Pen. Code, § 520 · Chapter 7. Extortion
Pen. Code, § 520
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Every person who extorts property or other consideration from another, under circumstances not amounting to robbery or carjacking, by means of force, or any threat, such as is mentioned in Section 519, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three or four years.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 518, Sec. 2. (SB 500) Effective January 1, 2018.
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