# Delaware — Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Presumption period:** 90 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What the presumption does:** such conduct shall be presumed to be a retaliatory act _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Example of a protected activity:** The tenant has organized or is an officer of a tenant’s organization _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** 25 Del. C. § 5516 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Example of a protected activity

> (3) The tenant has organized or is an officer of a tenant’s organization; or

## Source

- https://delcode.delaware.gov/title25/c055/index.html

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
Part of [Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state](https://referencesource.org/landlord-retaliation-presumption-period-by-state/).