Colorado Assistance-Animal Housing Accommodation Request
COLORADO ASSISTANCE-ANIMAL HOUSING ACCOMMODATION REQUEST
Date: [__/__/____]
To housing provider or manager: [NAME, ADDRESS, AND EMAIL]
From applicant or tenant: [FULL NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION]
Dwelling: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, COLORADO ZIP]
Request
I request a reasonable housing accommodation under Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-34-502.2 so that I may live with the assistance animal described below. I have a disability-related need for the animal to use and enjoy this dwelling. I invite you to discuss the request with me and ask that you respond in writing.
Animal: [NAME, SPECIES, AND DESCRIPTION]
Role (select the accurate description): ☐ Emotional support that alleviates a disability-related symptom or effect ☐ Work, tasks, or other assistance related to a disability: [BRIEF DESCRIPTION]
Housing rule or charge to be changed: [IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC RULE OR CHARGE]
Accommodation requested (select all that apply):
☐ Permit this animal despite a no-animals or pets-only rule.
☐ Make an exception to this animal restriction: [DESCRIBE RESTRICTION AND REQUESTED CHANGE].
☐ Waive this animal-related fee or deposit as part of the accommodation: [IDENTIFY CHARGE].
☐ Other change: [DESCRIBE].
How the animal and requested change address the disability-related housing need, without giving a diagnosis or full medical history: [BRIEF FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION]
Documentation and discussion
☐ The disability or the animal's disability-related need is apparent from the circumstances.
☐ I enclose limited, reliable information supporting the need: [DESCRIBE ENCLOSURE].
☐ If either point is not obvious, please identify the reasonable documentation you need to evaluate the request and a secure way to provide it.
I am available at [PHONE OR EMAIL] to discuss the requested accommodation and any specific concern about this animal. Please assess any health, safety, or property concern using documented conduct of this animal and let me respond to it. Please keep disability-related information confidential.
Requester signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Delivery record
I sent this request to [NAME OR OFFICE] by [EMAIL / MAIL / PERSONAL DELIVERY / PORTAL] on [__/__/____].
Confirmation or tracking information: [DETAILS]
Sources and References
About this template
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 27, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Colorado
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-34-301(2.5), (8.5) (assistance and emotional-support animals)
- Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-34-502(1)(a)(III) (specific animal conduct)
- Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-34-502.2(2)(b)(I)-(II) (housing accommodation and interactive process)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 27, 2026.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-34-301(2.5) (checked October 27, 2026): ""Assistance animal" means an animal that does work, performs tasks, assists, or provides therapeutic emotional support to an individual with a disability."
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-34-301(8.5) (checked October 27, 2026): ""Emotional support animal" means an animal that provides solely emotional support to an individual to alleviate a symptom or an effect of a disability."
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-34-502.2(2)(b)(I) (checked October 27, 2026): "A refusal to make reasonable accommodations when such accommodations may be necessary to afford the individual with a disability equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling."
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-34-502.2(2)(b)(II)(A) (checked October 27, 2026): "Permitting an assistance animal in housing is presumed to be a reasonable accommodation, so long as a housing provider has been given an opportunity to engage in an interactive accommodation process with the individual requesting the accommodation;"
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