Colorado § 38-12-207 Security deposits - legal process

Colorado Statutes

§ 38-12-207 — Security deposits - legal process

Colorado § 38-12-207

Title 38Property -

Art.Tenants and Landlords

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-12-207 (2026).

Text

(1)The owner of a mobile home park or the owner's agents may charge a security deposit in an amount not greater than one month's rent.

(2)Legal process, other than eviction, shall be used for the collection of utility charges and incidental service charges other than those provided by the rental agreement.

(3)A security deposit remains the property of the home owner, and a landlord shall deposit each security deposit into a separate trust account to be administered by the landlord as a private trustee. For the purpose of preserving the corpus, the landlord shall not commingle the trust funds with other money; however, the landlord may keep the interest and profits earned from the corpus as compensation for administering the trust account.

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(1) The owner of a mobile
home park or the owner's agents may charge a security deposit in an amount not
greater than one month's rent.

(2) Legal process, other than eviction, shall be used for the collection of
utility charges and incidental service charges other than those provided by the
rental agreement.

(3) A security deposit remains the property of the home owner, and a
landlord shall deposit each security deposit into a separate trust account to be
administered by the landlord as a private trustee. For the purpose of preserving the
corpus, the landlord shall not commingle the trust funds with other money;
however, the landlord may keep the interest and profits earned from the corpus as
compensation for administering the trust account.

Legislative History

Source: L. 73: p. 642, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 58-2-7. L. 81: (1) R&RE, p. 1815, � 5, effective June 9. L. 2020: (1) amended and (3) added, (HB 20-1196), ch. 195, p. 917, � 5, effective June 30.