Evictions

A lease is a rental agreement signed between two parties, a housing provider and a resident, which signifies that both parties agree to the terms of the lease. If a resident defaults on the lease or doesn’t voluntarily return the property, the process to get the property back (an eviction) can take between two and four months. The timeframe depends on the county and fact pattern.

If a resident is evicted in Colorado, the resident is allotted a 10-day grace period before a housing provider can begin the eviction process. 

The hope is that Colorado residents never have to experience an eviction. Colorado state law identifies legal cause of eviction as the resident failing to fulfill their obligation to pay rent or other monetary payments to housing providers, or committing a non-monetary violation of the lease, including a serious violent act. It is the resident’s responsibility to fully understand what behavior, actions or inappropriate uses of the rental unit serve as grounds for eviction. It is also important that residents have a grasp on how the eviction process works. 

Evictions are a housing provider’s last resort. In nearly every case, housing providers do not want to evict their residents.

The Eviction Process