§ 7025 Enforcement [Effective until Dec. 10, 2019].

25 DE Code § 7025 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) It is the duty and obligation of the Consumer Protection Unit, or its successor, of the Attorney General’s Office to enforce the provisions of this subchapter. A violation of any provision of this subchapter by a landlord is within the scope of enforcement duties and powers of the Consumer Protection Unit, or its successor, of the Attorney General’s Office.

(b) Whenever the Consumer Protection Unit, or its successor, of the Attorney General’s Office has reasonable cause to believe that any landlord is engaged in a pattern or practice of violating or failing to comply with the terms of any provision of a rental agreement covered by this chapter, the Attorney General may commence a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction and seek such relief as the Attorney General’s Office deems necessary to enforce and to ensure the compliance with the terms of such agreement.

65 Del. Laws, c. 446, § 1; 66 Del. Laws, c. 268, § 1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 291, §§ 98(b), (c); 74 Del. Laws, c. 35, § 2; 75 Del. Laws, c. 382, § 6.