What is the statute of limitations for trespass to chattel?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Ememas v. Speedex Logistics, Inc., B279076 (Cal. App. 2018):

The statute of limitations for a cause of action for trespass to chattel is three years from the date of trespass. ( 338, subd. (c).) The cause of action accrues when the wrongful act is complete. (Norgart v. Upjohn Co. (1999) 21 Cal.4th 383, 397.)
Trespass to chattel occurs when a party dispossesses another of chattel, intermeddles with chattel in the possession of another, or bars a possessor's access to chattel. (Jamgotchian v. Slender (2009) 170 Cal.App.4th 1384, 1401.)

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