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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="3-709" title_number="3" title_name="Other Crimes Against the Person" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Extortion and Other Threats">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Intimate parts” has the meaning stated in § 3–809 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Sexual activity” has the meaning stated in § 3–809 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not cause another to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>engage in an act of sexual activity by threatening to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>accuse any person of a crime or of anything that, if true, would bring the person into contempt or disrepute;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>cause physical injury to a person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>inflict emotional distress on a person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>cause economic damage to a person; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>cause damage to the property of a person; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>engage as a subject in the production of a visual representation or performance that depicts the other with the other’s intimate parts exposed or engaging in or simulating an act of sexual activity by threatening to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>accuse any person of a crime or of anything that, if true, would bring the person into contempt or disrepute;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>cause physical injury to a person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>inflict emotional distress on a person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>cause economic damage to a person; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>cause damage to the property of a person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A sentence imposed under this section may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for any crime based on the act establishing the violation of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A visual representation depicting a victim that is part of a court record for a case arising from a prosecution under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>subject to item (2) of this subsection, may not be made available for public inspection; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>except as otherwise ordered by the court, may only be made available for inspection in relation to a criminal charge under this section to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>court personnel;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a jury in a criminal case brought under this section;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the State’s Attorney or the State’s Attorney’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a law enforcement officer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the defendant or the defendant’s attorney; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the victim or the victim’s attorney.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
