How many hours' notice must a landlord give before entering in Colorado?

No fixed statutory period (see notice standard). Colorado has no general entry-notice statute for standard residential rentals. Outside the situations below, entry rights and the notice a landlord must give are left to the lease, so the lease's entry clause is what governs.

What reasons allow a landlord to enter a rental in Colorado?

Colorado has no general statutory list of permitted entry purposes, so the lease sets what a landlord may enter for.

How much notice must a landlord give before entering in Colorado?

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SB26-054 (2026) — Already CHAPTERED: on and after January 1, 2027, post-closing occupancy agreements (home-seller rent-backs) become exempt from the two-month security deposit cap of § 38-12-102.5. No other change to the cap. Status: Signed 2026-04-20; the act took effect August 12, 2026, and the exemption itself operates on and after January 1, 2027 per the amended statute's own text. The figures shown do not yet reflect it. (checked August 12, 2026).

Colorado has no general statute requiring advance notice before a landlord enters a rental home — for most entries, notice periods, purposes, and timing are governed by the lease, so a well-drafted entry clause matters.

Cited to C.R.S. 38-12-1004 (2026 Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 38 — official Office of Legislative Legal Services publication) (1) and 1 more cited source · Verified October 1, 2026

The statutory rules are specific: bed-bug inspections and treatments require at least 48 hours' written or electronic notice (the lease can set a different minimum, and tenants may not unreasonably refuse access); entry to begin or continue warranty-of-habitability repairs requires at least 24 hours' written notice giving the date, time and expected length of the visit, except when the condition is an imminent threat to health or safety or to the property; and in a mobile home park, management may enter a home only with written consent, in an emergency or if it is abandoned, and must make a reasonable effort to give 72 hours' notice before entering the lot. Outside those rules, the statute book does not set an entry-notice period.

Colorado entry notice at a glance

Advance notice required	No fixed statutory period (see notice standard)
Notice standard	Colorado has no general entry-notice statute for standard residential rentals. Outside the situations below, entry rights and the notice a landlord must give are left to the lease, so the lease's entry clause is what governs. Bed bugs: C.R.S. 38-12-1004(1) requires reasonable written or electronic notice at least 48 HOURS before entry for bed-bug inspection or treatment (a rental agreement may set a different minimum, the tenant may waive the notice, and the tenant may not unreasonably deny access). Habitability repairs: when entry is necessary to begin or continue repairs of a condition the landlord has notice of, the landlord must give written notice at least 24 HOURS in advance, stating the date and time of entry and a reasonable estimate of how long it will take. No advance notice is needed when the condition materially and imminently threatens life, health or safety, or threatens substantial damage to the premises without immediate repair. The tenant may reasonably decline the time offered, and the landlord must then propose another; the tenant may also allow entry on shorter notice (38-12-503(6)). Mobile home parks: management may not enter a home owner's mobile home without the home owner's written consent, except as provided by law, in an emergency, or when the home has been abandoned. It may enter the mobile home space to carry out its duties and check compliance, and, except when posting required notices, must make a reasonable effort to notify the resident at least 72 hours before entering the space, with the date and approximate time (38-12-222).
Permitted reasons	Colorado has no general statutory list of permitted entry purposes, so the lease sets what a landlord may enter for. On top of whatever the lease provides, statute supplies bed-bug inspection and treatment access (38-12-1004) and entry to begin or continue habitability repairs on 24 hours' written notice (38-12-503(6)). In a mobile home park, management may enter a mobile home only with the home owner's written consent, in an emergency, when the home is abandoned, or as otherwise provided by law, and may enter the mobile home space to carry out its duties and check compliance with codes, the rental agreement and park rules (38-12-222).
Emergency exception	Not addressed by statute
Time-of-day restrictions	Not addressed by statute

Cite this page: "Landlord Atlas, Colorado Landlord Entry Notice Laws (verified October 1, 2026), landlordatlas.com/laws/entry-notice/colorado/" — free to cite and quote with a link (how these records are verified). Everything above is cited in the citations section below.

Notes and caveats

Blank doesn't mean a notice rule exists — it means there isn't one — The advance-notice answer shows no fixed statutory period because Colorado has no general entry-notice requirement. The 48-hour figure belongs ONLY to bed-bug entry under 38-12-1004 and must not be generalized to other entries.
Bed bugs: 48 hours — 'forty-eight hours' verbatim — The statute says 'forty-eight hours' in so many words. Any 47-hour figure circulating for Colorado bed-bug entry is wrong.
Emergency exceptions are narrow — No statute creates a general emergency-entry right for ordinary rentals. The statutory emergency carve-outs are narrow: no advance notice is needed for habitability-repair entry when the condition materially and imminently threatens life, health or safety, or threatens substantial damage without immediate repair (38-12-503(6)(a)(III)), and mobile home park management may enter a home in an emergency (38-12-222(1)(a)(III)).
No general rule anywhere in the article — No part of Title 38, Article 12 imposes a general entry-notice rule for ordinary rentals. The notice rules that do exist are tied to a purpose or a housing type: habitability repairs (part 5, 38-12-503(6)), bed bugs (part 10, 38-12-1004) and mobile home park spaces (part 2, 38-12-222).
In practice, the lease and local codes control — Outside the statutory rules above, entry rights are governed by the lease, and local codes may add rules — local ordinances are outside the scope of this page.

Common questions: Colorado entry notice

Each answer is the verified value from the table above, restated as a direct answer. Free to quote with a link to this page.

How many hours' notice must a landlord give before entering in Colorado?: No fixed statutory period (see notice standard). Colorado has no general entry-notice statute for standard residential rentals. Outside the situations below, entry rights and the notice a landlord must give are left to the lease, so the lease's entry clause is what governs.
What reasons allow a landlord to enter a rental in Colorado?: Colorado has no general statutory list of permitted entry purposes, so the lease sets what a landlord may enter for.
Can a landlord enter without notice in an emergency in Colorado?: Not addressed by statute.
Are there time-of-day limits on when a landlord can enter in Colorado?: Not addressed by statute.

Citations

C.R.S. 38-12-1004 (2026 Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 38 — official Office of Legislative Legal Services publication) · (1) (verified 2026) Official source
HB19-1328 (official enrolled act creating the bed-bug access rules, eff. 2020-01-01) (verified 2026) Official source

How this record was verified: Direct read of the Colorado Revised Statutes in the 2026 edition published by the General Assembly's Office of Legislative Legal Services (the files for Titles 2, 6, 13 and 38 on olls.info). October 1, 2026: every section the security deposit, rent increase, late fee, entry and eviction answers rest on was read there: C.R.S. §§ 38-12-101 to 38-12-106, 38-12-204, 38-12-207, 38-12-209, 38-12-213, 38-12-222, 38-12-301, 38-12-402, 38-12-503, 38-12-510, 38-12-701, 38-12-702, 38-12-902, 38-12-903, 38-12-1004, 38-12-1301 to 38-12-1307 and 38-12-1502; 13-40-101 to 13-40-123 and 13-6-311; 6-1-737; and 2-4-108. The acts behind them were read on the General Assembly's site, among them SB23-184, HB23-1068, SB21-173, HB21-1121, SB24-094, HB25-1090, HB25-1168, HB25-1240 and HB25-1249, with SB26-054 and HB26-1196 for their January 1, 2027 operative dates. The Colorado Rules of County Court Civil Procedure and forms JDF 99 A and JDF 126 were read on the Judicial Branch's site.