2023 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110)
TENANTS AND LANDLORDS (§§ 38-12-101 — 38-12-1409)
Article 12 - TENANTS AND LANDLORDS (§§ 38-12-101 — 38-12-1409)
Part 12 - IMMIGRANT TENANT PROTECTION ACT (§§ 38-12-1201 — 38-12-1205)
Section 38-12-1202 - Definitions

As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires:

• (1) "Dwelling unit" means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by a tenant. "Dwelling unit" includes a mobile home, as defined in section 38-12-201.5(2).

• (2) "Immigration or citizenship status" means a person's actual or perceived immigration or citizenship status.

• (3) "Landlord" means the owner, manager, lessor, or sublessor of a residential premises.

• (4) "Rental agreement" means any agreement, written or implied by law, between a landlord and a tenant embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a residential premises.

• (5) "Residential premises" means a structure of which one or more dwelling units are part, including any immediately surrounding property that is owned by or subject to the exclusive control of a person who controls such a dwelling unit.

• (6)
  • (a) "Tenant" means a person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others.
  • (b) "Tenant" includes a prospective tenant or any other person seeking to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others.

Added by 2020 Ch. 187,§ 1, eff. 6/30/2020.

L. 2020: Entire part added, (SB 20-224), ch. 856, p. 856, § 1, effective June 30.