Colorado has no general statute setting a notice period for a landlord to enter an occupied rental. Ordinary entry is governed by the lease and the tenant's covenant of quiet enjoyment, with 24 hours' notice a common best practice. One narrow statute requires 48 hours' notice before entry for bed-bug inspection or treatment.
Unlike many states, Colorado law contains no general right-of-entry statute prescribing advance notice for routine landlord access. Entry is therefore controlled by the lease terms and the implied covenant of quiet enjoyment; 24 hours' written notice for non-emergency entry is customary practice, not a statutory mandate, and emergencies permit immediate entry. The one statutory exception is Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-12-1004, which requires a landlord to give the tenant at least 48 hours' written or electronic notice before entering to inspect for or treat bed bugs (the lease may alter this default and the tenant may consent to shorter notice). Tenants whose quiet enjoyment is breached by repeated improper entry may pursue lease-based or common-law remedies.
No general statutory penalty exists for improper entry, because there is no general entry statute. A tenant's recourse is a breach-of-lease or breach-of-quiet-enjoyment claim. For the bed-bug context, failure to follow § 38-12-1004 notice rules can support the statute's enforcement provisions.
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