Colorado Rent Increase Notice

A free Colorado rent increase notice that follows Colorado law. Fill in the boxes, check the rules below, then print or copy it. Keep a copy and proof of how you sent it.

What Colorado law says

Notice before a rent increase	For a residential tenancy with no written lease, the landlord must give at least 60 days' written notice before increasing rent. The landlord may not serve a termination notice mainly to raise rent in a way that gets around this rule. For every residential tenancy, written lease or not, fixed-term or month-to-month, rent may be raised no more than once in any 12-month period of continuous occupancy. With a written lease, the timing of increases follows the lease, within the once-a-year limit. Source: C.R.S. § 38-12-701(2); § 38-12-702
Rent control / increase limits	Local rent control is preempted. No county or municipality may enact an ordinance or resolution controlling rent on private residential property, except voluntary agreements or deed restrictions with a permit applicant or owner for affordable housing. There is no statewide rent cap. Source: C.R.S. § 38-12-301

Notice before a rent increase

For a residential tenancy with no written lease, the landlord must give at least 60 days' written notice before increasing rent. The landlord may not serve a termination notice mainly to raise rent in a way that gets around this rule. For every residential tenancy, written lease or not, fixed-term or month-to-month, rent may be raised no more than once in any 12-month period of continuous occupancy. With a written lease, the timing of increases follows the lease, within the once-a-year limit.

Source: C.R.S. § 38-12-701(2); § 38-12-702

Rent control / increase limits

Local rent control is preempted. No county or municipality may enact an ordinance or resolution controlling rent on private residential property, except voluntary agreements or deed restrictions with a permit applicant or owner for affordable housing. There is no statewide rent cap.

Source: C.R.S. § 38-12-301

Fill in your letter

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To: [tenant name(s)]

Premises: [rental address]

Your rent will change from $[current rent] to $[new rent] per [month], starting [effective date].

This notice is given under C.R.S. § 38-12-701(2); § 38-12-702. If a fixed-term lease is in effect, the new rent starts only when the lease allows a change.

All other terms of your tenancy stay the same.

Questions: [landlord name, phone, email].

Date: [today's date]
Landlord or agent: [your name]
Signature: ____________________

How to send it: use a method you can prove — certified mail with return receipt, or email/text if your lease allows notices that way. Write down the date.

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