PC 210 Posing as Kidnapper, Etc. -- When Felony
Every person who for the purpose of obtaining any ransom or regard, or to extort or exact from any person any money or thing of value, poses as, or in any manner represents himself to be a person who has seized, confined, inveigled, enticed, decoyed, abducted, concealed, kidnapped or carried away any person, or who poses as, or in any manner represents himself to be a person who holds or detains such person, or who poses as, or in any manner represents himself to be a person who has aided or abetted any such act, or who poses as or in any manner represents himself to be a person who has the influence power, or ability to obtain the release of such person so seized, confined, inveigled, enticed, decoyed, abducted, concealed, kidnapped or carried away, is guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for two, three or four years.
Nothing in this section prohibits any person who, in good faith believes that he can rescue any person who has been seized, confined, inveigled, enticed, decoyed, abducted, concealed, kidnapped or carried away, and who has had no part in, or connection with, such confinement, inveigling, decoying, abducting, concealing, kidnapping or carrying away, from offering to rescue or obtain the release of such person for a monetary consideration or other thing of value.
What are the elements of PC 210 Posing as kidnapper, Etc.?
1. Defendant posed or represented himself to be a kidnapper.
2. Defendant represented himself as a person who has kidnapped or confined another person.
3. Defendant acted with the specific intent to commit extortion or to obtain something of value from another