Sell a Park

Know the Law

If you’re thinking about selling a mobile home park, we encourage you to read the law and rules on mobile home park sales and home owners’ opportunity to purchase:

• Mobile Home Park Act section 38-12-217, C.R.S. (English, Spanish)
• Mobile Home Park Oversight Program Administrative Rules, 8 CCR 1302-15 Rule 8 (English, Spanish)

Program staff aren’t attorneys. If you want to understand your rights and responsibilities under Colorado law, you should speak with an outside attorney.

Under Colorado law, the seller of a mobile home park is required to: 

• Provide advance notice in English and Spanish of a potential sale to home owners renting lot space in the park
  • Learn when, how, and who to notice about a potential park sale
• Provide notice to the county and/or municipality and to the Department of Housing within 14 days of a triggering event as described in section 38-12-217(1)(a), C.R.S. Get more details about triggering events. 
• Wait for at least 90 days after giving notice to ask for a home owner’s intention or signature relating to their intent on the opportunity to purchase the park
• Give a group or association of home owners 120 days after the notice to submit an offer to buy the park
  • Learn about the waiting periods and what to do after a sale
• Consider any purchase offer from a group of home owners or their assignees in good faith

The law also: 

• Allows a group representing more than 50% of home owners to assign their opportunity to purchase to a public entity
• Empowers the Division of Housing to file a civil action, impose a fine on the seller of a mobile home park for violations of section 38-12-217, C.R.S., or toll (pause) the 120-day opportunity to purchase period if a group of home owners files a complaint.
  • Get more details on what can happen when a landlord doesn’t comply with state law on mobile home park sales

Learn the Next Steps

• Post Notices of Intent to Sell
• Waiting Periods and Report a Sale
• When a Landlord Doesn’t Follow Sales Laws