Petition for receivership; grounds, notice and jurisdiction.

§ 5901. Petition for receivership; grounds, notice and jurisdiction. 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.25 Del. C. 1953, § 5901; 58 Del. Laws, c. 472, § 1;