Free Colorado Late Rent Notice Template

Last reviewed September 2026

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Colorado Late Rent Notice

This Late Rent Notice is built with Colorado as the governing state. These are the Colorado landlord-tenant rules that most often bear on it, with the statute for each.

Colorado rules at a glance

Colorado rules for a Late Rent Notice
Late fees	Only once rent is 7+ days late; max the greater of $50 or 5% of past-due rentC.R.S. §38-12-105
Nonpayment eviction notice	10-day demand (5 days under a qualifying “exempt residential agreement”)C.R.S. §13-40-104(1)(d)
Nonpayment & lease violations	A 10-day written demand to pay or cure is required for residential tenancies (§13-40-104(1)(d), (e)). A landlord who owns five or fewer single-family rental homes may use 5 days only under an “exempt residential agreement” — a lease of a single-family home that itself states the 10-day period doesn’t apply (§13-40-104(5)(b)).

Rent, late fees & rent increases

Late-fee cap — A late fee can’t be charged until rent is at least 7 calendar days late, can’t exceed the greater of $50 or 5% of the past-due rent (in total, for any one late payment), and must be disclosed in the lease. A landlord can’t evict, or terminate a tenancy, because the tenant hasn’t paid late fees, and a non-compliant lease clause is void (§38-12-105).
Once a year — Rent may not be increased more than once in any 12-month period of consecutive occupancy, whatever the lease says (§38-12-702).
Increase notice — Where there’s no written lease, an increase requires at least 60 days’ written notice, and a landlord can’t serve a notice to quit to get around that rule (§38-12-701). With a written lease, the lease’s notice terms govern, subject to the once-a-year limit.
Total-price rules — Since January 1, 2026, an advertised or offered rent must be shown as a total price that includes mandatory fees (other than actual utility costs), and landlords can no longer charge certain fees — including common-area maintenance fees, property-tax pass-throughs, and payment-processing fees when no free way to pay is reasonably available (C.R.S. §6-1-737, added by HB25-1090).
Rent control — Counties and cities are barred from enacting rent control on private residential property (§38-12-301).

Ending a Colorado tenancy

Colorado sets the notice to end a tenancy by the length of the tenancy rather than a flat 30 days (§13-40-107(2)). For a month-to-month tenancy, the period usually applied is 21 days, but the 2024 amendments tie the notice to “the length of the applicable tenancy”, and many practitioners read that as total occupancy — 28 days after six months and 91 days after a year — so the longer notice is the safer course. Since 2024, a landlord can rely on these notices alone only where the for-cause rules don’t apply — for example, a tenant who has been in place for less than 12 months (§13-40-107(1)).

Notice to end a Colorado tenancy with no fixed term (C.R.S. §13-40-107(2))
Tenancy of 1 year or longer	91 days
6 months to 1 year	28 days
1 month to 6 months	21 days
1 week to 1 month, or tenancy at will	3 days
Less than 1 week	1 day

For-cause eviction — Once a tenant has been in the unit for at least 12 months, a landlord generally can’t end or refuse to renew the tenancy without a statutory cause — such as nonpayment, a lease violation, or one of the no-fault grounds below (§38-12-1303). Owner-occupied single-family homes, duplexes and triplexes, short-term rentals and employer-provided housing are exempt (§38-12-1302).
No-fault grounds — Demolition or conversion, substantial repairs, the landlord or a family member moving in, taking the unit off the market to sell, the tenant refusing a new lease on reasonable terms, or rent paid more than 10 days late more than twice during the lease — each generally requiring at least 90 days’ written notice (§38-12-1303(3)). If the landlord can’t show compliance, a court must dismiss the eviction (§38-12-1306).
Nonpayment & lease violations — A 10-day written demand to pay or cure is required for residential tenancies (§13-40-104(1)(d), (e)). A landlord who owns five or fewer single-family rental homes may use 5 days only under an “exempt residential agreement” — a lease of a single-family home that itself states the 10-day period doesn’t apply (§13-40-104(5)(b)).
Domestic violence — A tenant who is a victim of domestic violence, stalking or unlawful sexual behavior may end the lease early with written notice and qualifying documentation (§38-12-402).

Colorado Late Rent Notice FAQs

What is the maximum late fee in Colorado?

The greater of $50 or 5% of the past-due rent, and only after rent is at least 7 calendar days late. The fee must be in the lease, the cap applies to the total late fees for any one late payment, and unpaid late fees can’t be grounds for eviction (§38-12-105).

How much notice for nonpayment of rent in Colorado?

A 10-day written demand to pay or move out for residential tenancies (§13-40-104(1)(d)). A landlord with an “exempt residential agreement” — a lease of a single-family home by a landlord who owns five or fewer single-family rental homes, where the lease itself states that the 10-day period doesn’t apply — may use 5 days (§13-40-104(5)(b)).

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