CO · ESA letters by state
Your ESA letter in Colorado, done right.
A signed ESA housing letter from a clinician licensed in Colorado, valid under the Fair Housing Act, 24 to 48 hours after your evaluation, one flat $99.
- Licensed in Colorado
- Letter 24 to 48 hours after your evaluation
- $99 flat, money-back guarantee
- Fair Housing Act ready
How Colorado treats ESA letters
Colorado lawmakers took ESA paperwork seriously enough to legislate on it. That is good news for you, because the same rules that punish fake letters make genuine ones harder to refuse.
Colorado goes beyond the federal baseline: since 2016, the provider writing your assistance-animal (ESA) letter must have actually met with you, be sufficiently familiar with you and your disability, and issue a written finding on both the disability and the disability-related need. Physicians may meet you in person or by telemedicine, but licensed mental-health professionals must meet you in person under the statute's wording. Misrepresenting entitlement to an assistance animal is a petty offense with escalating fines, and a written finding from a qualified provider is your affirmative defense - if a landlord still refuses a valid letter, file with the Colorado Civil Rights Division or HUD.
Provider must genuinely evaluate you (no letter mills)
C.R.S. 12-245-229 and C.R.S. 12-240-144 (enacted by HB16-1426, 2016)
A Colorado licensee may only make an assistance-animal disability determination if they have met with the patient, are sufficiently familiar with the patient and the disability, and are legally and professionally qualified to make the determination. They must then produce a written finding on the disability and a separate finding on the disability-related need for the animal - or a written finding that there is insufficient information to decide.
In-person rule for mental-health licensees; telemedicine explicitly allowed for physicians
C.R.S. 12-245-229(3)(a); C.R.S. 12-240-144(3)(a)
The mental-health practice act requires that the licensee 'has met with the patient in person,' while the parallel medical practice act lets physicians meet the person 'in person or by telemedicine.' A telehealth-only evaluation by a Colorado mental-health licensee may not satisfy the statute as written, so renters should confirm how their evaluation was conducted.
Misrepresenting an assistance animal is a petty offense
C.R.S. 18-13-107.3
Intentionally misrepresenting entitlement to an assistance animal in housing is a criminal petty offense with escalating fines after a warning: $25 for a first offense, $50-$200 for a second, and $100-$500 for third and subsequent offenses. A written disability/need finding from a qualified provider is an affirmative defense.
Every FetchMyESA letter in Colorado comes from a clinician with an active CO license, after a real evaluation. That is the standard the law expects, and it is the only kind of letter we issue.
From stressed to sorted in three steps
Step 1
Take the free assessment
Three minutes of straightforward questions about your home, your animal, and what you are carrying.
Step 2
Meet your clinician
A real evaluation, by phone or video, with a mental health professional licensed in your state.
Step 3
Get your letter
If you qualify, your signed ESA housing letter lands in your inbox, ready to hand to your landlord.
Timing in Colorado: most people finish the assessment the same day, meet their clinician within a day or two, and have their signed letter in hand 24 to 48 hours after the evaluation.
Statewide, corner to corner
Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora and Fort Collins. And everywhere in between.
Evaluations happen by phone or video, so it does not matter whether you are downtown or three hours from the nearest office. If you live in Colorado, a clinician licensed in Colorado can see you.
Roughly a third of Colorado households are renters (US Census ACS puts owner-occupancy near 66%), concentrated heavily in Denver and Colorado Springs.
Colorado questions, straight answers
Is an online ESA letter valid in Colorado?
It is valid when it is real: written and signed by a clinician licensed in Colorado after an actual evaluation. That is the only kind we issue. Registries, ID cards, and instant certificates are the ones that get rejected.
How long does a legitimate Colorado ESA letter take?
Fast. Most people in Colorado finish the assessment in minutes, have their evaluation within a couple of days, and receive the signed letter 24 to 48 hours after that.
What if my Colorado landlord says no to my ESA?
A blanket no is usually unlawful. They can decline only for narrow, provable reasons such as a direct safety threat. Most requests backed by a genuine clinician letter are approved without drama, and ours carry a money-back guarantee.
Something more specific about your building or your lease? Call us at (888) 728-3372 or read the full housing rights guide.
Ready when you are, Colorado.
The assessment is free, private, and takes about three minutes. You pay the flat $99 only if a licensed clinician confirms an ESA is right for you.
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