California · Penal Code

PEN §519: Fear, such as will constitute extortion, may be induced by a threat of any of the following: 1.

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This statute defines types of threats that can constitute extortion, including threats of injury, criminal accusation, exposure of secrets, or reporting immigration status.

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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.

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