Does Colorado have rent control?

No — Colorado has no statewide rent control or stabilization. Colorado has no statewide rent control and no cap on the size of an increase. Local rent control on private residential property is prohibited by C.R.S. 38-12-301, enacted in 1981 after Boulder's rent-control initiative, and that prohibition remains fully in force.

Does Colorado preempt local rent control ordinances?

Colorado law bars cities and counties from controlling rent on existing private residential housing, but allows voluntary rent-limiting agreements and, since 2021, inclusionary land-use rules that restrict rents on newly built or redeveloped units when the developer is given alternatives.

Can a landlord raise the rent during a fixed-term lease in Colorado?

Where there is a written agreement, no statutory notice period applies and the lease governs when and how rent changes. The one-increase-per-12-months limit of 38-12-702 still applies regardless of lease type.

How often can a landlord raise the rent in Colorado?

Rent may not be increased more than one time in any 12-month period of consecutive occupancy. That holds regardless of whether there is a written rental agreement, the length of the tenancy, or whether the tenancy is fixed-term, month-to-month, or indefinite.

How much notice is required to raise the rent in Colorado?

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Legislative changes ahead — not yet in force. The rules on this page reflect the law in force today. The following measure would change it:

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 2026-08-12).

Colorado limits how often rent can rise — no more than once in any 12-month period of consecutive occupancy, no matter what kind of lease the tenant has or whether anything is in writing — but sets no limit on how much.

Cited to C.R.S. 38-12-701 (current-code mirror) (1)-(2) and 3 more Colorado statutes · Verified July 9, 2026

For residential tenancies without a written agreement, a landlord must give at least 60 days' written notice of any increase and may not dodge the rule by terminating the tenancy primarily to re-rent at a higher price; tenancies under a written lease follow the lease's own terms on notice. There is no statewide rent control, and local rent control on existing private housing has been prohibited since 1981 — a 2023 repeal attempt died in a Senate committee — though localities may strike voluntary rent-limitation deals with owners and may impose affordable-unit requirements on new construction. The once-per-12-months rule is a frequency limit, not a price cap: no Colorado statute constrains the size of an increase.

Colorado rent increase notice at a glance

Notice — month-to-month	60 days
Varies by increase size	Not addressed by statute
Fixed-term leases	Where there is a written agreement, no statutory notice period applies and the lease governs when and how rent changes. The one-increase-per-12-months limit of 38-12-702 still applies regardless of lease type. The 60-day written notice of 38-12-701(2)(a) textually covers residential tenancies WITHOUT a written agreement.
Statewide rent control / stabilization	No
Rent control details	Colorado has no statewide rent control and no cap on the size of an increase. Local rent control on private residential property is prohibited by C.R.S. 38-12-301, enacted in 1981 after Boulder's rent-control initiative, and that prohibition remains fully in force. The 2023 repeal bill (HB23-1115) passed the House and was postponed indefinitely by a Senate committee on 2023-04-25. The statute excepts VOLUNTARY agreements between a locality and a property owner to limit rent (including deed restrictions for affordable housing), and a locality may not deny a development permit because an applicant declines one; HB21-1117 (2021) separately authorized inclusionary-zoning requirements for NEW or redeveloped construction without touching existing units.
Local rent regulation	Colorado law bars cities and counties from controlling rent on existing private residential housing, but allows voluntary rent-limiting agreements and, since 2021, inclusionary land-use rules that restrict rents on newly built or redeveloped units when the developer is given alternatives.
Frequency limits	Rent may not be increased more than one time in any 12-month period of consecutive occupancy. That holds regardless of whether there is a written rental agreement, the length of the tenancy, or whether the tenancy is fixed-term, month-to-month, or indefinite. The limit is C.R.S. 38-12-702 (HB21-1121, eff. 2021-06-25).

Cite this page: "Landlord Atlas, Colorado Rent Increase Notice Laws (verified July 9, 2026), landlordatlas.com/laws/rent-increase-notice/colorado/" — free to cite and quote with a link (how these records are verified). Every figure above is cited to the Colorado statute in the citations section below.

