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CACI No. 2100

Conversion—Essential Factual Elements

activein force · 2025-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

[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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