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Penal Code § 519

CHAPTER 7. Extortion

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 519Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 71, Sec. 123. (SB 1304) Effective January 1, 2015.

Fear, such as will constitute extortion, may be induced by a threat of any of the following:

1. To do an unlawful injury to the person or property of the individual threatened or of a third person.

2. To accuse the individual threatened, or a relative of his or her, or a member of his or her family, of a crime.

3. To expose, or to impute to him, her, or them a deformity, disgrace, or crime.

4. To expose a secret affecting him, her, or them.

5. To report his, her, or their immigration status or suspected immigration status.