{"data":{"id":"us-de/25-del.-c.-7113","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"25 Del. C. § 7113","heading":"Penalties; jurisdiction.","body":"(a) Civil penalties. — (1) Where an owner violates a provision of § 7105 of this title any action taken by the owner to convert the real property on which a manufactured home community is located into multiple-unit usage shall be invalid; provided, however, that the owner, by again giving the preliminary notice required under § 7105 of this title, may again begin the conversion process.\n(2) Where the owner fails to give the tenants’ association its option to purchase under § 7108 of this title, no subsequent sale or purchase of the real property or of any unit within the conversion project shall be valid. Where the owner fails to provide a tenant with an opportunity to purchase under § 7108 of this title, the tenant shall nevertheless be offered a unit in preference to any nontenant who has agreed to purchase a unit during or subsequent to the time of the tenant’s right to purchase.\n(3) Any binding agreement entered into by an owner which results in a violation of any provision of this chapter is:\na. Void, if a person residing in the manufactured home community at the time of the preliminary notice was an object of, or was adversely affected by, such violation; or\nb. Voidable at the option of any party thereto.\n(b) Criminal penalties; jurisdiction. — (1) Any person who is convicted of a violation of a provision of this chapter shall be fined a sum not less than $100 nor more than $500 for each offense. Where the violation is ongoing and continuous, each day’s continuation of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.\n(2) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over all offenses under this section.","path":["Title 25. Property","Manufactured Home Communities","CHAPTER 71. Conversion of Manufactured Home Communities to Manufactured Home Condominium or Cooperative Communities"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title25/c071/index.html#7113","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:31Z","sha256":"62caf116502a60ea602da9c01e866450b3553162d760bbf3b0afa06e3dae52f2","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/25-del.-c.-7112","next":"us-de/25-del.-c.-7114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}