Colorado Landlord Notice of Entry

Colorado Landlord Notice of Entry

Use this form for a planned, nonemergency entry only. Document an emergency, court order, abandonment, surrender, extended absence, or contemporaneous tenant consent on a separate counsel-reviewed record.

Colorado Entry Gate

No safe universal numerical entry-notice period for ordinary residential access was identified in current C.R.S. title 38, article 12. Do not default to 24 hours. Use the rental agreement and applicable local, subsidy, program, consent, emergency, and anti-harassment rules.

• Required notice: Lease/local/program period: [________]
• Permitted entry time: Lease/local/program reasonable time
• Lease, local, subsidy, and program requirements checked: ☐ Yes
• Entry is not retaliatory, harassing, or excessive: ☐ Confirmed

1. Notice

Notice date: [__/__/____]

To tenant(s): [________________________________]

Rental premises/unit: [________________________________]

Landlord/housing provider: [________________________________]

Notice is given that the landlord or authorized representatives intend to enter the dwelling unit as follows:

• Entry date: [__/__/____]
• Approximate start time: [________]
• Expected time window/duration: [________________________________]
• Persons expected to enter and roles: [________________________________]

2. Purpose and Scope

Purpose:

• ☐ Inspect specified condition: [________________________________]
• ☐ Make necessary or agreed repairs/improvements: [________________________________]
• ☐ Supply necessary or agreed services: [________________________________]
• ☐ Exhibit to permitted prospective/actual persons: [________________________________]
• ☐ Government-ordered work or inspection: [________________________________]
• ☐ Other expressly lawful purpose: [________________________________]

Areas to be entered and work/inspection scope:

[____________________________________________________________]

The entry will be limited to the stated purpose and scope. No emergency or no-notice authority is claimed by this form.

3. Coordination and Safeguards

• Tenant presence: ☐ Not required ☐ Requested ☐ Agreed: [________________]
• Pets, alarms, gates, accessibility, or health precautions: [________________________________]
• Contact for questions or a lawful scheduling request: [________________________________]
• Alternate date/time, if agreed: [________________________________]
• Authorized representative will carry identification: ☐ Yes
• Entry completion/condition record will be retained: ☐ Yes

4. Delivery Record

Delivered by: [NAME / ROLE]

• Method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ Posting/door delivery if permitted ☐ Mail ☐ Acknowledged electronic notice ☐ Other lawful method: [________]
• Delivery date/time: [________________________________]
• Recipient/address/account: [________________________________]
• Proof, acknowledgement, photo, or tracking retained: ☐ Yes

Landlord/agent signature and date: [________________________________]

Sources and References

• C.R.S. title 38 — Colorado General Assembly — https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2025-title-38.pdf