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Subchapter I. Purpose, Definitions, Enforceability
§ 7001. Purposes and policies; enforceability. - (a) Subchapters I through V of this chapter must be...
§ 7002. Jurisdiction. - (a) Any person, whether or not a citizen or resident...
§ 7003. Definitions. - For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Agreement” means a written...
§ 7004. Exemptions. - (a) Except for homes defined as manufactured homes in §...
§ 7005. Enforcement. - (a) It is the duty and obligation of the Consumer...
Subchapter II. Landlord-Tenant Relationship
§ 7006. Requisites for rental of a manufactured home lot. - A landlord shall not rent a lot in a manufactured...
§ 7007. Manufactured home standards. - (a) Standards for manufactured homes of new tenants. — (1)...
§ 7008. Provisions of a rental agreement. - (a) All new and renewing rental agreements, including those rental...
§ 7009. Term of rental agreement; renewal of rental agreement [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 7]. - (a) The duration of a rental agreement for a lot...
§ 7010. Rent — Prohibited lump sum payments: acceptance of rent. - (a) Rental payments must be paid by the tenant to...
§ 7011. Holdover remedies after rental agreement terminates, expires, or is not renewed. - When a court finds that a landlord is entitled to...
§ 7012. Effect of unsigned rental agreement. - (a) If the landlord does not sign a written rental...
§ 7013. Manufactured home transfer; rented lot transfer. - (a) This section governs the sale, conveyance, or transfer of...
§ 7014. Modified Table of Consanguinity. - Degrees of relationship of family members designated by the number...
§ 7015. Delivery of written notice. - (a) Unless otherwise specified, notice required by this chapter may...
§ 7016. Termination or nonrenewal of rental agreement by landlord; due cause: noncompliance. - (a) A landlord may terminate a rental agreement with a...
§ 7017. Security deposits; pet security deposits. - (a) (1) A landlord may require a tenant to pay...
§ 7018. Rules. - (a) A landlord may promulgate reasonable written rules concerning the...
§ 7019. Retaliatory acts prohibited. - (a) Retaliatory acts are prohibited. (b) A retaliatory act is...
§ 7020. Fees; services; utility rates. - (a) A “fee” or “charge” is a monetary obligation, other...
§ 7021. Termination of rental agreement by tenant during first month of occupancy; during first 18 months of occupancy. - (a) If a landlord fails to substantially comply with the...
§ 7022. Lot rental assistance program; eligibility [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 7]. - (a) A homeowner in a manufactured home community who is...
§ 7022A. Lot rental assistance program; requirements. - (a) Community owners and homeowners must comply with the requirements...
§ 7022B. Lot rental assistance program; limited eligibility. - (a) (1) A community owner shall provide lot rental assistance...
§ 7022C. Recreational vehicle leases. - No community owner may issue a lot lease for the...
Subchapter III. Termination of Rental Agreement; Change in Land Use
§ 7023. Change of use; conversion. - This subchapter governs a change in use of a manufactured...
§ 7024. Termination or nonrenewal of rental agreement by landlord; due cause; change in land use. - (a) A landlord may terminate a rental agreement for a...
Subchapter IV. Right of First Offer
§ 7026. Right of first offer; duty to negotiate in good faith, penalties for noncompliance. - (a) If a community owner has decided to sell, transfer,...
§ 7027. Right of first offer; notice required before sale of manufactured home community. - (a) Upon reaching a decision to sell, transfer, or convey...
§ 7028. Right of first offer; notice not required before sale of manufactured home community. - A manufactured home community owner is not required to give...
§ 7029. Right of first offer; response required by homeowner association. - (a) A homeowner association must respond in writing to the...
§ 7030. Right of first offer; offer of an alternative price. - (a) An alternative offer of price for the sale, transfer,...
§ 7031. Right of first offer; sale to a third party at a lower price. - (a) The community owner may not sell the community to...
§ 7032. Right of first offer; sale to a third party at a higher price. - (a) The community owner may accept an offer from a...
§ 7033. Right of first offer; contract of sale. - (a) If a homeowner association responds to the notice of...
§ 7034. Right of first offer; failure to complete sale. - If, for any reason except default by the community owner,...
§ 7035. Right of first offer; auction. - (a) If the Authority has sent the required annual notice...
§ 7036. Right of first offer; affidavit of compliance. - Affidavit of compliance with the requirements of this subchapter. (1)...
Subchapter V. Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund
§ 7041. Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 7]. - (a) The Authority shall be administered by a board of...
§ 7042. Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund [Terminates effective July 1, 2024]. - (a) The Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund (“Trust Fund”)...
§ 7043. Relocation expenses; payments for nonrelocatable homes. - (a) If a tenant is required to relocate due to...
§ 7044. Payment of funds to landlord for removal or disposal of abandoned homes. - (a) A landlord is entitled to receive from the Trust...
§ 7045. Payment of funds to tenants. - (a) When a payment to a tenant is authorized by...
§ 7046. Delaware Manufactured Home Owner Attorney Fund. - (a) The Delaware Manufactured Home Owner Attorney Fund is established...
Subchapter VI. Rent Increase Justification
§ 7050. Purpose [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 7]. - Manufactured housing has become a vital source of affordable housing...
§ 7051. Rent increase; notice. - (a) A community owner may not increase a tenant's lot...
§ 7051A. Rent increase; health or safety violations. - (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “Escrow account” means...
§ 7052. Rent justification; when §§ 7052A and 7052B of this title do not apply [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 7]. - (a) (1) This section applies to rent increases for all...
§ 7052A. Rent increase; justified base rent increase calculations. - (a) (1) This section applies to a lease when notice...
§ 7052B. Rent increase; justified additional rent increase for allowed expenses. - (a) A community owner may increase rent under this section,...
§ 7053. Rent increase dispute resolution [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 7, and 80 Del. Laws, c. 229, § 3]. - (a) (1) This section applies to rent increases under §§...
§ 7054. Appeal [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 7 and 80 Del. Laws, c. 229, § 3]. - The community owner, the homeowners' association, or any affected homeowner...
§ 7055. Penalties [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 7]. - A community owner who raises a homeowner's rent more than...
§ 7056. Exemption [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 7]. - (a) Resident-owned communities shall be exempt from the provisions of...
Subchapter VII. Tenant’s Receivership
§ 7061. Petition for receivership. - Any tenant or group of tenants may petition for the...
§ 7062. Necessary parties defendant. - (a) Petitioners shall join all of the following as defendants:...
§ 7063. Defenses. - It shall be a sufficient defense to this proceeding if...
§ 7064. Stay of judgment by defendant. - (a) If, after a trial, the court shall determine that...
§ 7065. Receivership procedures. - (a) The receiver shall be the Division of Consumer Protection...
§ 7066. Powers and duties of receiver. - The receiver shall have all the powers and duties accorded...
§ 7067. Discharge of receiver; costs. - (a) In addition to those situations described under § 7065...