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CO Code § 38-12-216 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 2 - Mobile Home Park Act|§ 38-12-216. Mediation, When Permitted - Court Actions

  In any controversy between the management and a home owner of a mobile home park arising out of the provisions of this part 2, except for the nonpayment of rent or in cases in which the health or safety of other home owners is in imminent danger, such controversy may be submitted to mediation by either party prior to the filing of a forcible entry and detainer lawsuit upon agreement of the parties.    The agreement, if one is reached, shall be presented to the court as a stipulation. Either party to the mediation may terminate the mediation process at any time without prejudice.    If either party subsequently violates the stipulation, the other party may apply immediately to the court for relief.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire section added, p. 1815, § 9, effective June 9; (2) amended, p. 2034, § 54, effective July 14. L. 87: (1) amended, p. 1315, § 14, effective May 8.
CO Code § 38-12-218 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 2 - Mobile Home Park Act|§ 38-12-218. Mobile Home Owners - Right to Form a Cooperative

 One or more members of a homeowners' association may, at any time, form a cooperative for the purposes of offering to purchase or finance a mobile home park. A home owner shall be a member of the homeowners' association in order to participate in the cooperative, and participation in the cooperative shall be voluntary.   History. Source: L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 110, § 4, effective August 8.
CO Code § 38-12-219 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 2 - Mobile Home Park Act|§ 38-12-219. Home Owners' and Landlords' Rights

  Every home owner and landlord shall have the right to the following:   Protection from abuse or disregard of state or local law by the landlord and home owners;    Peaceful enjoyment of the home owner's mobile home space, free from unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious rules and enforcement thereof; and    Tenancy free from harassment or frivolous lawsuits by the landlord and homeowners.        History. Source: L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 110, § 4, effective August 8.
CO Code § 38-12-220 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 2 - Mobile Home Park Act|§ 38-12-220. Private Civil Right of Action

 A home owner in a park where the landlord has violated any provision of this article 12 has a private civil right of action against the landlord. In any such action, except as described in section 38-12-105 (4) , the home owner is entitled to actual economic damages and reasonable attorney fees and costs if the home owner is successful in the action.   History. Source: L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 110, § 4, effective August 8. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (SB 10-156), ch. 343, p. 1591, § 10, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-173), ch. 349, p. 2268, § 11, effective October 1.
CO Code § 38-12-221 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 2 - Mobile Home Park Act|§ 38-12-221. Access by Counties and Municipalities

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a finding that the utilities in a park create a significant health or safety danger to park residents, the landlord of a mobile home park shall grant county or municipal officers or employees access to the mobile home park for the purposes of investigating or conducting a study related to such danger.   History. Source: L. 2010: Entire section added, (SB 10-156), ch. 343, p. 1591, § 11, effective July 1.
CO Code § 38-12-222 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 2 - Mobile Home Park Act|§ 38-12-222. Home Owners' Right to Privacy

     The management shall respect the privacy of home owners. Except as otherwise provided by law, the management has no right of entry to a mobile home:   Without first obtaining the written consent of the home owner;    As described in subsection (2) of this section;    In the case of an emergency; or    When the mobile home has been abandoned.       A home owner may revoke consent in writing at any time.       Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the management has a right of entry to mobile home space to fulfill the duties described in section 38-12-212.3 and to ensure compliance with applicable codes, statutes, ordinances, and administrative rules; the rental agreement; and the rules and regulations of the park. A landlord shall not enter in a manner that interferes with a home owner's peaceful enjoyment of the mobile home space, as described in section 38-12-219 (1)(b), except in the case of an emergency.    Except when posting notices that are required by law or by a rental agreement, the management shall make a reasonable effort to notify a home owner of the management's intention to enter the mobile home space at least forty-eight hours before entry.     History. Source: L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1196), ch. 195, p. 926, § 14, effective June 30.
CO Code § 38-12-302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 3 - Local Control of Rents Prohibited|§ 38-12-302. Definitions

