Extortion of a Business
K.S.A. 21-6501 — demanding payment from a business for protection or to hurt a competitor, severity level 7
Extortion is intentionally and wrongfully demanding, soliciting or receiving anything of value from someone with a financial interest in a business, by a threat or a promise, express or implied, to do one of these things.
Who handles this in Kansas: Johnson County Bar Association, Find a Lawyer; and legal aid programs and the state offices, listed in the Kansas directory.
- Cut down or eliminate the business's competition.
- Raise, lower or hold the prices the business buys or sells at.
- Protect the business's property, or the owner and family, from violence or other unlawful harm.
It is a severity level 7, nonperson felony.
Sources for this section (1)
- K.S.A. 21-6501 — Extortion
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Kansas attorney.