When one person impermissibly possesses the property of another, the court provides a complicated remedy through replevin actions. Most applicable to collections of large pieces of property arising out of construction contexts, replevin actions can be drawn-out with specific procedural rules. At the end, the court may rule that although the plaintiff proved both ownership and right of possession, the plaintiff is only entitled the value of the property in question.

As with many things in the law, replevin matters were clearly never contemplated for animals, especially the portion of the replevin law that would allow a writ of seizure.