 As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Municipality” means a city or town and, in addition, means a city or town incorporated prior to July 3, 1877, whether or not reorganized, and any city, town, or city and county which has chosen to adopt a home rule charter pursuant to the provisions of article XX of the state constitution.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 1818, § 1, effective June 23.
CO Code § 38-12-401 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 4 - Victims of Unlawful Sexual Behavior, Stalking, Domestic Violence, and Domestic Abuse|§ 38-12-401. Definitions

 As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Application assistant” has the same meaning provided in section 24-30-2103 (4).    “Domestic abuse” has the same meaning as provided in section 13-14-101 (2).    “Domestic violence” has the same meaning as provided in section 18-6-800.3 (1).    “Medical professional” means a person licensed to practice medicine pursuant to article 240 of title 12 or part 1 of article 255 of title 12.    “Stalking” means the criminal offense described in section 18-3-602.    “Unlawful sexual behavior” means the criminal offense described in section 16-22-102 (9).     History. Source: L. 2004: Entire part added, p. 528, § 1, effective August 4. L. 2017: Entire part amended, (HB 17-1035), ch. 276, p. 1513, § 1, effective June 1. L. 2019: (4) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1722, § 229, effective October 1. L. 2020: (4) amended, (HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 705, § 69, effective July 1.
CO Code § 38-12-501 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 5 - Obligation to Maintain Residential Premises - Unlawful Removal|§ 38-12-501. Legislative Declaration - Matter of Statewide Concern - Purposes and Policies

  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.    The underlying purposes and policies of this part 5 are to:   Simplify, clarify, modernize, and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units and the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants;    Encourage landlords and tenants to maintain and improve the quality of housing; and    Make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this part 5 throughout Colorado.        History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1820, § 3, effective September 1.
CO Code § 38-12-502 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 5 - Obligation to Maintain Residential Premises - Unlawful Removal|§ 38-12-502. Definitions

 As used in this part 5 and part 8 of this article 12, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Appliance” means a refrigerator, range stove, or oven that is included within a residential premises by a landlord for the use of the tenant pursuant to the rental agreement or any other agreement between the landlord and the tenant. Nothing in this section requires a landlord to provide any appliance, and section 38-12-505 applies to appliances solely to the extent that appliances are part of a written agreement between the landlord and the tenant or are otherwise actually provided to a tenant by the landlord at the inception of the tenant's occupancy of the residential premises.    “Common areas” means the facilities and appurtenances to a residential premises, including the grounds, areas, and facilities held out for the use of tenants generally or whose use is promised to a tenant.    “Dwelling unit” means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by a tenant.    “Electronic notice” means notice by electronic mail or an electronic portal or management communications system that is available to both a landlord and a tenant.    “Landlord” means the owner, manager, lessor, or sublessor of a residential premises.    “Mold” means microscopic organisms or fungi that can grow in damp conditions in the interior of a building.    “Rental agreement” means the agreement, written or oral, embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a residential premises.    “Residential premises” means a dwelling unit, the structure of which the unit is a part, and the common areas.    “Tenant” means a person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others.     History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1820, § 3, effective September 1. L. 2018: IP amended, (SB 18-010), ch. 61, p. 608, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2019: Entire section amended, (HB 19-1170), ch. 229, p. 2305, § 2, effective August 2.
CO Code § 38-12-504 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 5 - Obligation to Maintain Residential Premises - Unlawful Removal|§ 38-12-504. Tenant's Maintenance of Premises

  In addition to any duties imposed upon a tenant by a rental agreement, every tenant of a residential premises has a duty to use that portion of the premises within the tenant's control in a reasonably clean and safe manner. A tenant fails to maintain the premises in a reasonably clean and safe manner when the tenant substantially fails to:   Comply with obligations imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of building, health, and housing codes materially affecting health and safety;    Keep the dwelling unit reasonably clean, safe, and sanitary as permitted by the conditions of the unit;    Dispose of ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other waste from the dwelling unit in a clean, safe, sanitary, and legally compliant manner;    Use in a reasonable manner all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, elevators, and other facilities and appliances in the dwelling unit;    Conduct himself or herself and require other persons in the residential premises within the tenant's control to conduct themselves in a manner that does not disturb their neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the neighbors' dwelling unit; or    Promptly notify the landlord if the residential premises is uninhabitable as defined in section 38-12-505 or if there is a condition that could result in the premises becoming uninhabitable if not remedied.       In addition to the duties set forth in subsection (1) of this section, a tenant shall not knowingly, intentionally, deliberately, or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair, or remove any part of the residential premises or knowingly permit any person within his or her control to do so.    Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a modification of a landlord's obligations under the warranty of habitability.     History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1822, § 3, effective September 1.
CO Code § 38-12-505 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 5 - Obligation to Maintain Residential Premises - Unlawful Removal|§ 38-12-505. Uninhabitable Residential Premises

