Delaware
For Delaware, presumption period is 90 days; what the presumption does is such conduct shall be presumed to be a retaliatory act; example of a protected activity is The tenant has organized or is an officer of a tenant’s organization; statute is 25 Del. C. § 5516, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.
- State
- Delaware our reading
- Presumption period
- 90 days verified
- What the presumption does
- such conduct shall be presumed to be a retaliatory act verified
- Example of a protected activity
- The tenant has organized or is an officer of a tenant’s organization verified
- Statute
- 25 Del. C. § 5516 our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(c) If the tenant proves that the landlord has instituted any of the actions set forth in subsection (b) of this section within 90 days of any complaints or act as enumerated above, such conduct shall be presumed to be a retaliatory act.
— delcode.delaware.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Example of a protected activity
(3) The tenant has organized or is an officer of a tenant’s organization; or
— all from delcode.delaware.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- delcode.delaware.govhttps://delcode.delaware.gov/title25/c055/index.html