{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-3702","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-3702","heading":"Form of complaint.","body":"A complaint in replevin shall be in the following or equivalent form:\n\n“The plaintiff sues the defendant for (wrongly taking and detaining) (unjustly detaining) the plaintiff’s goods and chattels, to wit: (describe them) of the value of ____ dollars. And the plaintiff claims that the same be taken from the defendant and delivered to him; or, if they are eloigned, that he may have judgment of their value and all mesne profits and damages, which he estimates at ____ dollars, besides costs.”","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 37. Replevin."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-3702","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"d3aa108802feb7872c0015560b4ea3eeacfd26a70dc7a7835d4e4deb4a9c2068","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-3701","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-3703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}