General statewide cap under SB23-184.
Lease may specify longer, but no more than 60 days.
When reasonable and practicable under the 2026 framework.
The 2026 act contains a specific limitation tied to when the carpet was last replaced with new carpet.
Colorado charge guides
Each page below is indexable because its legal layer has been checked against Colorado General Assembly sources.
Security Deposit
Colorado security deposit limits, return deadlines, deductions, documentation and 2026 tenant protections.
Open guide →30/60-Day Deadline
Understand Colorado’s 30-day default deposit deadline and when a lease may extend the period up to 60 days.
Open guide →Normal Wear & Tear
Colorado’s expanded 2026 statutory definition of normal wear and tear and its effect on deposit deductions.
Open guide →Walk-Through Inspection
Colorado’s 2026 walk-through inspection process for identifying move-out damage before the tenancy ends.
Open guide →Carpet Replacement
Colorado’s new 2026 rules for carpet replacement deductions, partial damage and the 10-year carpet rule.
Open guide →Painting Charges
Colorado’s 2026 statutory limits on whole-unit and partial painting deductions from security deposits.
Open guide →Deposit Documentation
Colorado rules for itemization, photographs, inspection records, receipts, invoices and estimates supporting deductions.
Open guide →Two-Month Deposit Limit
Colorado’s statewide cap on required residential security deposits and the current 2026 framework.
Open guide →Wrongful Withholding
Colorado’s 2026 wrongful-withholding framework, seven-day pre-suit notice and potential treble-damages remedy.
Open guide →Why Colorado matters for move-out bills
Colorado is now one of the most specific states in our database for carpet and painting deductions. The law distinguishes whole-unit replacement from localized damage, bars deductions for preexisting conditions and limits retention to amounts supported by actual cause.
Core official sources
Official enacted-bill page summarizing Colorado’s 2026 security-deposit changes, inspections, documentation, carpet, paint and wrongful-withholding rules.
Colorado General AssemblyHB25-1249 Enrolled Act ↗Primary enrolled act amending C.R.S. §§ 38-12-102 and 38-12-103, effective January 1, 2026.
Colorado General AssemblySB23-184 — Protections for Residential Tenants ↗Official enacted-bill page for the statewide two-month security-deposit maximum.
Colorado General Assembly — Office of Legislative Legal ServicesColorado Law Summary: Renters’ Rights ↗Official legislative legal-services overview of renter protections, including deposit limits and remedies.