Colorado Code § 40-27-111

Owner declining estimate. Should any owner of any animal so killed or
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wounded by any railroad company decline to accept the estimated value of such animal or the
estimated amount of such damage as fixed by the stock inspector or to submit the same to the
arbitration of the said board, within six months he shall file sworn proof and affidavit of his
claim with the station agent of such railroad company or corporation, and the railway company
or corporation or the assignee or lessee thereof shall pay to such person delivering such demand
the actual value of said animal if killed or the actual amount of damage if injured. If such claim
for damages and such proof of ownership is not presented to the station agent of said railway
company or corporation within six months of the date of such killing or injuring, it shall
thereafter be forever barred.

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