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    Default How to Evict a House Guest in Colorado

    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Colorado

    What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Colorado

    Several months ago my wife and I took in her purportedly very sick brother to our owned home. He does not appear to be able to work, has no income, no car, no other family and had nowhere else to turn. We are helping him figure out exactly what is wrong with him, via the Medicaid medical world, but it is very slow going and things have reached a boiling point in our home. Regardless of how sick he may or may not be, or how much he can or cannot work, we would like him out of our home at this point.

    He has not and does not pay rent or utilities. A portion of his food is paid for via a 'state aid' debit card. Doctor visit co-pays and pharmacy bills have been paid by us. What would be our legal process for 'evicting' him, and what legal recourse might he have against us (to stay)? There have been no payments, no written contracts, nothing.

    Do we need to write up a "you can stay until such-and-such date" agreement? And if we do, what happens the 'day after' the final date?

    Do we need to serve him with an "eviction notice"?

    Do we need to document "why" we want him out?

    Thank you.

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    Default Re: How to Evict House Guest in Colorado

    Not every house guest who shares a residence with his host is a "tenant" ...and one can often just boot guests . I simply do not know how this sorts out in your state.....but I Sure would dig into it first....no sense taking a harder road full of due process steps IF there is a safe short road....and I would not discuss this with my house guest .

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    Does he have a key?

    After 30 days he may smell like a tenant ....so dig hard and fast ..you may have waited too long...I don't know ....but unlikely police will help remove him as a trespasser now.

    In some situations folks find it faster/cheaper to induce a voluntary exit with a big roll of $20s and a short written mutual surrender as guest leaves and you hand over the roll.

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