Colorado Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in Colorado, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case.

Not the right fit if

Your rental is outside Colorado: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Colorado data files, checked November 2026 against 9 official pages, among them Colorado General Assembly: HB25-1249, enrolled text; Colorado Division of Real Estate: HB25-1249 summary; Colorado Legislative Council Staff: Laws Regulating Landlords and Tenants (September 2024); Colorado Judicial Branch: Residential Evictions; Colorado Judicial Branch: Understanding the Eviction Process (FED clinic slides, November 2024); Colorado Judicial Branch: JDF 186 Information for Eviction Cases (R10/21).
• 7 items the official pages didn't state are marked "not confirmed" with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Colorado notice and deposit dates for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 16 confirmed Colorado rules at a glance and the 7 items to confirm: deposit limit, interest on the deposit, where the deposit is held, ending month-to-month (tenant), unpaid rent notice, writ to lockout, right to counsel (statewide), each with the official page to check.
• Colorado landlord rules checklist. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: return deadline: Within 30 days after the lease ends or the premises are surrendered, unless the lease sets a longer period of no more than 60 days; itemized list of deductions: A written statement listing the exact reasons for keeping any part of the deposit; penalty the law states: A landlord who doesn't comply forfeits the right to withhold any part of the deposit; ending month-to-month (landlord): By the length of the tenancy: 21 days for 1 month to less than 6 months; 3 days for 1 week to less than 1 month or at will; given before the end of the term; rent increase notice: Where there's no written lease, at least 60 days' notice; no more than one increase in any 12 consecutive months; entry notice: For repairs of a habitability condition, at least 24 hours' notice unless it threatens life, health or safety; late fee limits: Only if rent is at least 7 days overdue and the fee is in the agreement; the maximum is $50 or 5% of the past-due rent, whichever is greater; court: County court in the county where the rental is.
• Move-in and move-out deposit checklist. A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Colorado's return deadline (within 30 days).
• Notice calendar. When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules.
• Eviction timeline sheet. The Colorado case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates.
• Colorado landlord workbook (Excel). A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Colorado rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance.