Delaware property management software.
AI-native property management for every US state. Here is the Delaware compliance profile included with Forge -- every value cited to its statute.
Included -- every value cited to its statute.
Each value below is drawn directly from the cited statute and maintained to the best of our ability; it has not been reviewed by an attorney. Fields we could not source are left out rather than guessed. You remain responsible for complying with the current statutes -- verify before you rely on any value here.
Delaware landlord-tenant rules Forge tracks
- Security-deposit return
- Within 20 days of move-out (up to 20 if the lease specifies)
- Maximum security deposit
- 1 month(s) of rent
- Late-fee cap
- Up to 5% of past-due rent
- Late-fee grace period
- 5 days after the due date
- Rent-increase notice (month-to-month)
- 60 days
- Termination notice (month-to-month)
- 60 days
- Notice before landlord entry
- 48 hours
- Pay-or-quit / cure period
- 5 days
- Manager / broker license
- Generally required to manage for others
Extra protected classes: beyond the federal Fair Housing Act, Delaware also protects creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, source of income, occupation, military status, housing status. Forge's fair-housing checks account for this.
Required lease disclosures
- Owner/agent name and business address on the written rental agreement (5105(a))
- Official "Summary of the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code" given to new tenant at start of term (5118)
Sources
- 25 Del. C. 5514(e)-(f) (20-day deposit return)
- 25 Del. C. 5514(a)(2)-(4) (deposit cap: 1 month from day one for leases >=1yr; uncapped year one then 1 month after for M2M; furnished units exempt)
- 25 Del. C. 5501(d) (late fee: 5-day grace, capped at 5% of monthly rent)
- 25 Del. C. 5106(c)-(d) / 5107(a)-(b) (60-day rent-increase/termination notice; 45-day tenant window to reject a modified renewal)
- 25 Del. C. 5509(b) (48-hour entry notice, 8am-9pm)
- 25 Del. C. 5502(a) (5-day minimum pay-or-quit)
- Title 24, Ch. 29, 2902 (broker license; pure-PM-services exemption)
- 25 Del. C. 5116 (protected classes, cross-ref. 6 Del. C. Ch. 46; "housing status" added 2025, 84 Del. Laws c. 358)
Last reviewed: 2026-07-09
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Forge helps you track deadlines and generate documents, but it is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Any statutory values shown are assistive guidance we maintain to the best of our ability; you remain responsible for complying with the current Delaware statutes whether or not our values are correct. Always verify the current statutes and consult a licensed Delaware attorney before acting on a specific situation.
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