(a) The tenant shall be liable to the landlord for any harm proximately caused by the tenant's unreasonable refusal to allow access. Any court of competent jurisdiction may issue an injunction against a tenant who has unreasonably withheld access to the rental unit.
(b) The landlord shall be liable to the tenant for any theft, casualty or other harm proximately resulting from an entry into the rental unit by landlord, its employees or agents or with landlord's permission or license:
(1) When the tenant is absent and has not specifically consented to the entry;
(2) Without the tenant's actual consent when tenant is present and able to consent; and
(3) In any other case, where the harm suffered by the tenant is due to the landlord's negligence.
(c) Repeated demands for unreasonable entry or any actual entry which is unreasonable and not consented to by the tenant may be treated by the tenant as grounds for termination of the rental agreement. Any court of competent jurisdiction may issue an injunction against such unreasonable demands on behalf of 1 or more tenants.
(d) Every agreement or understanding between a landlord and a tenant which purports to exempt the landlord from any liability imposed by this section, except consent to a particular entry, shall be null and void.
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.