Yes. A person still has a claim for conversion even if he or she was eventually able to recover the property. In fact, a lawsuit for conversion is not only done with the purpose of returning the property but rather to sue for money damages to compensate the plaintiff for the loss of the personal property or its use for a certain period of time. Even if a person is able to get back the personal property, the person lost the value of his or her possession and ownership of it for however long the property was gone. This is compensable with money damages in a civil lawsuit.