{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-521","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 521","heading":"","body":"Every person who commits any extortion under color of official right, in cases for which a different punishment is not prescribed in this Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY [450. - 593g.]","CHAPTER 7. Extortion [518. - 527.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"cad84648e6bda2c309788344e1a2e0e0cddcea0f3d9a661e7ddaed5295b887e8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-520","next":"us-ca/pen-522"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}