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Notes and caveats

60 days is not universal — The 60-day written notice of 38-12-701(2)(a) textually covers residential tenancies WITHOUT a written agreement — the classic oral month-to-month. Month-to-month arrangements under a written lease are governed by the lease, though the once-per-12-months frequency limit of 38-12-702 catches every tenancy type.
An unusual anti-avoidance clause — 38-12-701(2)(b) bars a landlord from terminating a tenancy primarily to re-rent at a higher price inconsistently with the section — a provision few states have.
The old 21-day rule is nonresidential only — 38-12-701(1)'s 21-day notice survives only for NONRESIDENTIAL tenancies of one to six months with no written agreement.
A 2025 loosening attempt died — HB25-1092, which would have declared fair-market increases per se reasonable, died in House committee on February 19, 2025.
No rent control at either level — with two Colorado twists — No statewide rent control plus a state preemption of local rent control puts Colorado in the same camp as Florida, Illinois, and Ohio. The Colorado twists: localities may strike voluntary rent-limitation agreements with owners, and affordable-unit requirements may be imposed on new or redeveloped construction.

Common questions: Colorado rent increase 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 days' notice must a landlord give before raising rent in Colorado?: 60 days.
Does Colorado have rent control?: No — Colorado has no statewide rent control or stabilization. Colorado has no statewide rent control and no cap on the size of an increase. Local rent control on private residential property is prohibited by C.R.S. 38-12-301, enacted in 1981 after Boulder's rent-control initiative, and that prohibition remains fully in force.
Does Colorado preempt local rent control ordinances?: Colorado law bars cities and counties from controlling rent on existing private residential housing, but allows voluntary rent-limiting agreements and, since 2021, inclusionary land-use rules that restrict rents on newly built or redeveloped units when the developer is given alternatives.
Can a landlord raise the rent during a fixed-term lease in Colorado?: Where there is a written agreement, no statutory notice period applies and the lease governs when and how rent changes. The one-increase-per-12-months limit of 38-12-702 still applies regardless of lease type.
How often can a landlord raise the rent in Colorado?: Rent may not be increased more than one time in any 12-month period of consecutive occupancy. That holds regardless of whether there is a written rental agreement, the length of the tenancy, or whether the tenancy is fixed-term, month-to-month, or indefinite.

Statute citations

C.R.S. 38-12-701 (current-code mirror) (1)-(2) (verified 2026) Unofficial mirror
C.R.S. 38-12-702 (current-code mirror) (verified 2026) Unofficial mirror
HB21-1121 (official signed act — created 38-12-702, amended 38-12-701) (verified 2026) Official source
C.R.S. 38-12-301 (HB23-1115 repeal attempt — died; official bill record) (verified 2026) Official source

How this record was verified: Colorado's official CRS text is published via LexisNexis without stable deep links (GA-class sourcing situation), so verification pairs official session-law sources with current code mirrors: the HB25-1249 enrolled act read verbatim from the official leg.colorado.gov PDF (full text extracted) and re-confirmed against the official bill-page summary (independent reads matched on the 30-day return deadline, wrongful-retention standard, 125% presumption, walk-through, and carpet/paint rules, and confirmed NO deposit-cap change); official bill pages read for SB23-184 (deposit cap), SB21-173 (late fees), HB21-1121 (rent-increase notice/frequency), HB23-1068 (pet deposits), HB23-1115 (rent-control repeal — died), HB25-1092 and HB26-1047 (died), and SB26-054 (PCOA exemption; dates corrected 2026-08-12 against the chaptered session law: act effective 2026-08-12, exemption operative on and after 2027-01-01). Statute text quoted from the colorado.public.law and FindLaw mirrors (official: false), with §§ 38-12-105 and 38-12-701 each read twice on the mirror, with both reads matching. Checked 2026-07-09. Supplement 2026-08-23: C.R.S. § 6-1-737 read in full on the official 2026 C.R.S. Title 6 HTML edition published by the Office of Legislative Legal Services (olls.info), cross-checked against the HB25-1090 signed act (leg.colorado.gov PDF, § 2 and § 4 read) — the § 6-1-737(4) fee prohibitions added to late_fees; the eviction citation now references the 2026 C.R.S. download page, the 2025 page having been withdrawn.