Section 21-6501 - Extortion(a) Extortion is: (1) Intentionally and wrongfully demanding, soliciting or receiving anything of value from the owner, proprietor or other person having a financial interest in a business; and(2) by means of either a threat, express or implied, or a promise, express or implied, that the person so demanding, soliciting or receiving such thing of value will: (A) Cause the competition of the person from whom the payment is demanded, solicited or received to be diminished or eliminated;(B) cause the price of goods or services purchased or sold in the business to be increased, decreased or maintained at a stated level; or(C) protect the property used in the business or the person or family of the owner, proprietor or other interested person from injury by violence or other unlawful means.(b) Extortion is a severity level 7, nonperson felony.Amended by L. 2011, ch. 30,§ 61, eff. 7/1/2011.L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-4401; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 223; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 171; July 1; L. 2010, ch. 136, § 232, July 1, 2011.