Colorado Landlord Notices Pack

COLORADO LANDLORD NOTICES PACK

Use only the notice that fits the tenancy, lease, property, ground, and local law. The ten-day periods below are for standard residential rental agreements; shorter statutory periods can apply to exempt residential agreements, nonresidential property, and employer-provided housing.

NOTICE 1: TEN-DAY DEMAND FOR RENT OR POSSESSION

C.R.S. § 13-40-104(1)(d) — Standard Residential Rental Agreement

Date of Notice: [__/__/____]

Landlord / Agent: [________________________________]

Tenant(s): [________________________________]

Premises: [________________________________], Colorado [____]

The tenant has not paid rent due under the rental agreement.

Within ten (10) days after service of this demand, the tenant must pay the total rent demanded or surrender possession of the premises.

Deadline: [DATE AND TIME]

Payment method and place: [________________________________]

Specific facts supporting this demand:

[________________________________]

Required statutory statements

If you receive supplemental security income, social security disability insurance under Title II of the federal Social Security Act, or cash assistance through the Colorado Works program, you may have a right to mandatory mediation before the landlord files an eviction action. See C.R.S. §§ 13-40-106(2) and 13-40-110.

If you have experienced unlawful sexual behavior, stalking, domestic violence, or domestic abuse that caused you to miss a rent payment, you may provide the landlord with documentation of that conduct and may be entitled to a repayment plan that permits repayment of the unpaid rent over a period not exceeding nine months. See C.R.S. § 13-40-106(4).

If the tenant does not timely comply, the landlord may seek possession through a court action. Only a court may order eviction.

Landlord / Agent Signature: ________________________________________

Printed Name and Title: [________________________________]

NOTICE 2A: TEN-DAY DEMAND TO CURE MATERIAL LEASE VIOLATION

C.R.S. § 13-40-104(1)(e) — Standard Residential Rental Agreement

Date of Notice: [__/__/____]

Tenant(s): [________________________________]

Premises: [________________________________], Colorado [____]

The following conduct is a material violation of the rental agreement:

Lease provision(s): [________________________________]

Dates, conduct, persons involved, and other specific facts:

[________________________________]

Within ten (10) days after service, the tenant must cure the material violation or surrender possession.

Deadline: [DATE AND TIME]

Action required to cure:

[________________________________]

If the tenant does not timely cure or surrender possession, the landlord may seek possession through a court action.

If you receive supplemental security income, social security disability insurance under Title II of the federal Social Security Act, or cash assistance through the Colorado Works program, you may have a right to mandatory mediation before the landlord files an eviction action. See C.R.S. §§ 13-40-106(2) and 13-40-110.

Landlord / Agent Signature: ________________________________________

Printed Name and Title: [________________________________]

NOTICE 2B: TEN-DAY TERMINATION FOR REPEAT MATERIAL VIOLATION

C.R.S. § 13-40-104(1)(e.5) — Standard Residential Rental Agreement

Use this notice only after the tenant received proper notice of the prior violation and then committed the same or a similar material violation. Section 13-40-104(1)(e.5) does not state a twelve-month cutoff.

Date of Notice: [__/__/____]

Tenant(s): [________________________________]

Premises: [________________________________], Colorado [____]

Prior notice date, method of service, and violation:

[________________________________]

Specific facts establishing the repeat violation:

[________________________________]

The tenancy terminates ten (10) days after service of this notice. The tenant must surrender possession no later than:

Termination deadline: [DATE AND TIME]

If you receive supplemental security income, social security disability insurance under Title II of the federal Social Security Act, or cash assistance through the Colorado Works program, you may have a right to mandatory mediation before the landlord files an eviction action. See C.R.S. §§ 13-40-106(2) and 13-40-110.

Landlord / Agent Signature: ________________________________________

Printed Name and Title: [________________________________]

NOTICE 3: COVERED RESIDENTIAL NO-FAULT TERMINATION

C.R.S. § 38-12-1303(3)

Use this notice only for a tenancy covered by Colorado's cause-required eviction law and only at the end of the rental-agreement term. Most grounds require at least ninety (90) days after proper service. Owner or family occupancy by an individual on active military duty, or that individual's spouse, may use at least forty-five (45) days.

Date of Notice: [__/__/____]

Tenant(s): [________________________________]

Premises: [________________________________], Colorado [____]

Rental-agreement term ends: [__/__/____]

Vacate date: [__/__/____]

Select one legal ground and provide its required facts and documents:

☐ Demolition or conversion. The premises will be demolished, converted to nonresidential use, or converted to short-term rental property. Attach a description, timeline, and material demonstration of the proposed start date, such as an applicable permit or license application.

