Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 519 — Extortion
Cal. Penal Code § 519
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2015-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
Fear, such as will constitute extortion, may be induced by a threat of any of the following:
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 519 — Extortion is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
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.