Effective: July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
(A) No person, with purpose to obtain any valuable thing or valuable benefit or to induce another to do an unlawful act, shall do any of the following:
(1) Threaten to commit any felony;
(2) Threaten to commit any offense of violence;
(3) Violate section 2903.21 or 2903.22 of the Revised Code;
(4) Utter or threaten any calumny against any person;
(5) Expose or threaten to expose any matter tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or to damage any person's personal or business repute, or to impair any person's credit.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of extortion, a felony of the third degree.
(C) As used in this section, "threat" includes a direct threat and a threat by innuendo.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 2905 | Kidnapping and Extortion
Section 2905.03 | Unlawful Restraint.
Section 2905.05 | Criminal Child Enticement.
Section 2905.21 | Extortionate Extension of Credit - Criminal Usury Definitions.
Section 2905.22 | Extortionate Extension of Credit - Criminal Usury.
Section 2905.23 | Probable Cause to Believe That Extension of Credit Was Extortionate.
Section 2905.24 | Evidence Showing an Implicit Threat as Means of Collection.
Section 2905.31 | Definitions for Sections 2905.31 to 2905.33.
Section 2905.32 | Trafficking in Persons.
Section 2905.33 | Unlawful Conduct With Respect to Documents.