ColoradoDivisionofLabor
63317thStreet,Suite200•Denver,CO80202‐3611•(303)318‐8441•www.colorado.gov/cdle/evr
RevisionDate:09/01/14
ExpirationDate:10/01/17
ColoradoAffirmationFormInstructions
EmploymentVerificationLaw,§8‐2‐122,C.R.S.
OverviewoftheColoradoEmploymentVerificationLaw
TheemploymentverificationlawappliestoallpublicandprivateemployersinColorado,andisin
additiontoseparatefederalFormI‐9requirements.Employersmustcomplywiththeprovisionsofthe
lawforallColoradoemployeeshiredonorafterJanuary1,2007.Therearetwomainrequirements,
bothofwhichmustoccurwithin20calendardaysofhire:(1)anaffirmationrequirement,and(2)a
requirementtomakeandretaincopiesofemployeeidentityandemploymentauthorization
documentation(copiesoftheemployee’sidentityandemploymentauthorizationdocumentswhich
werepresentedforcompletionoftheFormI‐9).Visitwww.colorado.gov/cdle/evrformoreinformation.
CompletionoftheAffirmationForm
1. TheattachedaffirmationformisdesignedforusebyColoradoemployers.Bysigningtheform,the
employeraffirmstoallfouroftheemploymenteligibilitycomponentsfortheemployeelisted.
2. TheemployermusthavecompletedanaffirmationformforallColoradoemployeeshiredonorafter
January1,2007.
3. EffectiveOctober1,2014,ColoradoemployersmustusetheDivisionaffirmationformwitharevision
dateof09/01/14.
a. The09/01/14versionoftheformmustbeusedforallColoradoemployeeshiredbetween
October1,2014andOctober1,2017.
b. The09/01/14versionoftheformcannotbeusedforColoradoemployeeshiredpriorto
September1,2014.
4. Theformmustbecompletedwithin20calendardaysafterhiringeachemployee.Reviewthe
informationbelowifyouhavenotadheredtothisrequirement.
5. Theemployer,nottheemployee,isresponsibleforfillingoutandcompletingtheforminatimely
fashion.Theformmaybecompletedbytheemployer’sdesigneeorrepresentative.
6. Thefollowingitemsontheformmustbelegiblycompletedbytheemployer.Theemployermaynot
leaveanyoftheseitemsblankorincomplete:
a. Employeenameanddateofhire(Month/Day/Year).
b. Employername,signature,anddateofemployersignature(Month/Day/Year).