Sec. 214.
Extortion by public officers—Any person who shall wilfully and corruptly demand and
receive from another for performing any service, or any official duty, for which the fee or
compensation is established by law, any greater fee or compensation than is allowed or
provided for the same, and any public officer, for whom a salary is provided by law in full
compensation for all services required to be performed by him, or by his clerks or deputies,
who shall wilfully and corruptly demand and receive from any person any sum of money as a
fee or compensation for any services required by law to be performed by him in his said
office, or by his clerks or deputies, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; but no prosecution for
such offense shall be sustained unless it shall be commenced within 1 year next after the
offense was committed.§ 750.214Extortion by public officers
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