Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 7602 – Inapplicability of other laws; exempted transactions
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(a) Lease-purchase agreements which comply with this chapter are not governed by the laws relating to:
(1) A “retail installment contract” or “contract” as defined in § 4301(9) of this title.
(2) A “security interest” as defined in § 1-201(35) of this title.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 7602
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- real property: is synonymous with the phrase "lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(b) This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) Lease-purchase agreements primarily for business, commercial or agricultural purposes, or those made with governmental agencies or instrumentalities or with organizations;
(2) A lease of safe deposit box;
(3) A lease or bailment of personal property along with the lease of real property;
(4) A lease of an automobile; or
(5) The lease of real property and/or the fixed improvements thereon.