Delaware Code (Titles 8, 9, 25, 30)
25 Del. C. § 5120
Landlord liens; distress for rent
Official textdelcode.delaware.gov
# (a)
The right of the landlord of distress for rent is hereby abolished, except as otherwise provided herein.
# (b)
Unless perfected before the effective date of this Code, no lien on behalf of the landlord in the personal property and possessions of the tenant shall be enforceable, except as otherwise provided herein.
Amendment history
58 Del. Laws, c. 472, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 513, § 5
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In this title (40 sections)
- 25-5101 · Applicability of Code
- 25-5102 · Exclusions from application of this Code
- 25-5103 · Jurisdiction
- 25-5104 · Obligations of good faith
- 25-5105 · Disclosure
- 25-5106 · Rental agreement; term and termination of rental agreement
- 25-5107 · Renewals of rental agreements with modifications
- 25-5108 · Rental agreement; automatic extension of agreements where…
- 25-5109 · Rental agreement; promises mutual and dependent
- 25-5110 · Rental agreement; effect of unsigned rental agreement
- 25-5111 · Attorneys’ fees prohibited
- 25-5112 · Time computation
- 25-5113 · Service of notices or pleadings and process
- 25-5114 · Notice; contractual notice between the parties
- 25-5115 · Application for a forthwith summons
- 25-5116 · Fair housing provisions [For application of this section, see…
- 25-5116 · Fair housing provisions [For application of this section, see…
- 25-5117 · Remedies for violation of the rental agreement or the Code
- 25-5118 · Summary of residential landlord-tenant code
- 25-5119 · [Reserved.]
- 25-5120 · Landlord liens; distress for rent
- 25-5121 · Confession of judgment
- 25-5122 · Equitable jurisdiction relating to converted conditional…
- 25-5123 · Tenant employee
- 25-5141 · Definitions
- 25-5301 · Landlord obligation; rental agreement
- 25-5302 · Tenant remedy; termination at the beginning of term
- 25-5303 · Landlord obligation to supply possession of rental unit
- 25-5304 · Tenant’s remedies for failure to supply possession
- 25-5305 · Landlord obligations relating to the rental unit [For…
- 25-5306 · Tenant’s remedies relating to the rental unit; termination
- 25-5307 · Tenant’s remedies relating to the rental unit; repair and…
- 25-5308 · Essential services; landlord obligation and tenant remedies
- 25-5309 · Fire and casualty damage; landlord obligation and tenant…
- 25-5310 · “Assurance money” prohibited
- 25-5311 · Fees
- 25-5312 · Metering and charges for utility services [For applicability…
- 25-5313 · Unlawful ouster or exclusion of tenant
- 25-5314 · Tenant’s right to early termination
- 25-5315 · Taxes paid by tenant; setoff against rent; recovery from owner