CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 2100
Conversion—Essential Factual Elements
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of defendant] wrongfully exercised
control over [his/her/ nonbinary pronoun/its] personal property. To
establish this claim, [name of plaintiff] must prove all of the following:
1. That [name of plaintiff] [owned/possessed/had a right to possess]
[a/an] [insert item of personal property];
2. That [name of defendant] substantially interfered with [name of
plaintiff]’s property by knowingly or intentionally [insert one or
more of the following:]
2. [taking possession of the [insert item of personal property];] [or]
2. [preventing [name of plaintiff] from having access to the [insert
item of personal property];] [or]
2. [destroying the [insert item of personal property];] [or]
2. [refusing to return the [insert item of personal property] after
[name of plaintiff] demanded its return.]
3. That [name of plaintiff] did not consent;
4. That [name of plaintiff] was harmed; and
5. That [name of defendant]’s conduct was a substantial factor in
causing [name of plaintiff]’s harm.
New September 2003; Revised December 2009, December 2010, May 2017
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
6c0939370ac1411ab7200f21c4c0f2166cf0cd3146315a734b6c4cb9709cd158
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