{"data":{"id":"us-nm/30-16-9","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"30-16-9","heading":"Extortion.","body":"Extortion consists of the communication or transmission of any threat to another by any means whatsoever with intent thereby to wrongfully obtain anything of value or to wrongfully compell [compel] the person threatened to do or refrain from doing any act against his will.\nAny of the following acts shall be sufficient to constitute a threat under this section:\nA. a threat to do an unlawful injury to the person or property of the person threatened or of another;\nB. a threat to accuse the person threatened, or another, of any crime;\nC. a threat to expose, or impute to the person threatened, or another, any deformity or disgrace;\nD. a threat to expose any secret affecting the person threatened, or another; or\nE. a threat to kidnap the person threatened or another.\nWhoever commits extortion is guilty of a third degree felony.","path":["Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses","ARTICLE 16 Larceny"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18530/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"53b6decf52ee924352f849a6e740c21a063cb6e7d4eb9a141de8e647b0468a14","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/30-16-8","next":"us-nm/30-16-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}