California CodesCode of Civil Procedure - CCPPreliminary ProvisionsSection 28
An injury to property consists in depriving its owner of the benefit of it, which is done by taking, withholding, deteriorating, or destroying it.
Notes
Defines an injury to property as depriving the owner of the benefit of the property through taking, withholding, deterioration, or destruction. The definition identifies those four ways the owner may be deprived of the benefit and states no separate monetary threshold, timing requirement, type-of-property limitation, procedural rule, or express exception.
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