(a) Distress for rent is hereby abolished except pursuant to a rental agreement for a commercial unit and in that event it shall be an action at law which shall be brought as provided herein.
(b) The several courts of the justices of the peace shall have original jurisdiction in all cases of distress for unpaid rent regardless of the amount of rent notwithstanding any other law to the contrary.
(c) A distress shall lie for any unpaid rent due either in money or in a quantity of any tangible items, goods or produce pursuant to any rental agreement of a commercial unit.
Structure Delaware Code
§ 6301. Action at law; jurisdiction; case in which distress lies.
§ 6302. Form of claim; contents; costs.
§ 6303. Order of distress; service of claim and order; levy; inventory; return; duration of levy.
§ 6304. Levied goods in custody of Court; removal and sale; plaintiff's interest.
§ 6305. Protective measures upon a showing that a tenant may abscond.
§ 6306. Procedure in the event of a forcible entry.
§ 6307. Release of distrained property upon filing of bond.
§ 6308. Answer to claim; hearing; final order of sale.