US-CO · CRS sections 38-21.5-101 to .105

Self-storage software for Colorado operators.

CRS sections 38-21.5-101 through .105 with the 30-day enforcement floor, mandatory UCC search before sale, and Colorado collection-act controls visible in policy.

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Colorado lien clock

The full day-by-day clock, with statute citations.

This is the actual policy seeded for Colorado. Every delinquent account locks in the rules that applied the day it opened — later statute updates never retroactively change a case already in flight.

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Colorado lien timeline

CRS sections 38-21.5-101 to .105

Late fee: Greater-of safe harbor after D+10
Notice path: Notice of Claim before publication track
Sale gate: Our conservative default opens auction eligibility at D+59; statute has no fixed publication lead

Colorado collection-act controls under CRS section 5-16-101 et seq. are policy-visible.

Colorado lien timeline with statute citations
Day	Event	Operator action	Citation
D+0	Invoice due	Rent posts and the 30-day enforcement floor starts if unpaid.	CRS sections 38-21.5-101 to .105
D+10	Late fee	Post the disclosed greater-of late-fee safe harbor.	CRS section 38-21.5-101.5(3)
D+30	UCC search	Check Secretary of State financing statements before enforcement.	CRS section 38-21.5-102
D+30	Notice of claim	Send notice with itemized charges, property description, denial-of-access statement, and 15-day demand measured from delivery.	CRS section 38-21.5-103(1)(c)(IV)
D+30	Fallback notice	If email lacks delivery proof, resend by verified mail before sale.	CRS section 38-21.5-103
D+45-D+59	Publication	Publish or use a commercially reasonable sale path with three independent bidders; D+59 is our conservative default, not a statutory 14-day publication lead.	CRS section 38-21.5-103
D+59	Auction eligible	Sale gate opens on our conservative default after cure and sale-path evidence are complete.	CRS section 38-21.5-103
D+59+	Auction	Conduct sale at an online auction website, facility, or nearest suitable place.	CRS section 38-21.5-103
Post-sale + 3 yrs	Surplus disposition	Apply proceeds, hold surplus, then owner takes title after the claim window.	CRS section 38-21.5-103

What UnitOps does differently for Colorado operators

Built around the Colorado statute, not retrofitted onto generic PMS.

The 30-day enforcement floor is hard-coded into the clock — Notice of Claim and the section 38-21.5-103 itemized 15-day demand fire together at D+30, with the demand measured from delivery.
Enforcement is blocked at D+30 until the operator records a Secretary of State UCC financing-statement search, so financing statements get checked before any lien step advances.
Publication or the commercially-reasonable sale path with three independent bidders both produce evidence on the case before our conservative default auction gate at D+59; Colorado does not set a fixed 14-day publication lead.
Surplus is held for the statutory 3-year claim window before owner-take-title; collection-act controls are visible in policy so contested cases route to legal review.

Lien evidence packet

Built for the day you get sued.

For Colorado cases, the packet presents the evidence trail beside the policy snapshot that was pinned when the case opened. It lists notices, delivery proof, ledger entries, photos, and state changes in chronological order. It presents records and citations only. The downloadable sample uses fictional seeded data with redacted names and a SAMPLE watermark.

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