C.R.S. § 38-33.3-209.5
Fines and cure periods
Notice requirements, how long an owner gets to fix a violation, and whether your fine schedule exceeds what the state now allows.
Recorded 2009. Amended by the legislature since.
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- C.R.S. § 38-33.3
Declaration of covenants
Rec. no. 2009-0084117
Article VII — Enforcement
Sample finding
What we check
The clauses that quietly stopped being enforceable.
Most associations are running on documents recorded before the last decade of amendments. These are the four places we find problems most often.
C.R.S. § 38-33.3-316
Collections and foreclosure
Payment plan obligations, the debt threshold required before foreclosure, and which charges can legally count toward it.
C.R.S. § 38-33.3-106.5
Landscaping and water use
Turf mandates, drought-tolerant plantings, and irrigation rules — an area the legislature has narrowed repeatedly.
C.R.S. § 38-33.3-106.7 · 106.8
Solar, EV charging, and flags
Architectural restrictions that read as reasonable but function as prohibitions the state has since preempted.
We flag the clause, cite the statute, and say plainly what it would take to fix it. What we don't do is tell you whether to act — that's a conversation for your association's attorney.
What lands in your inbox
Findings your board can actually act on.
No score, no dashboard, no login. A plain document that quotes your own language back to you, names the statute it runs into, and states the correction.
Compliance review
Willow Ridge Homeowners Association
3Conflicts
5To review
Direct conflict
Your cure period is shorter than the statute allows.
…shall be assessed a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day, commencing ten (10) days after notice, without limitation as to total amount.Declaration · Article VII, § 7.3
- Statute
- C.R.S. § 38-33.3-209.5 — sets the required notice and cure process before a fine may be levied.
- Problem
- The ten-day window and the uncapped daily accrual both fall outside what the current statute permits.
- Fix
- Adopt a conforming enforcement policy by board resolution. This one does not require amending the declaration.
Worth reviewing
Your landscaping standard may function as a turf mandate.
…front yards shall be maintained in living turf grass, neatly mown, across not less than eighty percent (80%) of the visible lot area.Design Guidelines · § 4.2(a)
- Statute
- C.R.S. § 38-33.3-106.5 — limits an association's ability to require turf or restrict water-wise landscaping.
- Problem
- An 80% living-turf floor leaves little practical room for the plantings the statute protects.
- Fix
- Revise the guideline to set a coverage standard rather than a species requirement.
How it works
Three steps, and only one of them is yours.
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You upload
Declaration, bylaws, rules, collection and enforcement policies. Whatever you have. Scanned copies from the county recorder work.
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We read every clause
Each provision is matched against the current text of the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act and the session laws that have amended it.
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The report arrives
Usually within fifteen minutes. Forward it to your board, your manager, or your attorney — it's written to be read by all three.
Find out before an owner does.
Most boards learn a provision is unenforceable in the middle of trying to enforce it. Fifteen minutes now is cheaper than that.
This is an informational review, not legal advice. Bylaws is not a law firm and no attorney-client relationship is created by using it. Statutes are interpreted by courts, and how a provision applies depends on facts this review cannot see. Treat the findings as a starting point for a conversation with counsel licensed in Colorado.