Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 317

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 322

AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 55, TITLE 25, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO RENT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend §5501, Chapter 55, Title 25, Delaware Code, by adding thereto a new subsection (d) to read as follows:

"(d) Where the rental agreement provides for a late charge to the landlord for rent not paid at the agreed time, said landlord shall maintain nn office where rent may he timely paid in the county in which the rental unit is located. Failure to maintain such an office for payment of rent shall extend the agreed on time for payment of rent by three (3) days beyond the due date."

Approved June 30, 1982.