[org.whodat]

This is not the only crazy law in Colorado.

Adverse possession goes back to English common law, and every state has it in one form are the other.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I was made aware of it when we bought our property here in Missouri. Fortunately, the adverse possession claim resets when property transfers. IE: If you buy land that has prescriptive easement and immediately challenge that use, you can get it canceled by a court.