Colorado
Colorado HOA and Condo Status Letter: Fees, Deadlines, and How to Order
A status letter is the document a title company asks for before a Colorado closing. Colorado associations must deliver it within 14 days. Colorado puts no dollar cap on the fee.
Free for the resale platform. No contract to sign.
Colorado Status Letter
Example Summit Owners Association
Regular assessment
$225.00 monthly
Reserve balance
$180,600.00
Master insurance
Certificate on file
Due to the requester
Within 14 days
Colorado at a glance
- What Colorado calls it
- Status Letter
- Fee cap
- No fixed dollar cap
- Delivery deadline
- 14 days
- Buyer's right to cancel
- No statutory right tied to this document
Also called: HOA status letter, statement of unpaid assessments. If you were told to get a Colorado resale certificate, or a CO resale certificate as closing agents write it, for a home in an HOA or a condominium, this is that document. It has nothing to do with the sales tax resale certificate a retailer files with the state. Inside Havn the Colorado document is labeled Resale Package.
What Colorado law sets
One set of rules covers Colorado. Havn applies it to every order in the state.
C.R.S. 38-33.3-316
CCIOA. Applies to condominiums, HOAs and planned communities, and cooperatives.
- Required by statute
- Yes
- Fee
- No fixed dollar cap
- Deadline
- 14 days from the request
Colorado HOA laws on resale documents, in plain words
Each entry links to the official text. Read the statute itself before relying on a summary.
C.R.S. 38-33 (Condominium Ownership Act)
Colorado's original condominium statute, predating the Common Interest Ownership Act, still governing some condominiums created before July 1, 1992 that have not elected coverage under CCIOA. It addresses creation of a condominium through a declaration and bylaws, assessment of units, and unit owners' right to examine association financial records. It has no statutory resale disclosure statement or status letter procedure, so fees and timelines for documents needed at sale or refinance are set by the association's own governing documents rather than by statute.
C.R.S. 38-33.3 (CCIOA)
Colorado's Common Interest Ownership Act, in effect since July 1, 1992, governs the creation and operation of common interest communities statewide, including condominiums, planned communities (homeowners associations), and cooperatives. It covers formation and governance, executive board powers, assessments and the association's lien rights, association records, and owner disclosures. It includes a statutory status letter procedure used at resale and refinance closings, but has no separate statutory resale certificate package requirement, so document fees generally follow the Act's reasonable-cost standard for records rather than a fixed statutory cap.
C.R.S. 38-33.3-316 (Status letter)
Requires a common interest community association to furnish a status letter (statement of unpaid assessments) to a unit owner, the owner's designee, or a lender on written request, and makes that statement binding on the association once issued. The statute sets a delivery deadline and a consequence for missing it, loss of the association's lien rights for amounts the statement should have covered.
C.R.S. 38-33.3-317 (Association records)
Gives unit owners and their authorized representatives, including those assembling resale or refinance document packages, the right to inspect and copy association records such as financial statements, minutes, and governing documents. The statute sets a reasonable-cost standard for copying fees, a response deadline, and a penalty if the association fails to comply.
The notice Havn prints on every Colorado status letter
Every Colorado document Havn prepares carries a notice that tells the reader where the document comes from and what Colorado law says about it. This is the wording, act by act.
C.R.S. 38-33.3-316Condominiums, HOAs and planned communities, and cooperatives
This Resale Package is furnished at the request or with the authorization of the selling unit owner under C.R.S. 38-35.7-102(2)(b), and the association may charge its usual fee for the documents under C.R.S. 38-33.3-317(4). The statement of unpaid assessments in this package is furnished under C.R.S. 38-33.3-316(8). When a unit owner, the owner's designee, a holder of a security interest, or the holder's designee delivers a written request personally or by certified mail to the association's registered agent, the association must furnish that statement within 14 calendar days after receiving the request. Once furnished, the amount stated is binding on the association, its executive board, and every unit owner. If the association does not furnish the statement as the statute requires, it loses the right to assert a lien on the unit for assessments that were due as of the date of the request. The Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act does not itself create a right to cancel the purchase contract based on this package, and it sets no expiration date for the package. Any right to review these documents and terminate comes from your purchase contract, so review that contract's association documents provisions and its deadlines. The documents in this package are current as of the issue date shown, and the statement of unpaid assessments reflects amounts due as of the date of the request under C.R.S. 38-33.3-316(8).
Colorado status letter: common questions
What is a Colorado status letter?
It is what Colorado law has the association provide when a home in condominiums, HOAs and planned communities, and cooperatives is sold: a statement of what the home owes and of the association's finances, insurance, and rules, under C.R.S. 38-33.3-316.
How much does a Colorado status letter cost?
Colorado sets no dollar cap, so the association or its management company sets the fee.
How long does a Colorado association have to provide a status letter?
14 days, counted from the request.
Is a status letter required in Colorado?
Yes, for condominiums, HOAs and planned communities, and cooperatives, under C.R.S. 38-33.3-316.
Can a buyer cancel after receiving a Colorado status letter?
Colorado law ties no cancellation right to this document. Any right to cancel comes from the purchase contract or from other disclosure laws.
Who pays for the status letter in Colorado?
Whoever orders it pays the association's fee, usually the seller or the closing agent on the seller's behalf, and the purchase contract can move the cost to the buyer.
What is included in a Colorado status letter?
What the home owes the association, the fees due at closing, the budget and reserves, the insurance the association carries, pending lawsuits, and the governing documents. The full list is in C.R.S. 38-33.3-316.
How do I get a status letter in Colorado?
Ask the association, or its management company if it has one. Many take the request through an online order page and deliver by email. Once asked, a Colorado association has 14 days. A buyer should ask the seller or the closing agent to order it.
Is this the same as a Colorado sales tax resale certificate?
No. A sales tax resale certificate is a form a retailer gives a supplier so it can buy goods without paying sales tax. It shares a name and nothing else. This page is about the HOA document used when a home is sold.
How Colorado compares with its neighbors
Management companies that work across state lines meet a different rule on each side. Colorado: no fixed dollar cap, 14 days.
Utah
Resale Package
No fixed dollar cap
No statutory deadline
Required by statute
New Mexico
Disclosure Certificate
$300
10 business days
Required by statute
Wyoming
Resale Package
No fixed dollar cap
No statutory deadline
Not required by statute
Kansas
Resale Package
No fixed dollar cap
10 days
Not required by statute
See all 51 jurisdictions on the map, compare every state in the fee and deadline table, or read about lender questionnaires, estoppel letters, and demand letters.
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