☐ Substantial repairs or renovations. The work cannot reasonably be completed safely and efficiently with the tenant in place, is not required to remedy a warranty-of-habitability breach, and requires vacancy for at least thirty days. State the general description and expected completion date: [________________________________]

☐ Landlord or family-member occupancy. Identify the person who will occupy the premises and the relationship: [________________________________]. Confirm no substantially equivalent unit is vacant and available in the same building: ☐ Confirmed. The intended occupant generally must move in within three months after the tenant vacates, subject to the statutory disability accommodation, and the premises generally may not be listed for rent for ninety days after the required vacate date.

☐ Withdrawal from rental market for sale. The premises are a single-family home, townhome, duplex, triplex, or individual condominium unit that will be withdrawn from the rental market for sale. This ground is not merely a sale to an owner-occupant. Describe the planned sale: [________________________________]. Confirm the premises will not be listed for long- or short-term rent for ninety days after the vacate date unless the statutory multiple-listing-service evidence exception applies: ☐ Confirmed.

☐ Refusal to sign a new rental agreement with reasonable terms. Identify the offered terms, delivery date, and refusal: [________________________________]

☐ History of late rent payments. Counsel has confirmed the requirements of C.R.S. § 38-12-1303(3)(f), including more than two qualifying late payments during the rental-agreement period: ☐ Confirmed. Describe each payment and prior written demand: [________________________________]

Legal and factual basis

Subsection relied upon: C.R.S. § 38-12-1303(3)([____])

Complete factual basis and attached supporting material:

[________________________________]

The tenant may remain in possession under the same terms of the existing rental agreement through the vacate date stated above.

If you receive supplemental security income, social security disability insurance under Title II of the federal Social Security Act, or cash assistance through the Colorado Works program, you may have a right to mandatory mediation before the landlord files an eviction action. See C.R.S. §§ 13-40-106(2) and 13-40-110.

Landlord / Agent Signature: ________________________________________

Printed Name and Title: [________________________________]

NOTICE 4: LANDLORD ENTRY

Date of Notice: [__/__/____]

Tenant(s): [________________________________]

Premises: [________________________________], Colorado [____]

Entry date: [__/__/____]

Entry window: [____:____] ☐ AM ☐ PM to [____:____] ☐ AM ☐ PM

Person(s) entering: [________________________________]

Purpose:

☐ Inspection

☐ Repairs or maintenance: [________________________________]

☐ Show premises to prospective tenant or purchaser

☐ Pest inspection or treatment other than bed bugs

☐ Bed-bug inspection or treatment

☐ Other purpose authorized by the rental agreement: [________________________________]

For general entry, confirm the rental agreement and applicable local law and insert the required notice period. This form does not assume a statewide twenty-four-hour rule.

For bed-bug inspection or treatment, C.R.S. § 38-12-1004 generally requires at least forty-eight hours' written or electronic notice, but a rental agreement may provide a different minimum period and the tenant may waive the notice requirement.

Contact for scheduling: [NAME / PHONE / EMAIL]

Landlord / Agent Signature: ________________________________________

NOTICE 5: RENT INCREASE

C.R.S. §§ 38-12-701 and 38-12-702

Date of Notice: [__/__/____]

Tenant(s): [________________________________]

Premises: [________________________________], Colorado [____]

☐ No written rental agreement. This notice is delivered at least sixty days before the increase takes effect, as required by C.R.S. § 38-12-701.

☐ Written rental agreement. The agreement authorizes this increase and this notice complies with its terms: [CITE LEASE PROVISION].

Colorado residential rent may not be increased more than once in a twelve-month period of consecutive occupancy, regardless of whether the tenancy is written, fixed-term, month-to-month, or indefinite. C.R.S. § 38-12-702.

New payment instructions: [________________________________]

Landlord / Agent Signature: ________________________________________

NOTICE 6: SECURITY DEPOSIT DISPOSITION STATEMENT

C.R.S. § 38-12-103 — Rules Effective January 1, 2026

Statement date: [__/__/____]

Tenant(s): [________________________________]

Former premises: [________________________________], Colorado [____]

Tenant's last-known mailing address and email: [________________________________]

Lease termination date: [__/__/____]

Surrender date: [__/__/____]

The default deadline is thirty days after lease termination or surrender, whichever occurs last. A lease may specify a longer period not exceeding sixty days.

