Room Rental Agreement in Colorado

For renting a room in a home, including your own home. Some states treat a renter in the owner's home (a lodger) differently when ending the arrangement — see your state's household rules.

What Colorado law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	No separate lodger statute. A person renting a room in a home the owner (or master tenant) lives in as a primary residence—a single-family home, with or without an ADU, a duplex or a triplex—is exempt from the for-cause eviction law, so the owner may end a periodic tenancy with the standard notice (for example, 21 days for month-to-month, 3 days for a tenancy at will) but must still go to court if the occupant does not leave. Source: C.R.S. §§ 38-12-1302(1)(b), 13-40-107(2)
Tenancy at will	Colorado recognizes tenancies at will and at sufferance; a tenant at will or sufferance who holds over after the tenancy ends commits unlawful detention. For premises not covered by the for-cause eviction law, a tenancy at will may be ended with at least 3 days' written notice that describes the property, states the termination date and is signed by the party giving it. For tenants covered by the for-cause law (generally after 12 months), the landlord needs a statutory cause to end the tenancy (C.R.S. § 38-12-1303). Source: C.R.S. §§ 13-40-104(1)(c), 13-40-107(2)(d), (3)

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

No separate lodger statute. A person renting a room in a home the owner (or master tenant) lives in as a primary residence—a single-family home, with or without an ADU, a duplex or a triplex—is exempt from the for-cause eviction law, so the owner may end a periodic tenancy with the standard notice (for example, 21 days for month-to-month, 3 days for a tenancy at will) but must still go to court if the occupant does not leave.

Source: C.R.S. §§ 38-12-1302(1)(b), 13-40-107(2)

Tenancy at will

Colorado recognizes tenancies at will and at sufferance; a tenant at will or sufferance who holds over after the tenancy ends commits unlawful detention. For premises not covered by the for-cause eviction law, a tenancy at will may be ended with at least 3 days' written notice that describes the property, states the termination date and is signed by the party giving it.

For tenants covered by the for-cause law (generally after 12 months), the landlord needs a statutory cause to end the tenancy (C.R.S. § 38-12-1303).

Source: C.R.S. §§ 13-40-104(1)(c), 13-40-107(2)(d), (3)

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ROOM RENTAL AGREEMENT

Owner/landlord: [owner name] Renter: [renter name]

Room: [room description] in the home at [home address]. Shared areas the renter may use: [shared areas].

Term: begins [start date]; [ends on end date / continues month to month].

Rent: $[monthly rent] due on [due day] by [payment method]. Deposit: $[deposit amount].

Utilities included: [utilities included]. House rules: [house rules, e.g. guests, kitchen use, smoking].

Ending the agreement: either side gives at least [notice period] written notice, and never less than state law requires.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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