Penal Code PC 518 Extortion and Blackmail
Check out free: Lawyer Practice Guides California
Penal Code – PEN
PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 – 680.4] ( Part 1 enacted 1872. )
TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY [450 – 593g] ( Title 13 enacted 1872. )
CHAPTER 7. Extortion [518 – 527] ( Chapter 7 enacted 1872. )
Business Attorney Nakase Wade
518.
(a) Extortion is the obtaining of property or other consideration from another, with his or her consent, or the obtaining of an official act of a public officer, induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, “consideration” means anything of value, including sexual conduct as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 311.3, or an image of an intimate body part as defined in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (j) of Section 647.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), this section does not apply to a person under 18 years of age who has obtained consideration consisting of sexual conduct or an image of an intimate body part.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 518, Sec. 1. (SB 500) Effective January 1, 2018.)
Reference: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=518.&lawCode=PEN