2006 Code of Virginia § 18.2-59 - Extorting money, etc., by threats
18.2-59. Extorting money, etc., by threats.
If any person threaten injury to the character, person, or property ofanother person or accuse him of any offense or threaten to report him asbeing illegally present in the United States and thereby extort money,property, or pecuniary benefit or any note, bond, or other evidence of debtfrom him or any other person, he shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony.
(Code 1950, 18.1-184; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2006, c. 313.)
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