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Colorado residential lease agreement
Download the October 2026 Colorado Residential Lease Agreement for houses, apartments, condos, and other residential rentals. The packet includes a complete editable DOCX, a true fillable PDF, the Colorado radon disclosure in Word and fillable PDF, federal lead-based paint materials, and an optional completed sample.
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Use each document only when appropriate. The notice packet is not a move-in document and should be used only when the facts and current law support it.
A practical Colorado lease packet built to document the rental relationship, current deposit and notice rules, disclosure obligations, and clean completion in your own PDF reader or on paper.
The lease addresses the two-month security-deposit cap and the 60-day itemized return (C.R.S. §§ 38-12-102.5 and 38-12-103), the late-fee limit (C.R.S. § 38-12-105), the warranty of habitability and the required English and Spanish contact statement (C.R.S. § 38-12-505), for-cause and limited no-fault termination (C.R.S. § 38-12-1303), and source-of-income protections (C.R.S. § 24-34-502). The packet includes the separate radon disclosure the tenant signs (C.R.S. § 38-12-803). The current CDPHE brochure is not in this packet. Download it and give it with the disclosure before the tenant signs the lease.
Download the files, customize the lease in Word or type directly into the fillable PDF fields in your own PDF reader, and keep a signed copy for your records.
Use the editable DOCX with click-to-fill controls, or open the true fillable PDF in your own PDF reader and type directly into the form fields — no online interview or ILRG account required; both print cleanly for signing.
Your $9.99 purchase includes 4 document groups and 7 delivered files in the Word and PDF formats shown below. The completed sample PDF is an optional $4.99 add-on and is not included in the 7-file count.
Self-help lease overview
A written Colorado residential lease helps document the landlord, tenant, premises, county, term, rent, security deposit, utilities, repairs, disclosures, rules, and signatures for a rental property. This agreement captures the key deal terms in a front Data Schedule before the numbered sections.
This packet includes the Colorado Residential Lease Agreement in editable DOCX and true fillable PDF, the Colorado radon disclosure in Word and fillable PDF, and the federal lead-based paint materials listed below for pre-1978 housing. The current CDPHE brochure is not in this packet. Download it and give it with the disclosure before the tenant signs.
Review the completed lease and any municipal, deed-restricted, subsidized-housing, association, or property-specific requirements before signing. ILRG provides self-help legal forms and information, not legal advice.
This page highlights the current downloadable Colorado residential lease packet: a complete editable DOCX, a true fillable PDF, the Colorado radon disclosure in Word and fillable PDF, and federal lead-based paint materials. The lease uses a front Data Schedule and a fixed-term or month-to-month election. A completed sample of the lease and the disclosure is available as an add-on. The current CDPHE brochure is not in this packet. Download it and give it with the disclosure.
Page 1 below is the blank Data Schedule and the opening of the term section. The list under it names every section of the agreement. Checkout delivers the fillable lease, the Colorado radon disclosure, and the federal lead-based paint materials listed above. The completed sample is optional. The current CDPHE brochure is not in this packet. Download it and give it with the disclosure.
Page 1 above is the blank Data Schedule and the opening of the term section. Each line names a section and what it covers. The lease itself is the file you download.
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The purchase includes 4 document groups and 7 delivered files in the Word and PDF formats shown in the included-documents list. A completed sample lease is available as a separate $4.99 add-on and is not part of that count.
This is PL-CO-RL01, Rev. 10/2026, last revised October 11, 2026. Addresses the two-month security-deposit cap and the 60-day itemized return (C.R.S. §§ 38-12-102.5 and 38-12-103), the late-fee limit (C.R.S. § 38-12-105), the warranty of habitability and the required English and Spanish contact statement (C.R.S. § 38-12-505), for-cause and limited no-fault termination (C.R.S. § 38-12-1303), and source-of-income protections (C.R.S. § 24-34-502). The packet includes the separate radon disclosure the tenant signs (C.R.S. § 38-12-803). The current CDPHE brochure is not in this packet. Download it and give it with the disclosure before the tenant signs the lease.
The security deposit is capped at two monthly rent payments under C.R.S. § 38-12-102.5. The return period in this lease is 60 days, which is the longest period § 38-12-103 allows. A separate pet deposit is capped at $300 under § 38-12-106.
The greater of $50 or 5 percent of the past-due rent payment, and not before seven days, under C.R.S. § 38-12-105.
Yes. The lease carries the 12-point English and Spanish contact statement required by C.R.S. § 38-12-505.
C.R.S. § 24-34-502 prohibits source-of-income discrimination. An exemption, when one applies, is marked in the lease.
Yes. The packet includes the radon disclosure in Word and fillable PDF. The tenant signs it before signing the lease. Colorado law also requires the current Department of Public Health and Environment radon brochure under C.R.S. § 38-12-803 and § 25-11-114. That brochure is not in this packet. Download the current brochure and give it with the disclosure. A saved older copy is not the current brochure.
C.R.S. § 38-12-402 limits early termination and security-deposit deductions when its documentation requirements are met.
Yes. C.R.S. § 6-1-737 requires a reasonably accessible way to pay rent without a processing fee.
Use the Word version when you want to edit the agreement in Microsoft Word or a compatible editor. The fillable fields are in the PDF itself — this is not an online interview or document-building wizard, and no ILRG account is required. Open the PDF in a compatible PDF reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader is one free option), type in the fields, save, and print — or print a blank copy and complete it by hand. This is a one-time purchase, not a subscription; save your downloaded copies to your device.
Yes. Once purchased, you can reuse the lease and companion forms for additional properties, tenants, or transactions. Update the property, parties, dates, terms, disclosures, and other facts for each use, and confirm the law and local requirements are still current.
The packet is built for ordinary private Colorado residential rentals. Cities and counties can add rental-licensing, inspection, and housing-code rules. Deed-restricted and workforce housing can require a different lease. Subsidized or federally regulated housing and association rules can add requirements. The packet includes the radon disclosure. The current CDPHE brochure is not in this packet. Download it and give it with the disclosure. Confirm those overlays before signing.
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No. PublicLegal provides self-help legal forms and information, not legal advice. You are responsible for reviewing the completed lease and confirming state, local, federal, subsidized-housing, and property-specific requirements before signing.