{"data":{"id":"us-de/25-del.-c.-5903","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"25 Del. C. § 5903","heading":"Defenses.","body":"It shall be sufficient defense to this proceeding, if any defendant of record establishes that:\n(1) The condition or conditions described in the petition do not exist at the time of trial; or\n(2) The condition or conditions alleged in the petition have been caused by the wilful or grossly negligent acts of 1 or more of the petitioning tenants or members of the tenant’s or tenants’ families or by other persons on the premises with the tenant’s or tenants’ consent; or\n(3) Such condition or conditions would have been corrected, were it not for the refusal by any petitioner to allow reasonable access.","path":["Title 25. Property","Residential Landlord-Tenant Code","CHAPTER 59. Tenant’s Receivership"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title25/c059/index.html#5903","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:30Z","sha256":"d3af3c6621cf4f60364248a9e28e71dca18694dcd500de70366793edc06a7670","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/25-del.-c.-5902","next":"us-de/25-del.-c.-5904"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}