How long does a tenant have to respond to an eviction case in Colorado?

In Colorado, the time a tenant has to respond to an eviction case is governed by C.R.S. §§ 13-40-104, 13-40-107.5, 13-40-111, 13-40-122. The summons states the answer date, which is at least seven days and not more than fourteen days after service.

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CourtCounty Court for the county where the property is.

Notes

Colorado raised the nonpayment demand from three days to ten in 2019, and again requires a landlord with more than five units to give ten days.

Source

C.R.S. §§ 13-40-104, 13-40-107.5, 13-40-111, 13-40-122

Read the statute in the Colorado Revised Statutes (Colorado General Assembly): leg.colorado.gov.

The linked sections open Justia’s free copy of the code, because the state’s own site has no stable address for each section.

Checked against the statute on September 7, 2026.

This is a summary of the published procedure, not legal advice. Courts, local rules and the facts of a tenancy change what applies, and a defect in a notice or a filing can end a case. Have a lawyer review anything before it is served or filed.

How Seayora uses this rule

Seayora does not file, serve or appear in an eviction, and is not anybody’s lawyer. When a tenant has stopped paying, it lays out these steps for the property’s own state and city with the statute beside each one, holds back any step that would come too early, keeps an append-only record of the case — and shows the resident what would end it, legal-aid links included.

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