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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.
History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 518, Sec. 2. (SB 500) Effective January 1, 2018.
Simplified explanation
Extorting property or other consideration by force or a threat listed in Section 519, short of robbery or carjacking, is punishable by two, three, or four years under the felony jail sentencing rules.