A Colorado sublease agreement allows an existing tenant to rent (or “sublet”) all or part of their rental property to another tenant (or “subtenant”) as long as the original lease doesn’t prohibit it. You should check your original lease agreement to see if you can sublet your rental unit.
In Colorado, subleases and assignments can only happen with the landlord’s permission.
A sublessor must honor the terms of the sublease agreement (as well as the original lease) and follow all Colorado laws regarding the eviction process, security deposits, and all other landlord-tenant matters.
Laws & Requirements
Sublease and Assignment Provision Laws: Colorado Landlord-Tenant Handbook, p.3.
Landlord-Tenant Laws: Title 38, Article 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes.
Security Deposit Obligations: The security deposit must be returned within one month of the end of the sublease unless otherwise agreed upon and no more than 60 days.
Notices: Subtenants must receive three days’ written notice to pay rent or leave. They also need to get the following day’s notice of the intent to not renew the sublease and/or original lease, depending on how long the tenant has lived at the rental: 91 days (a year or longer); 28 days (six months or longer but less than a year); 21 days (a month or longer but less than six months); three days (a week or longer but less than a month); one day (less than a week).
Sample
You can download our free Colorado sublease agreement template in PDF or Word format below and fill it out on your own:
