The 1994 Boulder Tenants' Guide
Courtesy of University of Colorado at Boulder Off-Campus Student Services
Table of Contents
Introduction
How to Use This Guide
Important Advice on Documentation
Choosing a Place to Rent: Inspect the Premises Before Renting
Read This Before You Sign a Lease
Your Lease
Written Lease
Oral Lease
Month-to-Month vs. Term Lease
Reading Your Lease
Points to Check in Your Lease
To Change a Lease
Unlawful or Unenforceable Lease Clauses
Sharing a Place
- Joint and Several Liability
Termination of the Lease
Termination of a Lease for a Definite Term
Termination of a Month-to-Month Lease
Eviction
When a Tenant Has Not Paid Rent
When a Tenant Has Broken a Condition of the Lease
When a Tenant Remains on the Premises After the End of the Lease
Period Without Permission of the Landlord
Eviction Procedure - Forcible Entry and Detainer
In the Event of a Lockout
Retaliatory Evictions
Uninhabitable Premises - Constructive Eviction
Breaking the Lease
Liability for Damages and/or Rent
Subletting and Assignment
Subletting
Assignment
Release from Your Lease
Security Deposits
Return of the Security Deposit
How to Protect Your Security Deposit
Division of Security Deposit
Interest on Security Deposit
What to Do If You Do Not Get Your Deposit Back or If You Disagree
with What Your Landlord Has Withheld
Maintenance and Repairs
Determining Who is Responsible for Repairs
How to Get Repairs and Enforce the Housing Code
On Making Repairs Yourself
If No One Makes Repairs
Boulder Housing Code
Housing Codes In Colorado
Rent Increases
Your Right to Privacy
Renter's Insurance
Discrimination
Zoning
"Three Unrelated Ordinance"
Accessory Units
Landlord Lien
Legal Remedies
Mediation
Helpful Hints/Typical Questions
Shopping Ahead for Fall Housing