District of Columbia Code Division II. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure § 16-3702. Form of complaint.

A complaint in replevin shall be in the following or equivalent form:

“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.”