Colorado
For Colorado, return deadline is one month; deadline in days is 30; what starts the clock is after the termination of a lease or surrender and acceptance of the premises, whichever occurs last; second deadline, and when it applies is sixty days, the cap where the lease specifies a longer period; statute is Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-12-103(1), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.
- State
- Colorado our reading
- Return deadline
- one month verified
- Deadline in days
- 30 our reading
- What starts the clock
- after the termination of a lease or surrender and acceptance of the premises, whichever occurs last verified
- Second deadline, and when it applies
- sixty days, the cap where the lease specifies a longer period our reading
- Statute
- Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-12-103(1) our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
A landlord shall, within one month after the termination of a lease or surrender and acceptance of the premises, whichever occurs last, return to the tenant the full security deposit deposited with the landlord by the tenant, unless the lease agreement specifies a longer period of time, but not to exceed sixty days.
— leg.colorado.gov, retrieved 2026-08-26
Source
- leg.colorado.govhttps://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-38.pdf