CHAPTER 7. Extortion [518. - 527.]

Chapter 7 enacted 1872.

§§ 518–527 · 10 sections

• § 518 (a) Extortion is the obtaining of property or other consideration from another, with his or her consent, or the obtaining of an official act of a public…
• § 519 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…
• § 520 Every person who extorts property or other consideration from another, under circumstances not amounting to robbery or carjacking, by means of force, or any…
• § 521 Every person who commits any extortion under color of official right, in cases for which a different punishment is not prescribed in this Code, is guilty of a…
• § 522 Every person who, by any extortionate means, obtains from another his signature to any paper or instrument, whereby, if such signature were freely given, any…
• § 523 (a) Every person who, with intent to extort property or other consideration from another, sends or delivers to any person any letter or other writing, whether…
• § 524 Every person who attempts, by means of any threat, such as is specified in Section 519 of this code, to extort property or other consideration from another is…
• § 525 Upon conviction of a felony violation under this chapter, the fact that the victim was an elder or dependent person, as defined in Section 288, shall be…
• § 526 Any person, who, with intent to obtain from another person any property or other consideration, delivers or causes to be delivered to the other person any…
• § 527 Any person who shall sell or offer for sale, print, publish, or distribute any paper, document or written, typed or printed form, designed or calculated by its…