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 7 - NOTICE OF RENT INCREASE (§§ 38-12-701 — 38-12-702)
Section 38-12-701 - Notice of rent increase

Universal Citation:
CO Rev Stat § 38-12-701 (2024)
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  • (1) Notwithstanding any other law, in a nonresidential tenancy of one month or longer but less than six months in which there is no written agreement between the landlord and tenant, a landlord may increase the rent only upon at least twenty-one days' notice to the tenant.
  • (2)
    • (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in a residential tenancy in which there is no written agreement between the landlord and tenant, a landlord may increase the rent only upon at least sixty days' written notice to the tenant.
    • (b) A landlord shall not terminate a residential tenancy in which there is no written agreement by serving a tenant with a notice to terminate tenancy with the primary purpose of increasing a tenant's rent in a manner inconsistent with this section.

Amended by 2024 Ch. 113,§ 11, eff. 4/19/2024.

Amended by 2021 Ch. 348, § 4, eff. 6/25/2021.

Added by 2017 Ch. 352, § 1, eff. 8/9/2017.

L. 2017: Entire part added, (SB 17-245), ch. 1837, p. 1837, § 1, effective August 9. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (HB 21-1121), ch. 2260, p. 2260, § 4, effective June 25.

For the legislative declaration in HB 24-1098, see section 1 of chapter 113, Session Laws of Colorado 2024.


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