Colorado Eviction Notice

Colorado notice periods

Each period is the one LeaseCraft's record of the statute holds. Read it with the conditions under it: some periods are minimums and some apply unless the lease sets another. "Lease controls" means the record holds no statutory period for that situation, and "No pre-suit notice" means it holds no notice before filing. The source column shows the law and the date LeaseCraft read it on the official site (most recently 2026-11-01).

What the Colorado statute says

Unpaid rent: 10 calendar days

• Ten days' written notice (demand for compliance or possession) requiring in the alternative payment of the rent or possession (13-40-104(1)(d)).
• Exempt residential agreement — single-family home leased by a landlord who owns five or fewer single-family rental homes AND whose lease gives notice that the ten-day period does not apply: five days (13-40-104(1)(d), (5)(d)).
• Nonresidential or employer-provided housing agreement: three days (13-40-104(1)(d)); CARES Act covered property: 30 days (JDF 99 A).
• Served per 13-40-108; JDF 99 A: 'Count day 1 as the day after you've completed Service'.
• Tenants in covered premises for 12+ months: nonpayment is a listed cause under 38-12-1303(2).
• Since 2025-08-06 a demand for unpaid rent must include a statement that a tenant whose missed rent was caused by unlawful sexual behavior, stalking, domestic violence or domestic abuse may provide documentation and is entitled to a repayment plan of up to nine months (13-40-106(4)).

Exceptions

• Victim-survivors (13-40-104(4), HB25-1168): nonpayment caused by or resulting from unlawful sexual behavior, stalking, domestic violence or domestic abuse, documented by a police report, a protection or restraining order, a self-attestation affidavit or a qualified third party's letter, is not an unlawful detention while the tenant complies with a repayment plan. The landlord must offer the plan no later than three business days after serving the demand or receiving the documentation, whichever is later; at least $25 a month, no more than nine months, no fees, interest or penalties (13-40-104(4)(e)).

Lease violation: 10 calendar days

• Holding over contrary to any other condition or covenant after ten days' written notice requiring in the alternative compliance or delivery of possession (13-40-104(1)(e)); three days for nonresidential/employer-provided housing; five days for exempt residential agreements.

Exceptions

• Repeat violation of the same covenant after a prior demand: notice to terminate with no cure right, same periods (13-40-104(1)(e.5)); official form JDF 99 B.

Tenant staying after the lease ends: Lease controls

• No written notice is necessary from a tenant whose fixed-term tenancy ends at a time certain (13-40-107(4)); holdover after the term is an unlawful detention ground (13-40-104) — but for covered residential tenants with 12+ months' tenancy the landlord needs a 38-12-1303 cause, and a no-fault nonrenewal needs 90 days' notice.

Delivery, form and other Colorado rules

How the notice may be delivered

Secondary sources only LeaseCraft has not verified this at the official source (C.R.S. 13-40-108), so this page states no rule. Check it before you serve the notice.

Required form or contents

No mandatory statutory form; the Colorado Judicial Branch publishes official optional forms — JDF 99 A Demand for Compliance or Right to Possession (R: 2025-09-04), JDF 99 B Notice to Terminate Tenancy (repeat/substantial violations), JDF 99 C Notice of No-Fault Eviction: https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/media/14512 . Mandatory contents: 13-40-107(3) (describe the property, state the termination date, signature); 13-40-107.5(4) (grounds for substantial violation); 38-12-1303(3) (statement of the legal and factual basis for a no-fault eviction); MANDATORY STATEMENT since 2025-08-06: 13-40-106(4) (HB25-1168 section 3) — a demand or notice under 13-40-104 or 38-12-1303 that includes a demand for unpaid rent "MUST INCLUDE A STATEMENT THAT IF THE TENANT HAS EXPERIENCED UNLAWFUL SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, STALKING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, OR DOMESTIC ABUSE THAT HAS CAUSED THE TENANT TO MISS A RENT PAYMENT, THE TENANT MAY PROVIDE THE LANDLORD WITH DOCUMENTATION ... AND IS ENTITLED TO A REPAYMENT PLAN THAT ALLOWS THE TENANT TO REPAY THE UNPAID RENT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME NOT TO EXCEED NINE MONTHS."

C.R.S. 13-40-107(3); 13-40-107.5(4); 38-12-1303(3); 13-40-106(4) (HB25-1168 §3, eff. 2025-08-06) · read 2026-09-27

Statewide just-cause rule

Yes: a statewide law requires a stated legal reason to end some tenancies (C.R.S. 38-12-1301 to 38-12-1304 (HB24-1098, ch. 113, eff. 2024-04-19; 38-12-1302 amended by HB25-1168, ch. 229, § 16, eff. 2025-05-22), read 2026-09-27). More on the Colorado notice to vacate page.

Preparing the notice

The form asks for the tenancy, the kind of notice and the dates, and the notice ends with a Certificate of Service to record how you delivered it. Beside the finished notice you get a Colorado checklist of the period, form and delivery rules LeaseCraft recorded. The period in the notice is the one you choose; where LeaseCraft has verified the Colorado period and your deadline is too soon, the document is not prepared until you move it.

Create a Colorado eviction notice

A notice is not a court order and does not by itself remove a tenant. Cities and counties can add rules. LeaseCraft is not a law firm and this is not legal advice.

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What to have ready

You will need answers to these 8 required questions, spread over 4 steps. The questionnaire also has optional questions, and some answers lead to follow-ups. Your answers are kept in this browser for 24 hours, so you can come back and finish (how saving works).

1. Notice type
   • What type of notice do you need?
2. Parties & property
   • Landlord or property manager name?
   • Tenant name?
   • Rental property address?
3. Notice details
   • Date of this notice?
   • Date tenant must vacate (if applicable)?
   • How will this notice be delivered?
4. State
   • Which state is this document for?