Colorado

13-40-107.5. Termination of tenancy for substantial violation-definition -legislative declaration.

Colorado Landlord Tenant Law

LOSE WEIGHT while you sleep with BioSculpt! BioSculpt is Doctor Recommended and contains NO stimulants! Click here for more information.(1) The general assembly finds and declares that:
(a) Violent and antisocial criminal acts are increasingly committed by persons who base their operations in rented homes, apartments, and commercial properties;



(b) Such persons often lease such property from owners who are unaware of the dangerous nature of such persons until after the persons have taken possession of the property;
(c) Under traditional landlord and tenant law, such persons may have established the technical, legal right to occupy the premises for a fixed term which continues long after they have demonstrated themselves unfit to coexist with their neighbors and co-tenants; furthermore, such persons often resist eviction as long as possible;
(d) In certain cases it is necessary to curtail the technical, legal right of occupancy of such persons in order to protect the equal or greater rights of neighbors and co-tenants, 


the interests of property owners, the values of trust and community within neighborhoods, and the health, safety, and welfare of all the people of this state.
(2) It is declared to be an implied term of every lease of real property in this state that the tenant shall not commit a substantial violation while in possession of the premises.


For more information on Zantrex-3 Click here (3) As used in this section, "substantial violation" means any act or series of acts by the tenant or any guest or invitee of the tenant which, when considered together:
(a) Occurs on or near the premises and endangers the person or willfully and substantially endangers the property of the landlord, any co-tenant, or any person living on or near the premises; or
(b) Occurs on or near the premises and constitutes a violent or drug-related felony prohibited under article 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, or 18 of title 18, C.R.S.


(4) (a) A tenancy may be terminated at any time on the basis of a substantial violation. The termination shall be effective three days after service of written notice to quit.
(b) The notice to quit shall describe the property, the particular time when the tenancy will terminate, and the grounds for termination. The notice shall be signed by the landlord or by the landlord's agent or attorney.
(5) (a) In any action for possession under this section, the landlord has the burden of proving the occurrence of a substantial violation by a preponderance of the evidence.
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(b) In any action for possession under this section, it shall be a defense that:
(I) The tenant is a victim of domestic violence that has been documented by the filing of a police report or the issuance of a restraining order and the domestic violence is the basis for the termination notice; or
(II) The tenant did not know of, and could not reasonably have known of or prevented, the commission of a substantial violation by a guest or invitee but immediately notified a law enforcement officer of his knowledge of the substantial violation. 13-40-108. Service of notice to quit. A notice to quit or demand for possession of real property may be served by delivering a copy thereof to the tenant or other person occupying such premises, or by leaving such copy with some person, a member of the tenant's family above the age of fifteen years, 


House of Nutrition Homepageresiding on or in charge of the premises, or, in case no one is on the premises at the time service is attempted, by posting such copy in some conspicuous place on the premises.


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