{"data":{"id":"us-de/25-del.-c.-5708","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"25 Del. C. § 5708","heading":"Additional contents of certain complaints.","body":"If possession of the rental unit is sought on the grounds that the tenant has violated or failed to observe a lawful obligation in relation to tenant’s use and enjoyment of the rental unit, the complaint shall, in addition to the requirements of the foregoing section:\n(1) Set forth the rule or provision of the rental agreement allegedly breached, together with the date the rule was made known to the tenant and a copy of the rule or provision as initially provided to the tenant and the manner in which such rule or provision was made known to the tenant;\n(2) Allege with specificity the facts constituting a breach of the rule or provision of the rental agreement and that notice or warning as required by law was given to the tenant;\n(3) Set forth the facts constituting a continued or recurrent violation of the rule or provision of the rental agreement;\n(4) Set forth the purpose served by the rule or provision of the rental agreement allegedly breached; and\n(5) Allege that where the rule is not a part of the rental agreement or any other agreement of the landlord and tenant at the time of the formation of the rental agreement, that it does not work a substantial modification of the tenant’s bargain or, if it does, that the tenant consented knowingly in writing to the rule.","path":["Title 25. Property","Residential Landlord-Tenant Code","CHAPTER 57. Summary Possession"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title25/c057/index.html#5708","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:30Z","sha256":"933c04e0455b9c32a25cb39ac93ac341363de41e4d8d0e73842659c8731c681a","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/25-del.-c.-5707","next":"us-de/25-del.-c.-5709"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}