A lis pendens is required for this action. This remedy establishes title against adverse claims to real property or any interest in the property (Code Civ. Proc. §760.020).
If person has in bad faith wrongfully taken, concealed, or disposed of property or has taken, concealed, or disposed of the property by the use of undue influence in bad faith or through the commission of elder or dependent adult financial abuse, the person shall be liable for this type of damages. (Probate Code §859)
If an individual is guilty of fraud, oppression, or malice by clear and convincing evidence, he/she may be guilty of these type of damages (Civil Code §3294).
punitive _____.
A party can do this to a contract when the consent to the contract was obtained through duress, fraud, undue, influence, menace. (Civil Code §§1689(b)(1))
1) Trespass to real property/land for cost of repair (assuming it's reasonable).
2) Conversion for the garden gnome.
3) Punitive damages for malice.