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 5 - OBLIGATION TO MAINTAIN RESIDENTIAL PREMISES -UNLAWFUL REMOVAL (§§ 38-12-501 — 38-12-512)
Section 38-12-501 - Legislative declaration - matter of statewide concern - purposes and policies

• (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the provisions of this part 5 are a matter of statewide concern. Any local government ordinance, resolution, or other regulation that is in conflict with this part 5 shall be unenforceable.

• (2) The underlying purposes and policies of this part 5 are to:
  • (a) Simplify, clarify, modernize, and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units and the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants;
  • (b) Encourage landlords and tenants to maintain and improve the quality of housing;
  • (c) Make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this part 5 throughout Colorado;
  • (d) Promote public health by ensuring rental housing is safe and healthy for tenants; and
  • (e) Protect and provide remedies for tenants who experience uninhabitable conditions at their residential premises.

• (3) This part 5 should be broadly interpreted to achieve its intended purpose.

Amended by 2024 Ch. 158,§ 1, eff. 5/3/2024, app. to actions related to violations of part 5 of article 12 of title 38 that are filed on or after the effective date.

L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1820, § 3, effective September 1.

Section 15 of chapter 158 (SB 24-094), Session Laws of Colorado 2024, provides that the act changing this section applies to actions related to violations of this part 5 that are filed on or after May 3, 2024.