36.03.070 Elder Exploitation Coercion. Penalty -

(a) Any person who willfully acts or uses an Elder or their resources for another person's profit, advantage, gain, for monetary or personal benefit without legal entitlement by either intimidation, threat, Elder under impairment, or undue influence in order to get an Elder to change a will or enter into a complex financial contract or transaction they do not understand or wish to engage in, so that one may take advantage of that Elder shall be guilty of Elder Exploitation Coercion and may be punished according to this code, classified by amounts:

(b) Penalty.

(1) Less than $100.00 shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than fifteen (15) days, not to exceed ninety (90) days and shall be fined an amount not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00). Complete Mandatory Requirements (1-4) in Section 36.04.040.

(2) More than $100.00 shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than thirty (30) days, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days and shall be fined an amount not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000.00). Complete Mandatory Requirements (1-4) in Section 36.04.040.

(3) More than $1000.00 shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than forty-five (45) days, not to exceed three hundred sixty-five (365) days and shall be fined an amount not less than one thousand dollars ($1000.00), not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2500.00). Complete Mandatory Requirements (1-4) in Section 36.04.040.

(4) Per the second offense of Elder Exploitation Coercion, the sentence shall double.

(5) Per the third offense of Elder Exploitation Coercion, the sentence shall triple.