{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-38-12-511","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 38-12-511","heading":"Application.","body":"(1) Unless created to avoid its application, this part 5 shall not apply to any of the following arrangements:\n\n(a) Residence at a public or private institution, if such residence is incidental to detention or the provision of medical, geriatric, education, counseling, religious, or similar service;\n\n(b) Occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part, if the occupant is the purchaser, seller, or a person who succeeds to the occupant's interest; except that this subsection (1)(b) does not apply to a tenant occupying a dwelling unit under a lease-to-own contract;\n\n(c) Occupancy by a member of a fraternal or social organization in the portion of a structure operated for the benefit of the organization;\n\n(d) Transient occupancy in a hotel or motel that lasts less than thirty days;\n\n(e) Occupancy by an employee or independent contractor whose right to occupancy is conditional upon performance of services for an employer or contractor;\n\n(f) Occupancy by an owner of a condominium unit or a holder of a proprietary lease in a cooperative;\n\n(g) Occupancy in a structure that is located within an unincorporated area of a county, does not receive water, heat, and sewer services from a public entity, and is rented for recreational purposes, such as a hunting cabin, yurt, hut, or other similar structure;\n\n(h) Occupancy under rental agreement covering a residential premises used by the occupant primarily for agricultural purposes; or\n\n(i) Any relationship between the owner of a mobile home park and the owner of a mobile home situated in the park.\n\n(2) Nothing in this part 5 shall be construed to limit remedies available elsewhere in law for a tenant to seek to maintain safe and sanitary housing.\n\n(3) Except as described in subsection (1) of this section, this part 5 applies to all residential premises occupied by a tenant regardless of how the tenancy, rental agreement, or housing arrangement is denominated.\n\n(4) A claim, counterclaim, or action brought under this part 5 shall not have any preclusive effect on a tenant's ability to assert other claims in a subsequent action against the landlord for the same injury or arising from the same subject matter or transaction.","path":["Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL","Article 12 - Tenants and Landlords","Part 5 - OBLIGATION TO MAINTAIN RESIDENTIAL PREMISES - UNLAWFUL REMOVAL"],"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":"24737820c4da58535e9e544b4b25d090cc65c23737fa109444dbdab3e3185aca","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-38-12-510","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-38-12-512"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}