(a) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the tenant may sublet the premises or assign the rental agreement to another.
(b) The rental agreement may restrict or prohibit the tenant's right to assign the rental agreement in any manner. The rental agreement may restrict the tenant's right to sublease the premises by conditioning such right on the landlord's consent. Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) In any proceeding under this section to determine whether or not consent has been unreasonably withheld, the burden of showing reasonableness shall be on the landlord.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 55. TENANT OBLIGATIONS AND LANDLORD REMEDIES
§ 5501. Tenant obligations; rent.
§ 5502. Landlord remedies for failure to pay rent.
§ 5503. Tenant obligations relating to rental unit; waste.
§ 5504. Defense to an action for waste.
§ 5505. Tenant's obligation relating to defective conditions.
§ 5506. Tenant obligation; notice of extended absence.
§ 5507. Landlord remedies for absence or abandonment.
§ 5508. Landlord remedies; restrictions on subleasing and assignments.
§ 5509. Tenant obligation to permit reasonable access.
§ 5510. Landlord remedy for unreasonable refusal to allow access.
§ 5511. Rules and regulations; tenant obligations.
§ 5512. Rules and regulations relating to certain buildings; landlord remedies.
§ 5513. Landlord remedies relating to breach of rules and covenants.
§ 5515. Landlord's remedies relating to holdover tenants.