2024 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 1 - SECURITY DEPOSITS - WRONGFUL WITHHOLDING (§§ 38-12-101 — 38-12-106)
Section 38-12-106 - Security deposits - limitation on pet security deposit and rent - definition

• (1) A landlord shall not demand or receive an additional security deposit of more than three hundred dollars from a prospective or current tenant as a condition of permitting the tenant's pet animal to reside at the residential premises with the tenant, and the security deposit must be refundable to the tenant.

• (2) A landlord shall not demand or receive additional rent from a tenant as a condition of permitting the tenant's pet animal to reside at the residential premises with the tenant in an amount that exceeds thirty-five dollars per month or one and one-half percent per month of the tenant's monthly rent, whichever amount is greater.

• (3) As used in this section, "pet animal" has the same meaning as set forth in section 35-80-102 (10).

L. 2023: Entire section added, (HB 23-1068), ch. 2464, p. 2464, § 4, effective 1/1/2024.

For the legislative declaration in HB 23-1068, see section 1 of chapter 416, Session Laws of Colorado 2023.