Colorado Revised Statutes Title 36. Natural Resources General § 36-1-119. Purchase of improvements

(1) Should anyone lease, purchase, or receive through an exchange any of the lands belonging to the state upon which there are authorized improvements belonging to the lessee, the new owner or new lessee shall pay the former lessee for such authorized improvements. Before a lease shall issue or before title to the land is conveyed or exchanged, the new owner or new lessee shall file in the office of the state board of land commissioners a receipt showing that the value of the improvements, as agreed upon by the parties or established by the state board, has been paid to the owner thereof in full or shall make satisfactory proof that he or she has tendered to such owner the value of the improvements so agreed upon or established by the board.

(2) Should the state board terminate or cancel a lease of state lands upon which there are authorized improvements belonging to the lessee, the board shall pay the value of the authorized improvements established by the board to the lessee subject to available funding for such purpose and subject to the lessee having satisfied all outstanding obligations to the state in relation to the lease, or unless otherwise agreed to by the lessee, or unless the value of the authorized improvements is paid by a third party.