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Colorado Passes “Just Cause” Protections for Tenants, Requires Landlords to Provide Tenants with Reason for Eviction. Last month, lawmakers in Colorado passed “HB24-1098,” a new tenant protection law aimed at shielding renters from arbitrary and retaliatory eviction filings.

There are no restrictions on how much a landlord can raise the rent, because the state legislature has prohibited Colorado's cities from implementing rent control, under C.R.S. 38-12-301. However, there are important exceptions, which you can read about below.

The Legislature made significant changes to a landlord's right to evict residential tenants. The new law prohibits a landlord from evicting residential tenants without cause with limited exceptions.

Termination of Term Lease A common practice is to include a clause in a written lease requiring 30 days notice before the date of termination if the tenant intends to vacate the premises, and if no notice is given, the lease automatically becomes a month-to-month lease.

Key points: Housing providers may NOT terminate or non-renew a lease at the end of the lease term without legal cause and 90 day notice. HB 24-1098 redefines what it means to non-renew a lease - now called a “no fault eviction”

In the state of Colorado, the amount of notice needed from a tenant wishing to end a lease is 91 days for a yearly lease, 28 days for 6 months-a year lease, 21 days for a monthly lease, and 3 days for a weekly lease. In the lease agreement, you should also outline your responsibility as a landlord to re-rent the unit.

It is never legal for a landlord to evict a tenant without a court order. The period for a Notice to Quit is 3, 21, 28, or 91 days, depending on the length of tenancy and how much notice is included in the lease. (Colorado Revised Statute 13-40-107.)

Required Advance Notice from Your Landlord To make repairs, they can enter after giving you 24 hours written warning. To show the unit to potential new renters, they must give you notice 48 hours in advance.

The landlord may enter at other times only if the tenant has given permission, verbally or written. A realtor's lock box may be placed on the unit's door and the landlord may show the property to new tenants or prospective purchasers only with the tenants permission.