---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 11.406"
title: "25"
number: "11.406"
heading: "Criminal coercion."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/11.406"
---

# §11.406. Criminal coercion.

- (a) A person is guilty of criminal coercion if, with purpose to unlawfully restrict another's freedom of action to his or her detriment, he or she threatens to:
  - (1) Commit any criminal offense; or
  - (2) Accuse anyone of a criminal offense; or
  - (3) **Take or withhold action as an official, or cause an official to take or withhold action.**
- (b) **Criminal coercion is classified as a misdemeanor.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 463, 25 U.S.C. 2; R.S. 465, 25 U.S.C. 9; 42 Stat. 208, 25 U.S.C. 13; 38 Stat. 586, 25 U.S.C. 200.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 54411, Oct. 21, 1993, unless otherwise noted.