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Title XLVI CRIMES Chapter 836 DEFAMATION; LIBEL; THREATENING LETTERS AND SIMILAR OFFENSES View Entire Chapter CHAPTER 836 DEFAMATION; LIBEL; THREATENING LETTERS AND SIMILAR OFFENSES 836.01 Punishment for libel. 836.02 Must give name of the party written about. 836.03 Owner or editor of the paper also guilty. 836.04 Defamation. 836.05 Threats; extortion. 836.06 Punishment for making derogatory statements concerning banks and building and loan associations. 836.07 Notice condition precedent to prosecution for libel. 836.08 Correction, apology, or retraction by newspaper. 836.09 Communicating libelous matter to newspapers; penalty. 836.10 Written threats to kill or do bodily injury; punishment. 836.11 Publications which tend to expose persons to hatred, contempt, or ridicule prohibited.