and also what kind of attorney do i need?

my clothing store got broke into through a vacant unit next door that my landlord left unlocked.

do i have a case

My question involves an eviction in the state of: Colorado

We couldn’t come up with the rent for the month and landlord gave us until the 1st of the next month. One day prior to the 1st, our landlord gave us a typed notice stating to pay the rent and next months rent by 12 pm on the 1st or prepare to vacate the premises asap. We could not do so and vacated the premises that evening of the 1st. Now 21 days later, we receive a summons in forcible entry and unlawful detainer.

Wasn’t the landlord supposed to check if we vacated the premises before issuing an eviction notice?

Also the date selected on the form to appear in court is for 11 days prior to the date it was filed. Which is way passed due of course. Landlord stated that a Demand for Compliance or Right of Possession Notice was put in a conspicuous place, but just a typed letter, not even signed was placed on our door and that a Notice to Quit was placed in a conspicuous place, but never was and the landlord didn’t even put a date on that document stating when this was done.

Landlord was also to supply us with a copy of the lease agreement with this summons and did not.

What to do next?

I made a $53,000.00 deposit in the house which is a Lease Agreement Contract the landlord made which I sign without having an attorney look at. On the agreement he was to deposit the money into a account and collect interest on it which he keeps and his wife told me they paid on the house and now i’m 2 months behind on my rent and they trying to evict and told me that my $53,000.00 is gone and i wont get it back need help????

I was served an unlawful detainer today. The problem is I never received a three notice from my landlord. Here in my paperwork it states that they served me one on March 12th by taping it on the door and mailing. I never received either and I was home. Clearly they are lying and saying they served me when in fact they did not. I’ve been looking this up online and it is illegal to do this and they cannot file eviction forms unless they have formally served me and they have not. I have five days to respond and set a court date to appear in front of the judge and plead my case.

How can I prove they did not serve me. They had served me once back in January and I paid my rent. They did not serve me with a notice in March as they state.
I have five days to respond to this summons. It does not have a court date listed. I assume once I respond to the papers a court date will be set. They have a “copy” attached to my summons saying they served me a THREE DAY NOTICE on March 12th which in fact is NOT TRUE. They never mailed one as they state, and they never posted one on my door, as they state.
My question is can they legally serve me papers w/o ever serving me the three day notice?