Extortion and Other Threats

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This is Article 6 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Extortion and Other Threats.” It is part of Chapter 4 “Crimes Against the Person”, which is part of Title 18.2 “Crimes and Offenses Generally”.

It’s comprised of the following 8 sections.

§ 18.2-59	Extortion of money, property or pecuniary benefit
§ 18.2-59.1	Sexual extortion; penalty
§ 18.2-60	Threats of death or bodily injury to a person or member of his family; threats of death or discharge of a firearm on school property; threats of death or bodily injury to health care providers; penalties
§ 18.2-60.1	Threatening the Governor or his immediate family
§ 18.2-60.2	Members of the Governor's immediate family
§ 18.2-60.3	Stalking; penalty
§ 18.2-60.4	Violation of protective orders; penalty
§ 18.2-60.5	Unauthorized use of electronic tracking device; penalty