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

Self-storage software for Colorado operators.

Colorado's self-storage lien statute encoded day-by-day: first notice at D+30, sale eligibility at D+59, with publication, delivery, surplus, and fee guardrails pulled from Colo. Rev. Stat. Sec. 38-21.5-103.

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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.

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Colorado lien timeline

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.

The full day-by-day timeline — every transition, delivery rule, and citation from first notice to auction — runs live in the product, and every case pins the version in force the day it opened.

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What UnitOps does differently for Colorado operators

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

01 The lien clock starts with Notice of Claim at D+30, holds 15 days before Lien Pending at D+45 under CRS § 38-21.5-103(1)(c)(IV), keeps the auction gate closed until D+59, with citations Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-21.5-103(1)(c) and CRS § 38-21.5-103(1)(e).
02 Vehicle and titled-property handling stays separate at D+60, with tow evidence kept out of the ordinary goods sale path under CRS §§ 38-21.5-101 to .105; § 5-16-101 et seq.
03 Publication is required with a 14-day sale lead and publication in a newspaper for two consecutive weeks or a sale attended by three independent bidders under CRS § 38-21.5-103(1)(c)(IV). Delivery evidence tracks Notice of Claim by in person, verified mail, and email (with the occupant's consent).
04 Surplus is held for 3 years (1095 days); then returns to the owner after the statutory holding period; with surplus handling cited to CRS § 38-21.5-103(1)(j). Run your own payment processor and your own QuickBooks — UnitOps never sits in the middle of either.

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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