Colorado 10-Day Rent Demand

Colorado rent demands for a Denver rental

This guide covers a new, undisputed demand for unpaid rent under an ordinary written monthly residential lease in the City and County of Denver. The form uses the ten-day residential procedure. A Denver mailing address alone does not establish that the rental is inside the city and county. Other municipalities, exempt leases, employer housing, covered programs or financing, and cases involving special protections need a separate review.

Sources checked October 27, 2026. The statutory rules below and the form's narrower supported scope are identified separately.

1. Establish which notice period applies

C.R.S. § 13-40-104(1)(d) provides a ten-day written demand for ordinary residential nonpayment, requiring payment of rent or possession of the premises. The same provision assigns different periods to exempt residential agreements and employer-provided housing. This form does not shorten a ten-day demand merely because the owner has a small number of rentals.

Under § 13-40-104(5)(d), an exempt residential agreement involves a single-family home, a landlord owning five or fewer single-family rental homes, and notice in the agreement that the ten-day period does not apply. All parts of that definition matter. Review the signed lease for a grace period, a longer cure period, or another required notice before proceeding.

C.R.S. § 38-12-1502 separately requires compliance with the CARES Act notice requirements as enacted on March 27, 2020. Investigate housing programs and federally backed financing; ordinary market rent does not resolve coverage. Covered or uncertain cases cannot use this tool's ordinary ten-day path.

2. Identify the unpaid rent and credit every payment

Use the lease and payment history to list each missed rent due date, the rent charged for that period, and every payment or credit applied to it. The amount demanded must agree with the total unpaid rent. A period label such as “October” is not a substitute for the actual due date required on the court notice. Reconcile disputed payments before preparing a demand.

This form demands rent for occupancy only. It excludes late fees, utilities, deposits, damages, legal costs and future rent. C.R.S. § 38-12-105(1)(d) and (7) distinguish late fees from rent and prohibit an eviction based solely on an unpaid late fee. Section 38-12-801(3)(a)(V), subject to its stated applicability provisions, also addresses attempts to classify other charges as rent. A charge appearing on the landlord's ledger does not by itself make that charge suitable for a rent demand.

3. Put a specific date and time on the demand

C.R.S. § 13-40-106(1) requires a written demand identifying the premises, grounds, deadline date and time, and the signature of the person claiming possession, their agent or their attorney. Section 106 also requires tenant-rights statements. The court's three-page notice carries these statements; they are part of the notice, not optional website commentary.

Under C.R.S. § 2-4-108, exclude the service day and include the last day. Count ten calendar days for this supported demand. If the ending day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, extend to the next day that is none of those. Check the 2026 court holiday schedule and any applicable orders. The calculator is limited to its reviewed 2026 calendar.

The form uses 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time to allow the full ending day; that hour is a product choice, not a quotation from the statute. A preparation or signature date is not the service date. If delivery does not occur on the planned day, determine a new compliant deadline and prepare the corrected demand before serving it.

4. Deliver the notice and the Denver rights attachment

Print and sign by hand. C.R.S. § 13-40-106(1) requires the demand to be signed by the landlord, the landlord’s agent or attorney. C.R.S. § 24-71.3-103(3)(b)(II) excludes certain default, eviction and right-to-cure notices concerning a primary residence from Colorado’s electronic-transactions statute. An agreement checkbox alone does not resolve that exclusion. This form uses handwritten signatures because a separate legal basis for electronic execution of this demand has not been verified. This is not a statement that Colorado prohibits every electronic signature. Sign and date both the printed demand and rent statement before delivery; leave the service record blank until service occurs.

This tool supports handing the complete demand to a known tenant occupying the rental. C.R.S. § 13-40-108(1) also addresses delivery to a qualifying resident or person in charge and posting after unsuccessful personal-service attempts on two separate days. Those alternatives require their own factual review and are outside this form's supported delivery path. A signature, download, email or text does not prove lawful service.

When the landlord has written or actual notice of specified victim-survivor circumstances, § 13-40-108(2) imposes additional requirements: reasonable efforts at personal service, three attempts before posting, and certified or qualifying commercial mail with proof of delivery. Do not substitute the ordinary posting sequence in those circumstances.

Denver requires the current Tenant Rights & Resources notice with a rent demand. The city's currently linked November 2025 document has eight pages; all eight accompany this Denver notice. Its printed “Page 8 of 7” is in the city source and does not mean the final page may be omitted. The city describes the local requirement with reference to D.R.M.C. § 27-240(a).

5. Respond to mediation and repayment rights

C.R.S. §§ 13-40-106(2) and 13-40-110(1) address prefiling mediation for qualifying recipients of SSI, SSDI or Colorado Works cash assistance. Section 110 sets out the disclosure, exceptions, mediation process and complaint affidavit. Do not treat a checked box or the passing of ten days as proof that a mediation requirement has been satisfied.

Sections 13-40-104(4) and 13-40-106(4) protect qualifying victim-survivors whose circumstances caused or contributed to nonpayment. Where the statutory conditions are met, the landlord must offer a repayment plan within three business days after the demand or receipt of the qualifying documentation, whichever is later. The statute also governs the tenant's response, monthly installments, a term no longer than nine months, and the prohibition on fees, interest or penalties for the plan. Different forms of documentation are permitted; a police report is not the only possible evidence.

These circumstances require an individual review rather than an ordinary demand through this tool. The same is true of disputed rent, habitability or withholding issues, bankruptcy, military protections, an existing payment agreement or an already served notice. Keep sensitive supporting evidence out of this form.

6. Recheck the case before taking the next step

The demand is not a court order and does not authorize the landlord to remove an occupant. Before a possible filing, review actual service, the full elapsed period, payments received, repayment rights, any required mediation, and applicable orders. Keep the signed demand, complete attachments, ledger, receipts and completed service record together. Do not silently change a previously delivered copy.

Section 13-40-110 governs commencement of a court case and the required complaint information. Filing and service of a summons are separate from delivery of this demand. Use the Colorado Judicial residential eviction guide for the court process and obtain a case-specific review where the facts or protections are uncertain.

Completing the blank Denver demand

The blank download contains the three notice pages of JDF 99A, a rent statement and all eight Denver rights pages. Preparation instructions are here on the website. The court's separate “Info for Landlords” page remains available in the original court download. The court offers translated versions; this English tool is limited to tenants whose primary language is English.

Complete the recipient, rental premises, ordinary residential period, nonpayment ground, rent amount, actual missed due dates, deadline, and payment information. Leave unrelated grounds unselected. Use the accompanying statement for the rent calculations and ensure its total matches the demand. Review the entire notice before signing and dating it by hand. Retain all tenant-rights text and required attachments.

Leave Section 6's service date, method and server's signature blank until delivery actually occurs. Then record the actual event accurately. A planned date must not be certified as an accomplished event. This blank form cannot check eligibility, add amounts or determine a lawful deadline for you; apply the checks above before use.