Pen. Code, § 519 · Chapter 7. Extortion
Pen. Code, § 519
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 71, Sec. 123. (SB 1304) Effective January 1, 2015.
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