Del. Code 25, § 5901 : Property — Tenant'S Receivership — Petition for receivership; grounds, notice and jurisdiction Date: 19 Aug 2016 TEXT PDF Current through 2016 Legislative Session, Act 399 Any tenant or group of tenants may petition for the establishment of a receivership in a Justice of the Peace Court upon the grounds that there has existed for 5 days or more after notice to the landlord: (1) If the rental agreement, or any state or local statute, code, regulation or ordinance, places a duty upon the landlord to so provide, a lack of heat, or of running water, or of light, or of electricity, or of adequate sewage facilities; (2) Any other conditions imminently dangerous to the life, health or safety of the tenant. Del. C. § 5901 25 Del. C. 1953, § 5901; 58 Del. Laws, c. 472, § 1.;