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Housing Laws

Laws current as of October 24, 2024

What is the definition of domestic abuse?

For the purposes of Colorado’s housing laws, domestic abuse is any act, attempted act, or threat to do any of the following to you by someone you are living with or have lived with, or someone you are related to:

  • violence;
  • stalking;
  • harassment; or
  • coercion.1  

It can also include any act, attempted act, or threatened act of violence against your children who are under 18, or any animal owned or kept by you, the abuser, or your children. If the target of the violence is the animal, then the abuser’s purpose must be to do any of the following to you or your child:

  • coerce;
  • control;
  • punish;
  • intimidate; or
  • get revenge.1

1 Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 38-12-401(2); 13-14-101(2)

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