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Cal. Penal Code § 518 (2026)

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(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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 106 cases (32 in the last 5 years), 1945–2026 · leading case: Flatley v. Mauro, 139 P.3d 2 (Cal. 2006).
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Flatley v. Mauro, 139 P.3d 2 (Cal. 2006). · cites it 2× “) "Every person who, with intent to extort any money or other property 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 *627 specified in Section 519, is…”
People v. Knowles, 217 P.2d 1 (Cal. 1950). · cites it 4× “d: "Every person who maliciously, forcibly, or fraudulently takes or entices away any person with intent to restrain such person and thereby to commit extortion or robbery, or exact from the relatives or friends of such person any money or valuable thing, is guilty of a felony,…”
Cross v. Cooper, 197 Cal. App. 4th 357 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “) Penal Code section 518 defines extortion and section 524 proscribes attempted extortion.”
Burrill v. Nair CA3, 217 Cal. App. 4th 357 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “, extortion (Pen. Code, § 518), perjury (Pen. Code, § 118), accepting money to influence her testimony regarding child custody *385 matters (Pen.”
Boris Levitt v. Yelp! Inc., 765 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2014). “” Cal.Penal Code § 518 (emphasis added). California law also provides that “[f|ear, such as will constitute extortion, may be induced by a threat .”
Nuñag-Tanedo v. East Baton Rouge Par. Sch. Bd., 790 F. Supp. 2d 1134 (C.D. Cal. 2011). · cites it 2× “§ 1343”; and “[e]xtortion as defined in CaLPenal Code § 518.” (FAC ¶ 286.) The Court has already ruled that Plaintiffs have stated valid claims for forced labor, human trafficking, and unlawful document-related practices, and these claims may also serve as underlying predicate…”
Chan v. Lund, 188 Cal. App. 4th 1159 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “Notably, he cites no authority that would support his contentions that his attorney and defendants violated Penal Code sections 518 and 496, subdivision (a), respectively. “Extortion is the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, or the obtaining of an official act…”
Philippine Exp. & Foreign Loan Guarantee Corp. v. Chuidian, 218 Cal. App. 3d 1058 (Cal. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “" (Pen. Code, §§ 518, 519.) (4) The "secret" referred to in the statute is a matter "unknown to the general public, or to some particular part thereof which might be interested in obtaining knowledge of the secret; the secret must concern some matter of fact, relating to things…”
People v. Hesslink, 167 Cal. App. 3d 781 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 3× “(c), count 1); extortion (Pen. Code, § 518, count 2); and impersonating a police officer, a misdemeanor (Pen.”
People v. Q.R., 7 Cal. App. 5th 1231 (Cal. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “(a)) and extortion (Pen. Code, §§ 518, 520). Minor argues that a probation condition requiring him to submit all electronic devices under his control to warrantless search by the probation department and to provide passwords necessary to access information on those devices is…”
Sosa v. Directv, Inc., 437 F.3d 923 (9th Cir. 2006). · cites it 2× “fear,” see Cal. Penal Code § 518 , and is equally susceptible of our narrow reading.”
People v. Martin, 150 Cal. App. 3d 148 (Cal. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “) Clearly, obtaining property from another with his consent by wrongful use of force or fear (Pen. Code, § 518) may be accomplished without inflicting mortal or life-threatening physical harm.”
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Young v. Schultz (N.D. Cal. 2023).
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