California Penal Code

§ 519

PEN § 519 Effective Jan 1, 2015Title 13 · Part 1 · Ch. 7

Statute text

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.

Legislative history

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