{"data":{"id":"us-de/25-del.-c.-5901","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"25 Del. C. § 5901","heading":"Petition for receivership; grounds, notice and jurisdiction.","body":"Any tenant or group of tenants may petition for the establishment of a receivership in a Justice of the Peace Court upon the grounds that there has existed for 5 days or more after notice to the landlord:\n(1) If the rental agreement, or any state or local statute, code, regulation or ordinance, places a duty upon the landlord to so provide, a lack of heat, or of running water, or of light, or of electricity, or of adequate sewage facilities;\n(2) Any other conditions imminently dangerous to the life, health or safety of the tenant.","path":["Title 25. Property","Residential Landlord-Tenant Code","CHAPTER 59. Tenant’s Receivership"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title25/c059/index.html#5901","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:30Z","sha256":"e5d18ff6a1c9d560fddd557cff30d53b959bb7f3b3d9a6647449d08afa608d5f","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/25-del.-c.-5720","next":"us-de/25-del.-c.-5902"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}