9.12.030 Coercion.
This section is included in your selections.
A. A person is guilty of coercion if by use of a threat he compels or induces a person to engage in conduct which the latter has a legal right to abstain from, or to abstain from conduct which he has a legal right to engage in.
B. As used in this section, “threat” means a communication, direct or indirect, of the intent to:
1. Immediately use force against any person who is present at the time; or
2. Cause bodily injury in the future to the person threatened or to any other person; or
3. Cause physical damage to the property of a person other than the actor; or
4. Subject the person threatened or any other person to physical confinement or restraint.
C. Coercion is a gross misdemeanor. (Ord. 499 §2 (part), 1978).