Colorado methamphetamine-affected residential properties listing

Colorado statute requires that methamphetamine-affected residential real property discovered after August 7, 2023 be included on a public list, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) publishes it. A property goes on the list when law enforcement or a certified consultant reports it as methamphetamine-affected.

In a Phase I ESA

ASTM E1527-21 does not name methamphetamine-affected property lists among its standard record sources. The list bears on residential and lodging property, and five details decide what a search of it can show.

• It starts in August 2023. The statute covers property discovered after August 7, 2023. A property affected and cleaned up before then is not required to be on the list, so an empty result says nothing about earlier years.
• It covers more than houses. CDPHE lists manufactured homes, mobile homes, condominiums, townhomes, homes sold by the owner, a financial institution or the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, rental property including apartments, and short-term residences such as a motel or hotel.
• Properties leave the list. A property must stay on the list for five years after the final certificate of compliance is issued, unless it is demolished. CDPHE says properties drop off automatically once the five years are met. So the list is not a permanent history of a property.
• Removal can be requested. The request must document one of four reasons: the property has been demolished, it is not residential real property, it was not a methamphetamine-affected property at any time after August 7, 2023, or the last certification of compliance is more than five years old.
• Cleanup has a state standard. CDPHE says statutes and regulations require that properties contaminated by methamphetamine labs or use be cleaned up to standards established by the state Board of Health, or the owner may elect to demolish the property. A property that does not meet the regulatory requirements is deemed a public health nuisance.

CDPHE says an owner who cleans up a property in compliance with the regulations has immunity from civil lawsuits by future owners, occupants or neighbors related to the lab, as long as verification testing is conducted by a qualified professional and a copy of the results is provided to the local governing body. The verification results are the document to ask an owner for.

The regulation is Cleanup of Methamphetamine-Affected Properties, 6 CCR 1014-3, effective December 15, 2014. CDPHE gives the statutes as Title 25, Article 18.5, Part 1, and Title 38, Article 35.7, Section 103, which it labels as disclosure of a methamphetamine laboratory. The list requirement is at section 25-18.5-106.

Where to look a site up

• CDPHE's Methamphetamine-affected residential properties listing page links the meth-affected properties list.
• CDPHE says to contact the local health department, building department or law enforcement agency to find out whether a cleanup will be handled locally.

Getting the file

CDPHE says copies of reports that have been filed with the division may be obtained through its record center. Requests go through the form on the records review page or to cdphe_cora_hmwmd@state.co.us.

Sources

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment pages, read October 7, 2026, no modified date shown:

• Methamphetamine-affected residential properties listing
• Methamphetamine-affected properties environmental cleanup
• Methamphetamine-affected properties regulations and statute
• Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division records review