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A land dispute between two neighbors in Boulder, Colorado made national headlines and prompted the state legislators to change Colorado’s adverse possession law. Under the new statute, a person claiming adverse possession must have a “good faith” belief that the person in possession of the property of the owner of record was the actual owner of the property and the belief was “reasonable” under the particular circumstances. Also included in the law is a provision that allows the judge to force adverse possessors to pay for the land awarded, and to compensate the original owners for back property taxes and interest.