This text of North Dakota § 12.1-20-12.3 (Sexual extortion) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering North Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
1. An individual commits the offense of sexual extortion if the individual:
a. With an intent to coerce a victim to engage in sexual contact, in sexually explicit
conduct, or in simulated sexually explicit conduct, or to produce, provide, or
distribute an image, video, or other recording of any individual engaged in
sexually explicit conduct or any intimate image of an individual, or a demand for
money, communicates in person or by electronic means:
(1)A threat to the victim's or another's person, property, or reputation; or
(2)A threat to distribute or an enticement to delete an intimate image or video
of the victim or another.
b. Knowingly causes a victim to engage in sexual contact, in sexually explicit
conduct, or in simulated sexually explicit conduct, or to produce, provide, or
dis
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1. An individual commits the offense of sexual extortion if the individual:
a. With an intent to coerce a victim to engage in sexual contact, in sexually explicit
conduct, or in simulated sexually explicit conduct, or to produce, provide, or
distribute an image, video, or other recording of any individual engaged in
sexually explicit conduct or any intimate image of an individual, or a demand for
money, communicates in person or by electronic means:
(1) A threat to the victim's or another's person, property, or reputation; or
(2) A threat to distribute or an enticement to delete an intimate image or video
of the victim or another.
b. Knowingly causes a victim to engage in sexual contact, in sexually explicit
conduct, or in simulated sexually explicit conduct, or to produce, provide, or
distribute any image, video, or other recording of any individual engaged in
sexually explicit conduct or any intimate image of an individual, or a demand for
money, by means of:
(1) A threat to the victim's or another's person, property, or reputation; or
(2) A threat to distribute or an enticement to delete an intimate image or video
of the victim or another.
2. The offense is:
a. A class B felony if the actor's conduct violates subdivision b of subsection 1 and
the victim is a minor or vulnerable adult, otherwise a class A misdemeanor.
b. A class A misdemeanor if the actor's conduct violates subdivision a of
subsection 1.
3. For purposes of this section:
a. "Intimate image" has the meaning provided in subsection 1 of section
12.1-17-07.2.
b. "Sexual contact" has the meaning provided in section 12.1-20-02.
c. "Sexually explicit conduct" has the meaning provided in subsection 1 of section
12.1-17-07.2.
d. "Simulated sexually explicit conduct" has the meaning provided in subsection 1 of
section 12.1-17-07.2.