Colorado Revised Statutes Title 38. Property Real and Personal § 38-20-207. Abandoned livestock--notice--disposition

(a) The owner or owner's agent has failed to contact the lienor within ten days after service of notice under section 38-20-206;

(b) The lienor, in good faith, has no reasonable grounds to believe that the owner does not intend to abandon the livestock; and

(c) The agistor has sent written notice of abandonment pursuant to the publication procedures in this article.

(4)(a) Any surplus funds forwarded to the state board of stock inspection commissioners shall be deposited in the estray fund of said board in the manner described in section 38-20-206.

(b) If the owner of livestock presumed to be abandoned is found within three years after the date of the sale of such livestock, the net amount received from the sale shall be paid to the owner, less the following amounts, upon said owner proving ownership to the satisfaction of the board:

(c) A current livestock inspection certificate shall be prima facie evidence of ownership.