Everything you're responsible for as a landlord in Colorado

Denver Relocation Assistance Law: What Owners Must Offer When a Unit Is Declared Unfit for Habitation

A unit placarded unfit for human habitation used to leave tenants largely on their own to find somewhere else to stay while repairs happened. Denver Ordinance No. 469-25, in force since May 19, 2025, gives the city's health department a direct order it can issue to the landlord instead: pay for the tenant's temporary relocation, or the city will, and bill the property for it.

Colorado Survivor Lease-Break and Lock-Change Rights 2025: Who Is Covered and What Landlords Must Allow

A tenant fleeing an abusive partner shouldn't have to choose between staying somewhere unsafe or paying out an entire lease term to leave. HB25-1168 widens who qualifies for Colorado's survivor housing protections and spells out, in specific dollar and day terms, what a landlord can and can't demand.

Colorado Substandard Rental Property Law 2025: Courts Can Appoint a Receiver After a Pattern of Neglect

A multifamily property with rats in the walls, no working fire suppression, and a landlord who never returns calls used to be mostly a tenant's problem to chase through individual complaints. SB25-020 changes who can go after that landlord directly, and gives a court a new option beyond eviction or a lawsuit: taking the property away from the landlord's control entirely.

Colorado Lease Termination After a Tenant's Death: Limits on the Rent a Landlord Can Require

A grieving family shouldn't also be fighting a landlord over a lease-break fee. HB25-1108, known as Letty's Act, has been in force in Colorado since September 1, 2025, and it directly bars several charges a landlord could previously build into a lease when a tenant dies before the term ends.

Colorado Security Deposit Deductions 2026: New Definition of Normal Wear and Tear

A landlord who's routinely charged outgoing tenants for a fresh coat of paint or new carpet is working under a much narrower set of rules in Colorado now. HB25-1249, in force since January 1, 2026, tightens what counts as a deductible deduction and adds a specific, numeric trigger for when a landlord is presumed to have withheld a deposit in bad faith.

Colorado Portable Tenant Screening Reports 2026: Landlords Can't Require a Specific Agency or Website

An applicant who already paid for a portable tenant screening report has run into landlords who won't take it unless it comes through one specific reporting company's own delivery system. HB25-1236 rewrites that rule, and also changes how old a report can be before a landlord can turn it away.

Colorado RUBS Utility Billing Rules 2026: Total Tenant Charges Can't Exceed the Utility's Actual Bill

A tenant who's ever been billed for a share of a building's water bill that seems to have no connection to what they actually used has run into ratio utility billing, and until recently, Colorado had little specific to say about how that allocation had to work. HB26-1013 changed that, and because the bill carried a safety clause, it took effect the moment the Governor signed it, March 26, 2026.

Colorado Assistance Animal Law 2026: Permitting the Animal Is Now Presumed a Reasonable Accommodation

A landlord who denies a tenant's request to keep an emotional support animal now starts from a legal disadvantage in Colorado. HB26-1045, the Disabilities Housing Protections Act, took effect August 12, 2026 and builds a presumption directly into state law: permitting an assistance animal is a reasonable accommodation.

Colorado Rental Screening Disclosure Law 2027: Applications Must Explain Data Checked and Denial Criteria

An applicant filling out a rental application in Colorado currently has no guaranteed way of knowing what data a landlord will pull or what would get them denied before they've already paid a fee and waited. Starting January 1, 2027, that changes under HB26-1196.

Colorado Rental Junk Fee Ban 2026: Landlords Must Disclose One Total Price, Not Separate Line Items

A listing that says $1,200, then adds a $50 trash fee, a $35 processing fee, and a common-area charge at lease signing isn't advertising the real price. HB25-1090, in force since January 1, 2026, requires Colorado landlords to show one number, the total price, and bans a specific list of fees layered on top of it.