property
Chapter 70. Manufactured Homes and Manufactured Home Communities [Effective until Dec. 10, 2019]
Subchapter I Manufactured Home Owners and Community Owners Act [Effective until Dec. 10, 2019]
§ 7007 Term of rental agreement; renewal of rental agreement [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 7] [Effective until Dec. 10, 2019].
(a) The term of a rental agreement for a lot in a manufactured home community must be:
(1) One year; or
(2) A shorter or longer term that is mutually agreed upon by the parties and is designated in writing within the rental agreement.
(b) Upon the expiration of the term of a rental agreement, the rental agreement must be automatically renewed by the landlord for the same term and with the same provisions as the original agreement, with the exception that modified provisions relating to the amount and payment of rent are permitted, and, with the mutual agreement of all parties to the rental agreement, other modifications not prohibited by law, unless:
(1) The tenant notifies the landlord in writing, a minimum of 60 days prior to the expiration of the rental agreement, that the tenant does not intend to renew it, or a shorter or longer period of time as is mutually agreed upon by the parties; or
(2) The landlord notifies the tenant in writing, a minimum of 90 days prior to the expiration of the rental agreement, that the agreement will not be renewed for due cause, as described in § 7010(a) of this title.
25 Del. C. 1953, § 7009; 58 Del. Laws, c. 286; 58 Del. Laws, c. 472, § 4; 65 Del. Laws, c. 446, § 1; 74 Del. Laws, c. 35, § 2; 79 Del. Laws, c. 63, § 4.