☐ Thirty-day deadline applies.

☐ Lease specifies [____] days, not exceeding sixty days.

Disposition deadline: [__/__/____]

List the exact reason, supporting facts, actual or estimated amount, and category for every deduction. Lawful categories are limited to unpaid rent or abandonment; unpaid utilities, repair work, or cleaning contracted for by the tenant; other lawful lease charges; and necessary repairs for damage beyond normal wear and tear that did not preexist the tenancy.

☐ No deduction is for normal wear and tear or a condition that preexisted the tenancy.

☐ If the tenant used the victim-survivor termination procedure in C.R.S. § 38-12-402(2), no deduction is for damage caused by the responsible party or during the qualifying incident, and any retained amount complies with that section.

☐ Full-unit carpet replacement is not charged unless substantial, irreparable damage beyond normal wear and tear occurred throughout the carpet and did not preexist the tenancy. Carpet not replaced during the ten years before termination is not treated as substantially damaged for this purpose.

☐ Full-interior painting is not charged unless substantial damage beyond normal wear and tear occurred throughout the interior and did not preexist the tenancy. Any partial carpet or paint charge is confined to the damaged portion.

Refund method: ☐ Check enclosed ☐ Secured electronic transfer with tenant consent

If the tenant makes a written request for relevant supporting documentation, provide photographs, inspection forms or reports, receipts, invoices, or estimates within fourteen days after the request.

Landlord / Agent Signature: ________________________________________

NOTICE 7: WALK-THROUGH INSPECTION REQUEST AND RECORD

C.R.S. § 38-12-103(1)(b)

☐ Landlord requests inspection.

☐ Tenant requests inspection.

If reasonable and practicable, the walk-through may be in person or telecommunication-assisted and should occur at a mutually convenient time before termination or surrender, after the tenant has an opportunity to remove furniture and other belongings.

Premises: [________________________________]

Proposed date and time: [__/__/____] at [____:____] ☐ AM ☐ PM

Method: ☐ In person ☐ Telecommunication-assisted interactive walk-through

Alternative scheduling information: [________________________________]

Written condition record

Identify damage or defective conditions that exceed normal wear and tear and did not preexist the tenancy.

Landlord / Agent Signature: ________________________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Tenant Signature (acknowledging receipt only): ________________________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE FOR EVICTION DEMANDS AND NO-FAULT NOTICES

Use this certificate for a demand or notice governed by C.R.S. §§ 13-40-104 or 38-12-1303. Do not assume these service rules govern the other notices in this pack.

Notice served: [________________________________]

Tenant(s): [________________________________]

Premises: [________________________________]

Language: ☐ English ☐ Spanish ☐ Other primary language known or reasonably known to landlord: [________________________________]

General service — C.R.S. § 13-40-108(1)

☐ Delivered to a known tenant occupying the premises on [DATE / TIME].

☐ Left with [NAME], a person or tenant family member older than fifteen years residing on or in charge of the premises, on [DATE / TIME].

☐ After personal-service attempts on two separate days, posted conspicuously at the premises:

Known victim-survivor service — C.R.S. § 13-40-108(2)

Complete this section if the tenant gave written or actual notice that the tenant is a victim-survivor of unlawful sexual behavior, stalking, domestic violence, or domestic abuse.

☐ Personal service completed on [DATE / TIME].

☐ Personal service could not be completed after three attempts. The notice was both posted conspicuously and sent by certified mail or commercial courier with proof of delivery.

I declare under penalty of perjury under Colorado law that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on: [__/__/____] at [________________________________], Colorado

Server Signature: ________________________________________

Printed Name: [________________________________]

QUICK REFERENCE

Sources and References

• Colorado House Bill 24-1098, Chapter 113 (cause-required eviction and notice/service amendments)
• Colorado House Bill 25-1168, Chapter 229 (victim-survivor repayment, notice, deposit, and service amendments)
• Colorado House Bill 25-1249, Chapter 401 (security deposits; effective January 1, 2026)
• Colorado House Bill 21-1121, Chapter 348 (rent increases)
• Colorado House Bill 19-1328, Chapter 426 (bed-bug entry)
• Colorado General Assembly, Colorado Law Summary: Renters' Rights

This notice pack is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Have a Colorado-licensed attorney confirm the correct notice, deadline, content, service method, lease terms, and local requirements before use.