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Delaware Residential Rental Application

Download the Delaware residential rental application — screens prospective tenants with application-money elections, a standalone screening-report authorization, and the disclosures federal and Delaware law require — in fillable Word and fillable PDF, with the Delaware Tenant Selection Criteria sheet, the Delaware Completion & Use Guide.

  • Fillable Word + fillable PDF
  • Delaware Completion & Use Guide included
  • Delaware Tenant Selection Criteria sheet included
  • Completed sample available
  • Instant secure download

Renting out property in more than one state? This page is the Delaware application — each state's edition is built to its own screening and application-money law.

What's in your Delaware download

Includes the six-page fillable Word and PDF application, Delaware Application Fee Cap Notice, Wilmington Rental Criteria and Occupancy Rider, Delaware Completion & Use Guide, and federal FCRA Summary of Rights.

Included files

  • de-residential-rental-application.docx Included file Word
  • de-fee-cap-notice.md Included file File
  • de-wilmington-rider.md Included file File
  • de-guide.md Included file File
  • de-residential-rental-application.pdf Included file PDF
  • FCRA Summary of Your Rights (CFPB) The federal consumer-rights summary that ships with every screening package — print-ready PDF PDF

Preview the actual form

The real document — not a mockup. Page 1 of the form included in your download.

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Page 1 of the Delaware Residential Rental Application form
Form PL-DE-RA01 · Page 1 of the actual Delaware document included in your download.

Inside the Delaware application

Every part of the form, in order — the application summary, 17 sections, and the office-use panel.

  • Application summary The reasonable-accommodation contact line, property applied for, requested move-in date, offered rent, and stated security deposit.
  • 1. Application Money Disclosure
  • 2. About You Identity, contact channels, an electronic-notice election with a paper-mail alternative, and identity-document choices (SSN, ITIN, government-issued ID, or a lawful alternative) — no date-of-birth field anywhere on the form.
  • 3. Other Proposed Occupants Household composition with a separate-signed-application election for each person — ages, birth dates, and adult/minor classifications are never collected; every other adult completes and signs a separate application.
  • 4. Pets and Assistance Animals Household pets only; service and assistance animals are handled as fair-housing accommodations, never as pets.
  • 5. Residential History Current and prior addresses, housing payments, owner/manager contacts, and an optional neutral move reason.
  • 6. Employment & Income Employment plus any lawful source of income, with the Delaware source-of-income note.
  • 7. Banking or Asset Verification An optional verification election; the form never collects account numbers.
  • 8. References and Emergency Contact An optional personal reference and an emergency contact that is not used for screening.
  • 9. Vehicle Information Vehicle details where parking is requested.
  • 10. Additional Information An open area for lawful qualification information.
  • 11. Screening Criteria Election
  • 12. Reusable or Portable Tenant-Screening Reports
  • 13. Screening Information and Legal Limits
  • 14. Consumer Report Disclosure How consumer reports are obtained and the adverse-action notice commitment.
  • 15. Privacy, Retention, and Disposal Data-minimization commitments under the FCRA and its Disposal Rule.
  • 16. Applicant Declaration The signed certification of accuracy with a verification-contact authorization; electronic and copied signatures honored.
  • 17. Screening Report Disclosure and Authorization The standalone signed authorization, investigative-report notice, agency identification, free-report-copy election, and the federal Summary-of-Your-Rights package insert.
  • For Office Use Only

About this form

A residential rental application is the landlord's first line of protection: it collects the applicant's identity, household composition, rental history, employment and income, and references, and it carries the disclosures and signed authorizations that make lawful tenant screening possible before a lease is signed.

Delaware limits an application fee to the greater of 10% of monthly rent or $50 and also to the specific investigation cost. This edition records both limits, the full receipt, two-year fee records, and six-month application retention.

The application uses source-neutral criteria, explains the temporary 2026–2028 voucher protection and PHA-process exception, asks no initial criminal-history question, and includes a Wilmington rider with its 40% net-income and square-foot occupancy rules regardless of age.

100% satisfaction guarantee

ILRG provides self-help legal forms and download support. PublicLegal landlord forms are provided for you to complete with your own property and screening information. Screening rules vary by state and change frequently — the Completion & Use Guide explains the rules in your state and the steps that keep this application within them. If you are not 100 percent satisfied after purchasing from us, contact us for a refund.

Frequently Asked Questions About Delaware Rental Applications

No more than the greater of 10% of monthly rent or $50, and never more than the specific investigation cost. Give a full receipt.

Keep complete application-fee records at least two years and every prospective-tenant application record at least six months.

Temporary source-of-income protection took effect January 1, 2026 and sunsets December 31, 2028 unless extended, with a narrow PHA-process exception.

Yes. The included rider records Wilmington’s 40% net-income presumptions and dwelling/sleeping-room square-foot rules, applied regardless of age.

The fillable application, fee-cap notice, Wilmington rider, Completion & Use Guide, and federal FCRA Summary; a completed sample is optional.