(1) A person is guilty of extortion in the first degree if he or she commits extortion by means of a threat as defined in RCW 9A.04.110(28) (a), (b), or (c).
(2) Extortion in the first degree is a class B felony.
RCW 9A.56.120
Extortion in the first degree.
Known as the Washington Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 9–9 (401 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 97 Wash. 2d 528 - State v. Stockton (1982)
Most recently applied in 167 Wash. App. 206 - State v. Strong (March 2012)
2025 c 58 s 2005; 2011 c 336 s 377; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.56.120.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.