  A residential premises is deemed uninhabitable if:   There is mold that is associated with dampness, or there is any other condition causing the residential premises to be damp, which condition, if not remedied, would materially interfere with the health or safety of the tenant, excluding the presence of mold that is minor and found on surfaces that can accumulate moisture as part of their proper functioning and intended use; or    It substantially lacks any of the following characteristics:   Functioning appliances that conformed to applicable law at the time of installation and that are maintained in good working order;    Waterproofing and weather protection of roof and exterior walls maintained in good working order, including unbroken windows and doors;    Plumbing or gas facilities that conformed to applicable law in effect at the time of installation and that are maintained in good working order;    Running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times furnished to appropriate fixtures and connected to a sewage disposal system approved under applicable law;    Functioning heating facilities that conformed to applicable law at the time of installation and that are maintained in good working order;    Electrical lighting, with wiring and electrical equipment that conformed to applicable law at the time of installation, maintained in good working order;    Common areas and areas under the control of the landlord that are kept reasonably clean, sanitary, and free from all accumulations of debris, filth, rubbish, and garbage and that have appropriate extermination in response to the infestation of rodents or vermin;    Appropriate extermination in response to the infestation of rodents or vermin throughout a residential premises;    An adequate number of appropriate exterior receptacles for garbage and rubbish, in good repair;    Floors, stairways, and railings maintained in good repair;    Locks on all exterior doors and locks or security devices on windows designed to be opened that are maintained in good working order; or    Compliance with all applicable building, housing, and health codes, the violation of which would constitute a condition that materially interferes with the life, health, or safety of the tenant.          No deficiency in the common area shall render a residential premises uninhabitable as set forth in subsection (1) of this section, unless it materially and substantially limits the tenant's use of his or her dwelling unit.    Unless the rental agreement provides otherwise as permitted by section 38-12-506, before a residential premises is leased to a tenant, the residential premises must comply with the requirements set forth in section 38-12-503 (1) and (2)(a).     History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1822, § 3, effective September 1. L. 2019: (1) and (3) amended, (HB 19-1170), ch. 229, p. 2308, § 4, effective August 2.
CO Code § 38-12-506 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 5 - Obligation to Maintain Residential Premises - Unlawful Removal|§ 38-12-506. Exception for Certain Single-Family Residences

  For a single-family residence premises for which a landlord does not receive a subsidy from any governmental source, a landlord and tenant may agree in writing that the tenant is to perform specific repairs, maintenance tasks, alterations, and remodeling necessary to comply with section 38-12-503, subject to the following requirements:   The agreement of the landlord and tenant is entered into in good faith and is set forth in a writing that is separate from the rental agreement, signed by the parties, and supported by adequate consideration; and    The tenant has the requisite skills to perform the work required to comply with section 38-12-503 (1).       To the extent that performance by a tenant relates to a characteristic set forth in section 38-12-505 (1), the tenant assumes the obligation for the characteristic, and the lack of the characteristic does not make the residential premises uninhabitable.     History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1823, § 3, effective September 1. L. 2019: Entire section R&RE, (HB 19-1170), ch. 229, p. 2309, § 5, effective August 2.
CO Code § 38-12-508 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 5 - Obligation to Maintain Residential Premises - Unlawful Removal|§ 38-12-508. Landlord's Defenses to a Claim of Breach of Warranty - Limitations on Claiming a Breach

