{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"520","citation":"Pen. Code, § 520","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY [450. - 593g.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-13"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7. Extortion [518. - 527.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-13/chapter-7"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 518, Sec. 2.   (SB 500)   Effective January 1, 2018.","effective":"2018-01-01","html":"<p>Every person who extorts property or other consideration from another, under circumstances not amounting to robbery or carjacking, by means of force, or any threat, such as is mentioned in Section <a href=\"/pen/519\">519</a>, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section <a href=\"/pen/1170\">1170</a> for two, three or four years.</p>","text":"Every person who extorts property or other consideration from another, under circumstances not amounting to robbery or carjacking, by means of force, or any threat, such as is mentioned in Section 519, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three or four years.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/extortion-520","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}