Create documents for Delaware and check the Delaware rules behind them. Every rule below links to the statute or official source we checked.
The statewide rules we verified for Delaware, last checked October 2026. Local ordinances can add to them.
Delaware caps security deposits at one month's rent for leases of a year or more, requires return or an itemized list within 20 days after the lease ends, and requires 48 hours' notice before landlord entry.
In Delaware a landlord must give at least 7 days' written notice to pay past-due rent or to correct a lease breach, and 60 days' notice to end a month-to-month tenancy.
A Delaware will must be signed by the testator and attested by two or more credible witnesses, can be made self-proved before a notary, and noncompliant handwritten wills are void unless valid where executed.
Delaware requires a durable personal power of attorney to be in writing, dated, and signed in the presence of a notarial officer and one adult witness who is not related to the principal or entitled to part of the principal's estate.
Under Delaware's Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (effective September 30, 2025), a power of attorney for health care must be signed and witnessed by one adult; health-care instructions need no witness and no notary.
Delaware transfers private-sale vehicles through a properly signed title, and the DMV warns buyers not to accept a bill of sale in place of a title; a bill of sale is listed only for dealer purchases.
A Delaware deed must be acknowledged (or proved) to be recorded, no witnesses are required by statute, and a realty transfer tax of up to 4 percent (state plus local) applies, split between grantor and grantee.
General information, not legal advice. Laws change, and cities can add their own rules, so check the current statute before you rely on it.
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