Chapter 15 - § 15.2 • ELEMENTS

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

§ 15.2 • ELEMENTS

To establish an action for conversion, a plaintiff must show that:

1) The defendant exercised dominion or control over personal property;
2) The property belonged to pthe laintiff;
3) The defendant's exercise of control was unauthorized;
4) The plaintiff demanded return of the property; and
5) The defendant refused to return it.³

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Notes:

^[3] Scott v. Scott, 2018 COA 25, ¶ 31. See also Glenn Arms Assocs. v. Century Mortg. & Inv. Corp., 680 P.2d 1315, 1317 (Colo. App. 1984); Stauffer, 165 P.3d at 717. As of publication of this book, Colorado has no pattern...