"Replevin" means an action for recovering goods wrongfully taken or detained. In California, replevin cases are typically filed in the Superior Court of the county where the property is located or where the defendant resides.Fill out the forms accurately with details about yourself, the defendant, and the property in question. Pleading Paper Instructions. Pleading Paper – Sacramento Format. RTF. 2. Fill out a Small Claims Summons and Complaint form or Summons for Consumer Replevin form. Designate your voting representative: Fill out the attached Voting Representative Form by. Take or mail the original and these copies to the court clerk's office and pay the filing fee. The clerk will write the date of your trial in the box above. A writ of possession is issued as a provisional remedy in a cause of action for claim and delivery, also known as replevin.