A Delaware-compliant lease with every disclosure the state requires built in, not bolted on — 7 state-specific clauses plus 11 universal ones. Fill it in, e-sign it, and it lives with the tenant record.
Delaware requires landlords to hand every new tenant a summary of the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code at signing (25 Del. C. § 5118). Late fees are capped at 5% and cannot be charged until rent is more than five days late, and deposits must be returned within...
These are the clauses and disclosures our Delaware template carries. Each cites the statute it comes from; the ones marked checkbox are filled from your property's answers.
25 Del. C. §551425 Del. C. §5514(f)–(h)25 Del. C. §5305 (Landlord duty); §5307 (Ten...25 Del. C. §5301(e)No Delaware statewide statute25 Del. C. §511825 Del. C. §5501(d)Yes — the cap is one month’s rent, and it must be returned within 20 days (25 Del. C. § 5514). The template states both in the deposit clause.
5% of monthly rent See 25 Del. C. §§ 5501, 5107. The template carries the rule and the grace period you set.
For any building built before 1978, yes — it is federal (42 U.S.C. § 4852d). The template includes the EPA pamphlet acknowledgment automatically.
Yes. Electronic signatures are valid under the federal E-SIGN Act and Delaware's UETA; the signed PDF, audit trail and timestamps are stored with the tenant record.
Every paragraph is editable before signing. Clauses Delaware requires are marked and cannot be removed by accident.
Free, e-signature included, every Delaware disclosure already in it.
The clause list mirrors the Delaware disclosure set in the My Rental Spot lease builder and is reviewed against Delaware Code, Title 25, Part III (Residential Landlord-Tenant Code). General information for landlords, not legal advice; local ordinances can add requirements.