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§§ 6810-6815 individual threatened, or to any relative of his or member of his family; or,

2. To accuse him, or any relative of his or member of his family, of any crime; or,

3. To expose, or impute to him, or them, any deformity or disgrace; or,

4. To expose any secret affecting him or them.

§ 6810. Every person who extorts any money or other property from another, under circumstances not amounting to robbery, by means of force or any threat such as is mentioned in the last section, is punishable by imprisonment in the territorial prison not exceeding five years.

§ 6311. Every person who commits any extortion under color of official right, in cases for which a different punishment is not prescribed by this code, or by some of the statutes which it specifies as continuing in force, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 6812. Every person who, by any extortionate means, obtains from another his signature to any paper or instrument, whereby, if such signature were freely given, any property would be transferred, or any debt, demand, charge or right of action created, is punishable in the same manner as if the actual delivery of such property or payment of the amount of such debt, demand, charge or right of action were obtained.

§ 6813. Every person who, with intent to extort any money or other property from another, sends to any person any letter or other writing, whether subscribed or not, expressing or implying, or adapted to imply, any threat, such as is specified in section 6809, is punishable in the same manner as if such money or property were actually obtained by means of such threat.

§ 6814. Every person who unsuccessfully attempts, by means of any verbal threat, such as is specified in section 6809, to extort money or other property from another, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 6815. Every person who falsely personates another, and in such assumed character, either:

1. Marries or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation toward another, with or without the connivance of such other person; or,

2. Becomes bail or surety for any party, in any proceeding whatever, before any court or officer authorized to take such bail or surety; or,

3. Subscribes, verifies, publishes, acknowledges or proves, in the name of another person, any written instrument, with intent that the same may be delivered or used as true; or,

4. Does any other act whereby, if it were done by the person falsely personated, he might in any event become liable to any suit or prosecution, or to pay any sum of money, or to incur any