{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-38-12-1301","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 38-12-1301","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) \"Accessory dwelling unit\" has the meaning set forth in section 38-12-801 (7)(a).\n\n(2) \"Cause\" means a circumstance described in section 38-12-1303 (2).\n\n(3) \"Dwelling unit\" has the meaning set forth in section 38-12-502 (3).\n\n(4) \"Family member\" has the meaning set forth in section 8-13.3-503 (11).\n\n(5) \"Landlord\" means a landlord, as defined in section 38-12-502 (5); except that \"landlord\" does not include the management or landlord of a mobile home park, as defined in section 38-12-201.5 (3), unless:\n\n(a) The management or landlord of a mobile home park is renting both a mobile home space, as defined in section 38-12-201.5 (6.5), and a mobile home, as defined in section 38-12-201.5 (5), to a mobile home park resident, as defined in section 38-12-201.5 (11); and\n\n(b) The mobile home park resident is not residing in the mobile home park under a lease-to-own agreement.\n\n(6) \"No-fault eviction\" means an action brought by a landlord pursuant to article 40 of title 13 for the eviction of a tenant under conditions described in section 38-12-1303 (3).\n\n(7) \"Primary residence\" means the address that is listed on a tenant's or landlord's Colorado driver's license, identification card, or voter registration; used for purposes of a tenant's or landlord's payment of state or federal taxes; or used for the purpose of public school registration at the time that a valid no-fault eviction is exercised by a landlord pursuant to section 38-12-1303 (3).\n\n(8) \"Proper service\" means service that complies with section 13-40-108.\n\n(9) \"Rent\" means any money or other consideration paid to a landlord for the right to use, possess, and occupy a dwelling unit.\n\n(10) \"Rental agreement\" has the meaning set forth in section 38-12-502 (7).\n\n(11) \"Residential premises\" has the meaning set forth in section 38-12-502 (8).\n\n(12) \"Short-term rental property\" means a residential premises that is leased:\n\n(a) For less than thirty consecutive days in exchange for remuneration and for temporary, recreational, business, or transient purposes; or\n\n(b) Pursuant to a rental agreement or other occupancy agreement if the tenant of the rental agreement or other occupancy agreement is renting the residential premises for less than six months from a landlord to which the tenant sold the residential premises.\n\n(13) \"Substantial repairs or renovations\" means repairs or renovations that:\n\n(a) Cannot be reasonably accomplished in a safe or efficient manner with the tenant in place;\n\n(b) Are not repairs or renovations that are necessary to remedy a breach of the warranty of habitability described in section 38-12-503; and\n\n(c) Require the tenant to vacate the residential premises for at least thirty days.\n\n(14) \"Tenant\" has the meaning set forth in section 38-12-502 (9). \"Tenant\" does not include a home owner, as defined in section 38-12-201.5 (2).\n\n(15) \"Written notice\" means written notice to vacate that:\n\n(a) Complies with section 13-40-106; and\n\n(b) Is provided to a tenant by a landlord or by a landlord's agent.","path":["Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL","Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords","Part 13 - FOR CAUSE EVICTION POLICY"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-38.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"9b58ef4cc8fe79082d2f27987810530f785efbcb6cd05e13ca11f5f6e461beb5","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-38-12-1205","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-38-12-1302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}