  It shall be a defense to a tenant's claim of breach of the warranty of habitability that the tenant's actions or inactions prevented the landlord from curing the condition underlying the breach of the warranty of habitability.    Only parties to the rental agreement or other adult residents listed on the rental agreement who are also lawfully residing in the dwelling unit may assert a claim for a breach of the warranty of habitability.    Repealed.    Except as provided in section 38-12-509 (2), a tenant may not assert a breach of the warranty of habitability as a defense to a landlord's action for possession based upon a nonmonetary violation of the rental agreement or for an action for possession based upon a notice to quit or vacate.    If the condition alleged to breach the warranty of habitability is the result of the action or inaction of a tenant in another dwelling unit or another third party not under the direction and control of the landlord and the landlord has taken reasonable, necessary, and timely steps to abate the condition, but is unable to abate the condition due to circumstances beyond the landlord's reasonable control, the tenant's only remedy shall be termination of the rental agreement consistent with section 38-12-507 (1)(a).    For public housing authorities and other housing providers receiving federal financial assistance directly from the federal government, no provision of this part 5 in direct conflict with any federal law or regulation shall be enforceable against such housing provider.     History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1825, § 3, effective September 1. L. 2019: (3) repealed and (4) amended, (HB 19-1170), ch. 229, p. 2313, § 7, effective August 2.
CO Code § 38-12-509 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 5 - Obligation to Maintain Residential Premises - Unlawful Removal|§ 38-12-509. Prohibition on Retaliation

  A landlord shall not retaliate against a tenant by increasing rent or decreasing services or by bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession in response to the tenant:   Having made a good faith complaint to the landlord or to a governmental agency alleging a condition described by section 38-12-505 (1) or any condition that materially interferes with the life, health, or safety of the tenant; or    Organizing or becoming a member of a tenants' association or similar organization.       If a landlord retaliates against a tenant in violation of subsection (1) of this section, the tenant may terminate the rental agreement and recover an amount not more than three months' periodic rent or three times the tenant's actual damages, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorney fees and costs.    If a landlord elects to replace a malfunctioning appliance, but does so with a new appliance that is not identical to the appliance being replaced, there is a rebuttable presumption in favor of the landlord that the landlord's selection of a different appliance was not retaliatory so long as the replacement appliance provides substantially the same features as the original appliance.    (Deleted by amendment, L. 2019.)     History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1826, § 3, effective September 1. L. 2019: Entire section amended, (HB 19-1170), ch. 229, p. 2313, § 8, effective August 2.
CO Code § 38-12-510 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal|Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords|Part 5 - Obligation to Maintain Residential Premises - Unlawful Removal|§ 38-12-510. Unlawful Removal or Exclusion

  It is unlawful for a landlord to remove or exclude a tenant from a dwelling unit without resorting to court process, unless the removal or exclusion is consistent with article 18.5 of title 25 and the rules promulgated by the state board of health for the cleanup of an illegal drug laboratory; is with the mutual consent of the landlord and tenant; or unless the dwelling unit has been abandoned by the tenant, as evidenced by the return of keys, the substantial removal of the tenant's personal property, notice by the tenant, or the extended absence of the tenant while rent remains unpaid, any of which would cause a reasonable person to believe the tenant had permanently surrendered possession of the dwelling unit. Unlawful removal or exclusion includes the willful termination of utilities or the willful removal of doors, windows, or locks to the premises other than as required for repair or maintenance. If the landlord willfully and unlawfully removes the tenant from the premises or willfully and unlawfully causes the termination of heat, running water, hot water, electric, gas, or other essential services, the tenant may seek any remedy available under the law, including this part 5.    A tenant affected by any violation of this section may bring a civil action to restrain further violations and to recover damages, costs, and reasonable attorney fees. In the case of a violation, the tenant must be awarded statutory damages equal to the tenant's actual damages and the higher amount of either three times the monthly rent or five thousand dollars, as well as any other damages, attorney fees, and costs that may be owed.    A court may also order that possession be restored to a tenant who was affected by a violation of this section.     History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1826, § 3, effective September 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-173), ch. 349, p. 2270, § 13, effective October 1.