California Penal Code

§ 523

PEN § 523 Effective Jan 1, 2018Title 13 · Part 1 · Ch. 7

Statute text

(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 subscribed or not, expressing or implying, or adapted to imply, any threat such as is specified in Section 519 is punishable in the same manner as if such property or other consideration were actually obtained by means of such threat.

(b)(1) Every person who, with intent to extort property or other consideration from another, introduces ransomware into any computer, computer system, or computer network is punishable pursuant to Section 520 in the same manner as if such property or other consideration were actually obtained by means of the ransomware.

(2)Prosecution pursuant to this subdivision does not prohibit or limit prosecution under any other law.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 518, Sec. 3. (SB 500) Effective January 1, 2018.