Sixth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat

The record

Jurisdiction

Delaware

Level

State

Authority

20 Del. C. ch. 31 (3115-3116, 3125-3127)

Issued

2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020

Effective

2020-03-25 8:00 a.m. (read as 2020-03-25)

End

until the state of emergency is terminated and the public health emergency rescinded; eviction and foreclosure provisions modified July 1, 2020 (DE-027) and continued as court-supervised stays to July 12-13, 2021 (DE-038 sec. B); insurance non-lapse sec. E for the pendency of the emergency (ended 8:00 a.m. July 13, 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Mar. 25, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther

Addressees

• landlords and courts (summary possession)
• residential mortgage holders and the Sheriff
• insurers
• utilities

Functions reached

• SV (foreclosure commencement, sheriff's sales and ejectments barred; late fees barred)
• IN (mandatory non-lapse of every covered policy for the emergency)
• ML
• CB

Collection

Financial Services SEC-13

Operative words

C. FORECLOSURES:... 1. No residential mortgage foreclosure action may be commenced with respect to any owner-occupied 1- to 4-family primary residential property subject to a mortgage... no late fee or excess interest may be charged or accrue... 3. No residential property that is the subject of a residential mortgage foreclosure action, for which a judgment of foreclosure was issued prior to the declaration of the state of emergency, may proceed to sheriff's sale until a date no sooner than the 31st day following the termination of the state of emergency... E. INSURANCE: No insurer may, without a court order, lapse, terminate or cause to be forfeited a covered insurance policy because a covered policyholder does not pay a premium or interest or indebtedness on a premium under the policy that is due during the pendency of the declared state of emergency. As used in this paragraph, (i) 'covered insurance policy' means a policy for health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, property insurance, motor vehicle insurance, and commercial/business insurance

Enforcement

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