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01/19/04
Sec. 875. Interstate communications
(a) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any
communication containing any demand or request for a ransom or
reward for the release of any kidnapped person, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(b) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm,
association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value,
transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication
containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure
the person of another, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(c) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any
communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any
threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(d) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm,
association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value,
transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication
containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the
addressee or of another or the reputation of a deceased person or
any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two
years, or both.
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(1)(K),
substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than
$5,000".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(1)(H), substituted
"fined under this title" for "fined not more than $1,000".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(1)(G), substituted
"fined under this title" for "fined not more than $500".
1986 - Pub. L. 99-646 inserted "or foreign" after "interstate"
wherever appearing.
Last modified: April 13, 2006
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