{"data":{"id":"us-de/6-del.-c.-7608","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"6 Del. C. § 7608","heading":"Prohibited provisions.","body":"A lease-purchase agreement may not contain a provision:\n(1) Requiring a confession of judgment;\n(2) Authorizing a lessor or an agent of the lessor to commit a breach of the peace in the repossession of property;\n(3) Waiving a defense, counterclaim or right the lessor may have against the lessor or an agent of the lessor or any assignee of lessor;\n(4) Requiring the payment of a late charge unless a lease payment is delinquent for more than 2 business days, and the charge or fee shall not be in an amount more than the greater of 10 percent of the delinquent lease payment or $3.00;\n(5) Requiring a separate payment in addition to lease payments in order to acquire ownership of the property, other than by exercising an early purchase option pursuant to § 7609 of this title;\n(6) Requiring a waiver of any right of action against the lessor or holder of the lease-purchase agreement or other person acting on the lessor’s or holder’s behalf, for any illegal act committed in the collection of payment or recover under the lease-purchase agreement or in the repossession of goods.","path":["Title 6. Commerce and Trade","SUBTITLE IV","Commercial Development","CHAPTER 76. Delaware Lease-Purchase Agreement Act"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c076/index.html#7608","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:08Z","sha256":"8acb812353a4d97bf728455c27f1e443ba313fb093396064f58b817d73e3002a","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/6-del.-c.-7607","next":"us-de/6-del.-c.-7609"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}