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Delaware Code (Titles 8, 9, 25, 30)

25 Del. C. § 5110

Rental agreement; effect of unsigned rental agreement

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# (a)

If the landlord does not sign a written rental agreement which has been signed and tendered to the landlord by the tenant, acceptance of rent without reservation by the landlord shall give to the rental agreement the same effect as if it had been signed by the landlord.

# (b)

If the tenant does not sign a written rental agreement which has been signed and tendered to the tenant by the landlord, acceptance of possession and payment of rent by the tenant, without reservation, shall give to the rental agreement the same effect as if it had been signed by the tenant.

# (c)

Where a rental agreement which has been given effect by the operation of this section provides by its terms for a term longer than 1 year, it shall operate to create only a 1-year term.

Amendment history

70 Del. Laws, c. 513, § 1

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In this title (40 sections)
  1. 25-4902 · Definitions
  2. 25-4903 · Creation of lien
  3. 25-4903A · Rental agreements
  4. 25-4904 · Enforcement; satisfaction of lien
  5. 25-4905 · Construction of chapter
  6. 25-5001 · Definitions
  7. 25-5002 · Liens; notice
  8. 25-5003 · Estate recovery
  9. 25-5004 · Voluntary reimbursement
  10. 25-5005 · Undue hardship
  11. 25-5006 · Rules and regulations
  12. 25-5101 · Applicability of Code
  13. 25-5102 · Exclusions from application of this Code
  14. 25-5103 · Jurisdiction
  15. 25-5104 · Obligations of good faith
  16. 25-5105 · Disclosure
  17. 25-5106 · Rental agreement; term and termination of rental agreement
  18. 25-5107 · Renewals of rental agreements with modifications
  19. 25-5108 · Rental agreement; automatic extension of agreements where…
  20. 25-5109 · Rental agreement; promises mutual and dependent
  21. 25-5110 · Rental agreement; effect of unsigned rental agreement
  22. 25-5111 · Attorneys’ fees prohibited
  23. 25-5112 · Time computation
  24. 25-5113 · Service of notices or pleadings and process
  25. 25-5114 · Notice; contractual notice between the parties
  26. 25-5115 · Application for a forthwith summons
  27. 25-5116 · Fair housing provisions [For application of this section, see…
  28. 25-5116 · Fair housing provisions [For application of this section, see…
  29. 25-5117 · Remedies for violation of the rental agreement or the Code
  30. 25-5118 · Summary of residential landlord-tenant code
  31. 25-5119 · [Reserved.]
  32. 25-5120 · Landlord liens; distress for rent
  33. 25-5121 · Confession of judgment
  34. 25-5122 · Equitable jurisdiction relating to converted conditional…
  35. 25-5123 · Tenant employee
  36. 25-5141 · Definitions
  37. 25-5301 · Landlord obligation; rental agreement
  38. 25-5302 · Tenant remedy; termination at the beginning of term
  39. 25-5303 · Landlord obligation to supply possession of rental unit
  40. 25-5304 · Tenant’s remedies for failure to supply possession
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