Colorado Tenant Notice of Intent to Vacate

Colorado Landlord & Tenant Updated July 22, 2026 Free Word and PDF

Colorado Tenant Notice of Intent to Vacate

Use this form for an ordinary periodic-tenancy termination or fixed-term nonrenewal. Use a separate notice for any protected early termination.

Colorado Timing and Content Gate

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-40-107 allows a tenant to terminate a periodic tenancy at the end of the period by signed written notice describing the property and termination date. The notice must be served at least: 91 days for a tenancy of one year or longer; 28 days for six months to less than one year; 21 days for one month to less than six months; 3 days for one week to less than one month or a tenancy at will; and 1 day for less than one week. No statutory notice under this section is necessary from a fixed-term tenant whose agreement ends at a time certain, but the lease and other law still must be reviewed.

  • Tenancy length: ☐ 1 year+ ☐ 6–12 months ☐ 1–6 months ☐ 1 week–1 month/at will ☐ Under 1 week
  • Required period selected: ☐ 91 ☐ 28 ☐ 21 ☐ 3 ☐ 1 day(s)
  • Notice expires at end of periodic tenancy: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
  • Fixed term ends at a time certain and lease review completed: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
  • Notice describes property, states date, and is signed: ☐ Yes
  • Subsidy, local, and program requirements checked: ☐ Yes

1. Notice

Date: [__/__/____]

To: [LANDLORD / PROPERTY MANAGER NAME]
Notice address: [________________________________]

From tenant(s): [________________________________]
Rental premises: [FULL PROPERTY ADDRESS AND UNIT]

I give written notice that I am terminating the tenancy or electing not to renew, as applicable, and will vacate and surrender possession on [TERMINATION / MOVE-OUT DATE].

  • Notice delivery date: [__/__/____]
  • Applicable notice period: [____] days
  • Tenancy-length and effective-date calculation: [________________________________]
  • Lease section, if any: [________________________________]

This notice does not assert a protected early-termination ground or waive any right or duty under controlling law or the rental agreement.

2. Move-Out Coordination

  • Requested inspection date/time: [________________________________]
  • Keys/access devices will be returned at: [________________________________]
  • Utilities scheduled for transfer/termination: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
  • Forwarding address for deposit/accounting and later communications:

[____________________________________________________________]

  • Other move-out arrangements: [________________________________]

3. Signatures

Tenant signature/name/date: [________________________________]

Co-tenant signature/name/date: [________________________________]

Phone/email: [________________________________]

4. Delivery Record

  • Lawful lease-compliant method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ Mail ☐ Other: [________]
  • Person/address delivered to: [________________________________]
  • Date/time delivered or mailed: [__/__/____] [____]
  • Receipt/tracking/witness: [________________________________]
  • Signed copy and proof retained: ☐ Yes

Sources and References

  • 2024 Colo. Sess. Laws ch. 113, § 5 (HB 24-1098) — Colorado General Assembly — https://leg.colorado.gov/laws/session-laws/2655/download

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Last updated
July 22, 2026
Citations checked
July 22, 2026
Jurisdiction
Colorado
Category
Landlord & Tenant

Legal authority

  • Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-40-107

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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